From the Cairo desk
Tour Overview
Six nights combining Giza, the museum, Islamic Cairo, and a full Mediterranean day — no cruise. This itinerary is "Cairo and Alexandria Classic Week". Named stops: Giza and Sphinx, Saqqara or Memphis, Egyptian Museum, Citadel and bazaar.
A first trip that stays in the north: pyramids, collections, old streets, and Alexandria’s harbour, with a buffer evening in Cairo.
The Sphinx sits lower on the sand; it is a different scale from the pyramids and needs its own terrace time. Saqqara is the older experiment: Djoser’s step pyramid, where cut stone architecture begins. The Citadel of Saladin is Islamic high ground: the alabaster mosque of Muhammad Ali and Cairo spread below the walls.
"Cairo and Alexandria Classic Week" is written for 6 Nights / 7 Days. Pickup is from the hotel you name; the first stop is the first site on this page, not a coach timetable.
Private means your party only. Empty seats are not filled with strangers, and shops not named on this page are not added at the gate.
There is no online checkout for "Cairo and Alexandria Classic Week". Send dates, hotel or ship, and party size; we reply from Downtown Cairo with an outline and a quote for this itinerary.
Pickup is from your Cairo or Giza hotel. Send the inquiry form and we confirm the hour from our Downtown Cairo office. There is no online checkout.
On this outline
- 01 Giza and Sphinx
- 02 Saqqara or Memphis
- 03 Egyptian Museum
- 04 Citadel and bazaar
- 05 Alexandria day
