Cairo – Alexandria

Arrival in Cairo on a regular flight of one of the international airlines. After going through the formalities and collecting luggage at the airport, meeting at the airport with a representative of White Sky Travel. Transfer and check-in at the hotel. Overnight at the Azal Hotel or similar.

Immediately after breakfast, we will have a full day excursion to the Pyramids of Giza. Guarded by the Great Sphinx, the pyramids are the most famous landmark of Egypt, one of the seven wonders of the world. This is an ideal place to get acquainted with the ancient past of Egypt. We will admire the panoramic view of the pyramids of Cheops, Khafre and Menkaure, visit the Great Sphinx, with the head of a pharaoh and the body of a lion, whose history goes back to the time of Khafre. In the afternoon, we will proceed to the old step pyramid in the Saqqara necropolis, and then visit the world's first monumental stone building, King Zoser's step pyramid, built by the engineer Imhotep. In addition, you will see one of the magnificent Mastaba (burial chambers) Ptah Hotep, Idut or Mereruka. Before starting the return trip to the hotel, we will stop at the Papyrus Institute, where we will get acquainted with the most popular souvenir products from Cairo and Egypt. Overnight at the Azal Hotel or similar.

City tour, Egyptian Museum with lunch. In the morning around 08.00 after breakfast, the guide will pick us up from the hotel to the Cairo Museum - the largest repository of ancient Egyptian art. The collection includes about 160 thousand exhibits from all historical periods of Egypt. The museum houses a rare collection of 5,000 years of art, considered the largest and most precious collection of Egyptian culture in the world. The exhibition halls display a huge number of unique artifacts made of gold and jewelry that were placed in the tombs more than 3,500 years ago. Today we will also visit the Coptic region, where a huge number of Christian monuments are located on a small plot of land, including the Jewish synagogue of Ben Ezra, the ruins of an ancient fort known as Babylon, the famous Hanging Church and a unique Coptic museum, dedicated to this almost extinct culture. At the end of the program, we will enjoy the atmosphere of old Cairo at the Khan el Khalili market. Overnight at the Azal Hotel or similar.

After an early breakfast, transfer to Alexandria, a city founded in 332 BC. Alexander the Great. After the transfer, we will visit Pompey's Column - the most famous surviving ancient monument, located in the Alexandrian acropolis. Then we will go to the catacombs, the largest Roman cemetery consisting of three levels carved into the rock. After lunch, visit the Qita Bite citadel located on the ruins of one of the seven wonders of the world, an ancient lighthouse in Alexandria. And at the end, a visit to one of the largest libraries of antiquity - the Library of Alexandria. It was considered one of the main scientific centers and the most extensive repository of knowledge of the ancient world.
Return to Cairo. transfer to the Cairo airport.