7 Days Egypt Tour During Easter

You will start your wonderful tour of Alexandria from Cairo.

After breakfast, your personal tour guide and car driver will be waiting for you outside. You will begin your tour of Alexandria, which was built in 332 B.C. by the famous leader of the ancient Greek Kingdom Alexander the Great. 

He established one of the largest empires in the ancient world, and it became the Capital city of Egypt for almost 1000 years until the Arab conquest in the 7th century. Alexandria remained the second most important city after Cairo

After arriving in Alexandria, you'll start your tour by visiting the Catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa, which was a private tomb of a rich Romanized Egyptian family that has been expanded in later centuries to become a burial for the common people of Alexandria. From there, you'll have a short drive to the great Pompey's Pillar, which is the highest-standing pillar in Egypt built by the people of Alexandria in gratitude for the Roman Emperor Diocletian who diverted a portion of the annual tribute of corn and grain to Egypt used to send to Rome to the relief of the citizens.

You will enjoy the breathtaking views of the Mediterranean Sea all the way to the Citadel of Qaitbay, which was established in 1477 A.D. on the ruins of the legendary lighthouse Pharos.

Enjoy your seafood lunch in a beautiful restaurant in Alexandria, and then move to a fantastic library in Alexandria – the Modern Bibliotheca of Alexandria. 

This library is modern and has been rebuilt after a previous fire destroyed it.

Your private driver and guide will take you back to Cairo, stopping halfway through for some rest and coffee or tea.

Overnight at the hotel in Cairo.

Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Our Egyptologist will meet you after you have your delicious breakfast to go on an exciting tour to the Egyptian Museum to discover more about the smallest parts of the most extensive collection of Egyptian antiquities all over the world, including the golden mask and the coffins of King Tutankhamen.

After spending about 2 hours in the Egyptian museum we will start our interesting Islamic Cairo trips by visiting the Citadel of Saladin including Mohamed Ali Alabaster Mosque, which is built during the twelfth century by the Mamluk rulers to protect Egypt from the crusaders, then the Ottoman’s King Mohammed Ali built his famous mosque inside the fortress in 1830.

We will stop and bring you to have a nice lunch before the Coptic Cairo tour, which is part of our Egypt Easter Tours, then we will go to the Coptic district to resume our excursions in Cairo and visit the remains of an ancient Roman fortress of Babylon that was built during the 1st century, above which an unusual church was built suspended on the towers known locally as the Hanging Church, after that, we will walk into the narrow alleys that will make you feel like walking in the old streets of Jerusalem to reach the Church of St Sergius which was blessed by the presence of the Holy family when they flee to Egypt and stayed in Old Cairo nearly 3 months, and then we will finish our tour to Coptic Cairo by visiting very old Jewish area in Cairo to see Ben Ezra Synagogue that was once a Christian church before being sold to one of the Jewish men.

We will also see Islamic Cairo, you will be taken to enjoy walking into El Moez Ledin Ellah street which is the oldest street in Fatimid Cairo and is considered an open-air museum of Islamic art and architecture until you reach the old Market and see Al Azhar Mosque then take your Turkish coffee or a special mango juice while you having rest at El Fishawy the oldest cafe in Khan El Khalili.

We will take the car back to the hotel and stay the night in Cairo.

Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

you will be met by our tour guide in the lobby of the hotel to take you to catch your flight to Luxor from Cairo airport to continue your Egypt tours, When you reach Luxor we will be waiting for you at the airport and we will take you to check into the hotel and get some rest if possible, otherwise, we will begin our tour immediately to enjoy the west bank of Luxor tour, starting with the necropolis of the new kingdom pharaohs which is renowned all over the world as the Valley of the Kings. You will get the possibility to enter 3 marvelous tombs in the Valley of the kings then you will proceed to the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut known as the temple of Deir El Bahari, which means the Northern Monastery. In addition to the Colossi of Memnon which is the only remains from the mortuary temple of King Amenophis III facing the Nile.

Your gourmet lunch will be served in a pleasant local restaurant in Luxor and we will resume the East Bank of Luxor tour, covering the breathtaking Complex of Karnak Temple built over the span of 2000 years by many different kings and rulers of ancient Egypt. Starting by the Avenue of the sphinxes flanking the passageway that connects the Karnak and the Luxor temples and you will see the Unfinished Pylon of King Nectanebo, the last Pharaoh of the 30th dynasty as well as the Hypostyle hall which consists of 134 gigantic columns. Your guide will show you the largest standing Obelisk in Egypt built by Queen Hatshepsut inside the domains of the sun God Amun Re. you will also have full information about the temple of Amon decorated with lotus and papyrus designs as the emblems of the two lands of upper and lower Egypt and the Granite Scarab of Amenophis III and the amazing sacred lake which is the innermost part of the temple.

Spend your night in Luxor.

You can enjoy extra Excursions in Luxor to see the Sound and Light Show in Karnak Temple!

Included Meals: Breakfast and lunch

Your day will begin early with a flight at 7:00 am from Luxor to Aswan after finishing the check-out documents,The journey from Aswan to Luxor by land takes about 3 hours drive. 

Upon arrival, you will begin Aswan sightseeing to the Aswan High Dam, situated 6,5 km south of the Aswan Dam which was the cornerstone of the country's economic development envisioned by the late Egyptian president, Gamal Abdel Nasser. 

You will be taken to the boat guided by your tour guide to visit the Philae Temple. The monuments of Philae cover four major periods: the last part of the Pharaonic era, the Ptolemaic era, the Roman epoch, and the Christian period in Egypt.

 The principal monuments are those of the Temple of Isis, and her son Horus, the Temple of Hathor, and the Kiosk.

After the Aswan Day tours are done, you will have a very appetizing lunch in Aswan, then we will take you to the hotel in Aswan to check-in.

Overnight in Aswan

Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch.

Abu Simbel temples which are known for the temples of Ramses ll you will have a great chance to visit them and know new information about them from our Egyptologist, after finishing your tasty meal.

and for your record, it is an immense rock-cut temple complex composed of two huge temples that were carved into the mountainside and were built reign of Ramses II for himself and his beloved wife Queen Nefertari. Return to Aswan around 13:00 pm then transfer to Aswan airport to take your flight back to Cairo

You will meet Cairo Top Tours representative when you arrive at Cairo airport and he will transfer you to the hotel in Cairo to check in and spend the night in Cairo

Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch.

Our adventure will end here and After taking your last gourmet breakfast at the hotel during your Tours in Egypt, you can enjoy one of our optional Cairo day tours. 

According to the agreed pick-up time, our representative will come and transfer you to Cairo International Airport for the final departure after your Cairo, Alexandria, and the Nile Easter Tours are done.

Included Meals: Breakfast.