7-Day Christmas Tours to Luxor, Aswan, and Cairo

Following a delightful buffet breakfast at the hotel, meet your personal tour guide to start your day trip to Cairo. You will visit the Giza pyramids, which are the oldest and greatest pyramids in the world at 4,500 years old. You will also visit the second pyramid, Chephren, which was built 20 years later, and the third pyramid, Mycerinus. The Pharaohs of ancient Egypt believed that there was life after death, and they constructed the sphinx to protect the deceased kings. Thus, as your tour of the Giza pyramids draws to a close, we will take you to see the magnificent Sphinx and the Valley Temple, which is constructed of granite, alabaster, and limestone.

Proceed with your amazing tour of Cairo and head straight to the Step Pyramid of King Djoser in Saqqara. This ancient structure is the only one in the world made entirely of stone mastabas, or steps stacked on top of each other. During the 3rd dynasty, Imhotep, a renowned architect and Pharaoh's vizier, built the Step Pyramid. Saqqara is located about 27 km southwest of Cairo. See the Mastaba tombs of the Nobles and trace the evolution of burial tombs throughout ancient Egypt's history at one of the richest archeological sites in the country.

After enjoying a fine meal at a classy restaurant, you will travel to Memphis City, the former capital of Egypt's ancient kingdom. There, you will see the enormous statue of Ramses II and the Great Alabaster Sphinx, the second-largest sphinx in the world after the Great Sphinx in Giza. King Menes founded Memphis City approximately 5100 years ago, when he united the two kingdoms of the north and the south and began the first dynasty.

When your day trip to Saqqara and Memphis is over, you will be returned to your hotel.

Spend the night in a hotel in Cairo.

Meals Included: Breakfast and Lunch

Enjoy the breakfast that is included in your hotel room in the morning. You will be taken to see the Hanging Church, which dates back to the third century, the Church of St. Sergius, where the holy family once stayed, and the ancient Roman fortress of Babylon, which was constructed 2000 years ago by Emperor Trajan. The oldest synagogue in the region, Ben Ezra Synagogue, will be your final stop on the Coptic Cairo Tour.

Stopping by the Grand Egyptian Museum in the downtown part of Cairo, which houses the world's largest collection of Egyptian antiquities, including every golden object owned by the infant King Tutankhamun.

After enjoying a delicious lunch, we will visit the Citadel of Saladin. Inside, we will tour Mohamed Ali's mosque and take in views of both the modern Cairo Tower and Islamic Cairo.

After our tours of Cairo, we will take you to continue your Islamic tours of Cairo, where you will have time to shop in the historic and distinctive Khan El Khalili market.

You will finally be taken back to the hotel where you will spend the night in Cairo.

Meals Included: Breakfast and Lunch

After leaving the Cairo hotel, you will continue with your Egypt travel packages.

You will now be escorted to Cairo Airport by your own driver and guide in order to board your trip to Luxor. Once you land at the Luxor airport, your tour guide and driver will transport you to the temple of Deir El Bahari, also known as the tomb of Queen Hatshepsut, where you may explore the ancient tombs in the Valley of the Kings and begin your west bank Luxor excursions. Your day trip to Luxor will next stop at the Colossi of Memnon.

After having lunch at a café with a view of the Nile, continue your tour to the East Bank of Luxor and see the Karnak Temple, which is regarded as the largest site of worship ever constructed and served as the administrative and religious hub of the New Kingdom era.

After that, make your way to your Luxor hotel to check in and stay the night.

Meals Included: Breakfast and Lunch

You will be treated to a delicious breakfast in the main restaurant before taking in the tour of Edfu Temple. This is considered to be one of the most secure cult temples in this region of the nation and was constructed for the worship of the ancient Egyptian god Horus.

After that, your driver will drive you north to another lovely town as you take in the view of the majestic river and its two verdant banks. Along the way, you will stop to see the ancient Temple of Kom Ombo, which is shared by the falcon-headed Horus of ancient Egyptian mythology and the crocodile god Sobek, who is considered the god of fertility and the creator of the world. The temple has two entrances.

You will be escorted to your Aswan hotel by our representative.

Meals Included: Breakfast and Lunch

Once you have finished your delicious breakfast, your Egyptologist guide will take you to start your Aswan sightseeing tours. You will first tour the amazing structure known as the High Dam, which was built to regulate the river's flow. In addition to maximizing the water's interest in irrigated land during floods, the dam generates electricity. and the Temple of Philae, which is home to the Temple of Isis, regarded as one of the best in Egypt and taking up over a quarter of the island.

You will be transferred to Aswan airport to take your flight to Cairo and overnight in the Cairo hotel.

Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Take your final breakfast at your hotel on the last day of your Egypt during Christmas itinerary. A representative from Cairo Top Tours will then meet you to transfer you to Cairo International Airport for your departure.

Served Meals: Breakfast