Check out after breakfast from your hotel in Cairo Begin this day with another wonderful breakfast at your hotel, and then you will be escorted by your private guide to visit: the Egyptian Museum which features artifacts from the Pharaonic period. The museum displays a rare collection of 5000 years of art which is considered the largest most precious collection of Egyptian art in the world. Over 250,000 genuine artifacts are presented, including an exhibit dedicated to Tutankhamun's collection of treasure, gold, and jewelry which was enclosed in his tomb for over 3,500 years before it was discovered in the 1920s when his tomb was discovered.
Move to Coptic Cairo" where you will visit the "Hanging Church" which dates back to the 3rd Century AD and was dedicated to the Virgin Mary, It's called "Hanging" because of its location above the gatehouse of the ancient Roman fortress "Babylon".It contains 110 Holy icons depicting beautiful religious scenes.
Then visiting "Saint Sergius and Bacchus Church" which is believed to have been built on the spot (The Crypt) where the holy family rested at the end of their journey into Egypt.
And ending the Coptic Cairo tour with a visit to the "Jewish Synagogue of Ben Ezra" which gained its importance from its Geniza (Storeroom) was found during the 19th century and contains a treasure of abandoned Hebrew secular and sacred manuscripts
Khan el-Khalili Bazaar where traders have been selling their ware ever since the 14th century. If there is anything in particular you want to buy at Khan El Khalili bazaar, your guide will be happy to help you find what you are looking for. Even if you don’t want to do any shopping, the bazaar is a great place to walk around or to sit down for some coffee while you watch the locals going about with their daily lives
Later, you will be transferred to Giza railway station to board the sleeper train to Aswan. Dinner and breakfast will be served on board.
- Overnight inside your compartment on the train.
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.