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Giza Pyramids, Sphinx & Saqqara — Private Day Tour
A full private day across the Giza plateau, Saqqara and Memphis with an Egyptologist guide, air-conditioned…
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Cairo
Egypt's capital: the Giza pyramids on one side of the river, a thousand years of Islamic architecture on the other, and the Grand Egyptian Museum in between.
Most Egypt trips start in Cairo, and it rewards more time than people give it. The Giza plateau and the Grand Egyptian Museum are the obvious draws, but the city that surrounds them — Islamic Cairo's mosques and workshops, Coptic Cairo's churches, the markets of Khan el-Khalili, the food streets of Downtown — is what people remember.
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Main attractions
- Pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx
- Grand Egyptian Museum
- Egyptian Museum, Tahrir
- Saqqara and the Step Pyramid
- Khan el-Khalili
- Al-Muizz Street
- Coptic Cairo
- Citadel of Saladin
Things worth doing
- Sunrise at the pyramids before the coaches arrive
- A half day at the Grand Egyptian Museum
- Walking Al-Muizz Street after dark
- Felucca on the Nile at sunset
- A food walk through Downtown
Questions about Cairo
Three full days covers Giza, Saqqara, the Grand Egyptian Museum and Islamic Cairo without rushing. Four lets you add Memphis, a food walk or a slower museum morning.
Yes, and many people do. We start at the plateau early, break for lunch, and take the museum in the afternoon. It is a long day — if you have the time, splitting it is better.
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