In the depths of Egypt

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Culture / Heritage
Discovery
Adventure / Sports & Leisure

During your stay you can enjoy the following highlights: Culture / Heritage, Discovery, Adventure / Sports & Leisure.

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The map of your stay "In the depths of Egypt"

Detail of the stay : In the depths of Egypt

  • Saqqarah
  • Saqqarah
  • Cairo
  • Saqqarah
  • Dachour
  • Dachour
  • Dachour
  • Meidoun
  • Meidoun
  • Dachour
  • Cairo
  • Cairo
  • Cairo
  • Cairo
  • Cairo
  • Cairo
  • Cairo
  • Cairo
  • Cairo
  • Cairo
  • Cairo
  • Cairo
  • Alexandria
  • Alexandria
  • Alexandria
  • Alexandria
  • Alexandria
  • Alexandria
  • Luxor
  • Alexandria
  • Gourna - Thebes West
  • Gourna - Thebes West
  • Gourna - Thebes West
  • Gourna - Thebes West
  • Luxor
  • Luxor
  • Luxor
  • Gourna - Thebes West
  • Gourna - Thebes West
  • Luxor
  • Valley Of Kings
  • Luxor
  • Luxor
  • Luxor
  • Luxor
  • Edfou
  • Aswan
  • Aswan
  • Aswan
  • Aswan
  • Aswan
  • Kitchener Island
  • Philae
  • Island Elephantine
  • Lac Nasser
  • Abu Simbel

How to get there - Saqqarah

A day at the Pyramids

Steps: Saqqarah

Day trip to the Giza and Saqqara plateaus. 8am, Giza, Temple of Kephren, Sphinx, Pyramid of Kephren. 9.30am, Giza, Pyramid of Cheops, solar boat. 11h-12h, transfer. 12pm, Saqqara, Djoser pyramid and surrounding area. 1pm, Saqqarah, Ti mastaba, tombs of Mererouka and Ankhmahor, pyramid of Teti. 4pm, return to Cairo. 8pm, whirling dervishes in their theater in Islamic Cairo.

Dachour and Meïdoum

Steps: Dachour

Day trip to the Dachour and Meïdoum pyramids. 8am, red pyramid. 9.30am, rhomboid pyramid. 12pm, Meïdoum pyramid and adjoining mastaba. 2pm, return to Cairo via the palm grove road, Licht pyramid.

Coptic Cairo

Steps: Le Caire

Museum day and Coptic Cairo. 8am, Egyptian Museum. 2pm, lunch in Al Foustat souk, Coptic quarter, Coptic Museum, hanging church. 9pm, Egyptian film in one of the cinemas on rue Emad Ed-Din or Talaat-Harb.

Places of interest : SOUK EL-FOUSTAT MUSÉE COPTE MUSÉE ÉGYPTIEN ÉGLISE SUSPENDUE SAINTE-MARIE (AL-MU'ALLAQAH)

Islamic Cairo Day

Le port d'Alexandrie.

Steps: Le Caire

Islamic Cairo day. 8am, Gayer Anderson Museum, Ibn Touloun Mosque, El-Rifaï Mosque, Sultan Hassan Mosque. 2pm, fitir lunch at the Egyptian Pancakes Restaurant in Khan El-Khalili. 15h, Khan El-Khalili, Bab Zoueila, Dar Al-Asfar, Al-Mouayyed mosque, Beit El-Sehemi. 18h, tea and chicha at café El-Fishawi.

Places of interest : BAB ZOUEILA MOSQUÉE DU SULTAN HASSAN ET MOSQUÉE EL-REFAI BEIT EL-SUHAYMI KHAN EL-KHALILI MOSQUÉE IBN TOULOUN

The lighthouse lights...

Steps: Alexandrie

Day trip to Alexandria. 9am, departure by train from Ramses station. 12pm, arrival in Alexandria. Lunch at Mohammed Ahmed restaurant. 2:30pm, Kôm El-Chougafa catacombs. 4pm, Roman odeon and thermal baths. 6pm, stroll through the Turkish city, the Art Nouveau and Art Deco building districts. 7pm, chicha in front of the old port and the Qaïtbay citadel. 8pm, fish dinner in one of the restaurants overlooking the sea.

Places of interest : CATACOMBES DE KÔM EL-SHOUGAFA CITADELLE DE QAÏTBAY

Alexandria, the heart of Egyptian history

Survol de la rive ouest face à Louxor.

Steps: Alexandrie

A day in Alexandria. Breakfast in one of Alexandria's many cafés. 10am, visit to the National Museum. 12pm, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, lunch on site. 3pm, train to Cairo before night flight to Luxor.

Places of interest : BIBLIOTHECA ALEXANDRINA

In the land of Memnon's colossi

Musée de Louxor, haut-relief calcaire représentant le pharaon Thoutmôsis III.

Steps: Louxor

Day trip to Luxor West Bank. 8am, after bike rental, Colossi of Memnon. 9am, Ramesseum. 10:30am, Temple of Ramses III. 12pm, Valley of the Artisans. 1pm, Valley of the Queens. 2.30pm, lunch in front of the Temple of Ramses III. 5pm, felucca trip to Banana Island.

Heading for the Valley of the Kings

Temple de Karnak.

Steps: Vallée Des Rois

Day trip to Luxor West Bank. 8am, Valley of the Nobles. 10:30 am, Temple ofHatshepsut. 12:30 pm, Valley of the Kings by the mountain. 8pm, sound and light show at Karnak temple.

Karnak Temple and Museum

Dédié au dieu Amon-Ré, le temple de Luxor a été construit par Amenophis III.

Steps: Louxor

Day trip to East Luxor. 8am, Karnak temple. 2pm, Luxor temple. 7pm, Luxor museum. 9pm, spice souk.

Direction Aswan

Steps: Assouan

Day trip from Luxor to Aswan. 6am, departure. 9am, visit toEdfu temple. 11am, visit to Kôm Ombo temple. 1pm, arrival in Aswan.

Fellucca cruise

Au bord du lac Nasser.

Steps: Île Éléphantine

Day in Aswan. 9am, departure of the fellucca. 9:30am, visit of the monastery Saint-Siméon. 11am, visit to Kitchener Island. 12pm, climb to the first cataract. 2pm, visit of the Eléphantine Island. 3pm, lunch at Beit El-Nubi. 4pm, Nubian Museum. 6pm, tea on the Old Cataract terrace. 9pm, sound and light at the Philae temple.

Places of interest : MUSEE DE LA NUBIE

A cruise on Lake Nasser

Steps: Lac Nasser

Day cruise on Lake Nasser.

Day 13

The Temples of Kalabcha

Le Grand Temple de Ramsès II.

Kalabcha and Seboua temples.

Abu Simbel

Steps: Abou Simbel

Admiration of the Abu Simbel temples.


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