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NEW & OLD:
Kiosk of Trajan.
Temple of Philae-Aswan |
Our 14-Day Tour shows you the best of Egypt New and Old: Cairo,
Alexandria, The Mediterranean Coast, and a five-day cruise on
the Nile
DAY
1: CAIRO
Sunday Welcome to Cairo! Our staff meets you at the airport and
escorts you to your hotel.
DAY
2: CAIRO
Monday (BL) Today, get to know the great Egyptian capital on a
full-day tour. We start at the Egyptian Museum, then visit the
Manial Palace Museum, once a royal residence. We climb the hill
to the east to Saladin’s citadel with its alabaster mosque,
then descend to the great Sultan Hassan Mosque, built in 1362
for a powerful Mameluke king, and the city walls and gates.
DAY
3: ASWAN/CRUISE
Tuesday (BLD) Fly to Aswan and board our luxury Nile cruiser in
time for a delicious lunch. In the afternoon we sail on a
graceful felucca among the islands in the Nile. (Optional
excursion to Abu Simbel available.)
DAY
4: ASWAN & KOM OMBO
Wednesday (BLD) First we tour the awesome Aswan dams, and next
an ancient granite quarry complete with an unfinished obelisk.
Then we go by motor launch to the island temples of Philae.
Re-embarking on our Nile cruiser, we sail downstream to Kom Ombo
to visit its twin temples.
Queen
Nefertiti.
(From Tel El Amarna.) |
DAY
5: EDFU & ESNA
Thursday (BLD) We dock in Edfu, climb aboard horse-drawn
carriages, and clip-clop through the town to the Temple of Horus,
Egypt’s best-preserved. Re-embarking, we cruise to Esna and
cross the lock. Tonight we arrive in Luxor.
DAY
6: LUXOR
Friday (BLD) Crossing the Nile, we tour the magnificent tombs in
the Valley of the Kings and Valley of the Queens, including the
great funerary temple of Queen Hatshepsut. After lunch, we visit
the gigantic Great Temple of Amon at Karnak and the mighty Luxor
Temple.
DAY
7: LUXOR & SHARM EL SHEIK
Saturday (B) Today we disembark from the cruise and fly to the
resort town of Sharm El Sheik. Unpack your luggage in your
resort hotel and head for the beach! The crystalline Red Sea
waters, busy with brightly colored tropical fish, are yours to
enjoy as you like.
DAYS
8 & 9: SHARM EL SHEIK
Sunday & Monday (B) Two full days of sun and sea to plan as
you like. Why not go diving in the Ras Muhammed underwater
nature reserve, or sign up for an excursion to the Monastery of
St. Catherine, right beside Mount Sinai where Moses received the
tablets of the Ten Commandments? If you prefer, you can opt for
a trek to a desert Bedouin camp. Your hotel concierge can make
all the arrangements for you. (Activities optional, at extra
cost.)
DAY
10: SHARM/CAIRO
Tuesday (B) Transfer to the airport for
your flight to Cairo. Visit the spellbinding sites at Giza: the
Great Pyramids and the Sphinx.
DAY
11: ALEXANDRIA
Wednesday (B) Drive to Alexandria, the city founded by Alexander
the Great. We visit the Greco-Roman Museum, Kayet Bey Fortress,
the Catacombs, Pompey’s Pillar and the Roman Amphitheater.
Finally we marvel at the Princess Shevikar Crown, with 2,159
diamonds, in the former royal palace which now serves as the
Jewelry Museum.
DAY
12: EL ALAMEIN
Thursday (BL) Driving along the shore by the blue waters of the
Mediterranean brings us to El Alamein, site of momentous battles
during World War II. We visit the battlegrounds, the museum and
the Allied Memorial before returning to Cairo.
DAY
13: CAIRO
Friday (B) Day of leisure.
DAY
14: CAIRO/USA
Saturday (B) After breakfast, our staff escorts us to the
airport for our flight home
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