Best Private Full Day Tour to Giza Pyramids, Sphinx, Citadel and Old Cairo

What you will do

1. 1

   Giza

   With a private qualified Egyptologist tour guide in your private, modern a/c van (WiFi on board) you will start your tour from your hotel at 8 am to head for Giza plateau for visiting the Great Pyramid of Cheops, the Pyramid of Chepren, the Pyramid of Mycerinus, the panorama area where you can take great pictures and also start your adventure on a camel around the pyramids, the Queens' small pyramids, the Valley Temple of King Chephren and the Sphinx.

2. 2

   Cairo

   lunch at a wonderful restaurant facing the Sphinx and the Pyramids. Camel ride is included for 30 minutes around Giza pyramids Then proceed to the citadel of Saladin (12th century) that was built to protect Cairo against potential crusades, and remained the residence of the ruler of Egypt till the middle of the 19th century. Inside the citadel you will visit the Alabaster Mosque of Mohammed Aly (19th century) representing the Ottoman style of architecture, the Mosque of Ibn Qalaoun (14th century) representing the Mameluk style of architecture, and the panorama area for a wonderful view of Islamic Cairo.

3. 3

   Old Cairo

   Then you will move to Coptic Old Cairo to visit the Roman Fortress of Babylon (1st century A.D.), the Hanging Church of Virgin Mary (3rd century A.D.), the Church of Abu Serga (4th century) with the Holy Family Crypt, the Jewish Synagogue of Ben Ezra (9th century). then you will get back to your Hotel