Best 6 Days to Cairo, Aswan, and Luxor

Your guide will meet you at the point of your hotel lobby, giving you a nice briefing about the history and the significant areas of Old Cairo. Old Cairo is the living heart of Egyptian history and the source of each civilization that Egypt has witnessed, and you can discover this through Egypt travel packages by yourself. The old streets of Old Cairo combine historical sites related to the religions that have passed in the Egyptian community, such as Christianity, Islam, and the Jewish religion. 

Your first visit will be for discovering the Coptic Cairo part, seeing one of the Jewels of history, which is the Hanging Church of the Virgin Mary. It was the headquarters of the Coptic Bishops for many centuries. After your entrance to the church, you will be fascinated by the art of architecture of the wooden parts and how carved inside the church. You will also see the decorations on the walls of the church telling the stories of the holy bible. 

Then, you will see the church of Saint Abu Serga, which has a very special position in the heart of the Christians around the world. You will live in a very different vibe seeing the marble columns surrounded by the unique icons of the Coptic art. Finally, you will visit a site characterized by the Jewish religion of Ben Ezra Synagogue, which some people think it has built upon the place where the daughter of the ancient Egyptian Pharaoh had found the child Moses. 

Moreover, you will start your tour to great Islamic Cairo, visiting the gem of Islamic Cairo, which is the Citadel of Salah El Din and the mosque of Muhammad Ali Bahsa. It’s a magnificent structure that represents the military architecture of the Medieval ages. The citadel is not only walls, but it consists of defensive towers, administrative headquarters for the military affairs, and an enchanting mosque of Muhammad Ali with a very high, white, sparkling dome. Inside the mosque, you will see unique, great art of decoration by using one of the hardest stones of the alabaster, to decorate the mosque

 Get ready in the morning to be accompanied and transferred by your private car to the airport to take your flight to Aswan. Once you arrive, your tour is about to start with your professional certified tour guide from the Egyptian government tour guide.

 Did you hear about the magical island in the middle of Aswan  Nile River? Your guide will take you by traditional boat to the Island of Philae temple. You will reach the temple like you are travelling to another world, seeing the beautiful inscriptions on the walls of the temple narrating the most interesting stories of goddess Isis, the symbol of protection, caring, and motherhood in the history of Egypt, which you can discover during the Aswan Day Tours. 

Now, we will move to see one of the strongest constructions in Egypt that makes Egypt avoid floods and death, it’s the High Dam. It’s the magnificent guardian of the Nile River, keeping a large inventory of water and producing the living electricity for the Egyptians. The High Dam is a symbol of the strong will of the Egyptian citizens in facing the difficulties of life and nature. 

Your next visit will be an adventure to see how the Egyptians were able to use one of the hardest stones to make an enchanting construction, telling the stories of their civilization represented in a strong and standing high obelisk. This magnificent obelisk faces a surprising fracture that cannot able to be fixed; therefore, it is known and discovered as the unfinished obelisk.

In the morning and after your breakfast time, your car will be ready for your transfer from the city of Aswan to Luxor to enjoy the best landmarks of Luxor day tours. Once you arrive, you will see a great complex not of usual buildings, but of statues, columns, and walls that are carved and painted very carefully by the hands of the ancient Egyptians, immortalizing their ancient and great civilization and sciences for the upcoming generations. Each king left his own print on the temple of Karnak to make his name immortal for thousands of years, like King Ramses II, in the place where many great gods of the ancient Egyptian beliefs were worshipped. 

Now, you can imagine that you are walking on an extraordinary land on which the Royal festivals were held, walking to the temple of Luxor. It’s the Jewel of the Nile River with its rich pharaonic history connecting it with the temple of Karnak by the Way of the Rams. Let the massive statues of King Ramses II greet its visitors, where you will see a scene that immortalises the power and splendour of the ancient Egyptian state.

In the morning, be ready for the check-out process to go to Luxor airport, taking your flight to Cairo Airport. Upon the flight's arrival, you will meet your private car to transfer you to your Cairo hotel. You can choose to add one of the extra and not included activities In your itinerary, which is visiting Alexandria city, the shining historical city in Egypt. 

The city of Alexandria embraces one of the largest libraries in the world, containing authentic and scientific books from around the world in different sciences and languages. Alexandria is a very rich city with a history of different civilizations and many glamorous sites like the citadel of Qaitbay, the catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa, and the Pompey pillar.

Its the time of the end of your Luxurious tour, Don't think about your luggage and your transfers, our team will be ready one time after checking our from your hotel to transfer you to the airport. 

Included meal: Breakfast