Tour Itinerary: DAY 1: Cairo Meet at airport, pick up and transfer to your hotel (i don't charge for arranging this service, it's my gift to you pick up and drop off at airport for arrival and departure days will be free !!!) * We will start our trip by visiting Saqqara Step Pyramid. Saqqara is around 25 kilometers south of Cairo and in the same time we can visit two mastabas (tombs) to see the carving scenes on its walls (fifth dynasty) then visit Memphis Museum in the same area for (for 3 hours). * Have rest while taking lunch in one of the best restaurants in pyramids area with Egyptian food. * Then visit the three great Pyramids of Giza plateau and go inside one of them, famous sphinx and Chephren's valley temple - Solar boat of King Khufu. DAY 2: * We can visit the great Egyptian Museum (for 2 - 3 hours) as it house much more than 100,000 objects and see the gallery of king Tutankamon, his golden mask, jewelery, golden throne, mummies hall and others. * Visit the Citadel and alabaster mosque of Mohamed Ali, then have rest while taking lunch. After that we will have a visit to Coptic churches and old Jewish synagogue. DAY 3: Alexandria It is the most beautiful city, famous by Greek and Roman monuments, it is 220 k/m far from Cairo, it takes 2 and a half hours driving so one or two days enough to have a visit to Alex. We will start our day in the early morning "around 6/7 o'clock" with your private tour guide and transfer to Alexandria to visit all Greek and Roman monuments for one or two days : * Roman tombs (underground) or the catacombs * Roman theatre, Pompay pillar * Villa of birds * the great library Of Alexandria on the same place of the old library in Cleopatra’s time * the National museum van * Qaitbay Castle * El montazah palace * the cistern of Shalalat * Latins tombs * The hydro-Biological institute * Antiquites museum * Saint Mark church * Jewish synagogue * Abu el Abas el Morsy mosque * Alexandria and many monuments from all cultures, Pharaohs, Romans, coptic or Christian’s, Islamic and Arabic. Some of the monuments were underwater in the old city but are nowadays visible in the city. * The old city is now underwater and only visible by diving. You must go around the city to see the market area near the Marin port who is more than 3000 years old and don’t forget the Muntaza Palace or the Turkish Palace * You can make a trip of about 45 minutes from Alexandria where the Rosetta Stone was found and that has been stolen from Egypt and can be seen in the British Museum. You can also see the fort of the city and the point where the river Nile meet the Mediterranean See. There you can see some houses more than 200 years old. * If you are a diver you must specially spent one day to see the underwater-museum where you can find the old part of Alexandria, now under water. OR you can visit Hurghada: it is modern city located on the Red Sea, to the south, not far from Luxor, it is very good for relaxation and diving as it has the most beautiful beaches. Member discount: Notes: 
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