Egypt museum tours

Egypt museum tours    

No Egypt tour is complete without a visit to the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Go back to the time of the pharaohs by discovering their history starting with Egypt museum tours

 

The Egyptian museum located in Tahrir Square, houses an unbelievable exhibit over 120,000 artefacts, which depicting ancient Egypt's glorious reign. Mummies, sarcophagus, pottery, jewellery and of course King Tutankhamun's treasures, this vast heritage is revealed in all its unparalleled glory hundreds of magnificent full-color photographs with special lighting techniques.

Egyptian museum founded in the 19th century by the French Egyptologist Auguste Mariette, to halt the plundering of archaeological sites and to arrange the exhibition of the collected artifacts, The Azbakian garden in Cairo was first used as a storage place for these artifacts, a museum was prepared at Boulaq, then transferred to an annex of the Giza palace of Ismail pasha, The present museum was built in 1900, in the neoclassical style by the French architect Marcel Dourgnon

Cairo museum comprises many sections arranged in chronological, also consists of two floors, the ground floor that hosts the heavier displays like coffins, huge statues, and stone carvings, and the sarcophagus of Queen Hetepheres, The upper floor houses small statues, jewels, the legendary treasures of Tutankhamun and a hall for the royal mummies, housing eleven kings and queens, and halls of the mummified animals.

Tutankhamun's tomb contains four gilded shrines nested one inside the other, All four of these shrines are displayed in the museum, lined up in order of decreasing size, Inside the stone sarcophagus were three coffins being made of 110 kilograms of solid gold, Inside that the pharaoh Tut Ankh Amun was wearing the famous gold mask.

On the ground floor there is artificial lake that has some of the lotus and the papyrus plants, the most important plants for the ancient Egyptians symbolizing to Upper and Lower Egypt.

Till today we are still charming with the glittering treasures from the tomb of King Tut Ankh Amun and the sublime reliefs in New Kingdom tombs and old kingdom, the secrets of pharaohs are endless.

You can enjoy Egypt museum tourswith our  Egypt Tour package

 

Overview:

Unleash your inner and book Egypt Classic Tours and enjoy Egypt Tour Package with Plan Egypt Tours. We give you an amazing Egypt Holiday, you will enjoy Egypt all-inclusive package and visit the amazing sightseeing in Egypt. You will visit famous sights in Cairo, Luxor, Hurghada, Alexandria.

Itinerary:

Day (1): Egypt Tour package, Arrival Cairo

Once you arrive at Cairo international airport Plan Egypt Tours delegate transfer you with a comfortable vehicle to your hotel to relax, Plan Egypt Tours delegate will help you to check-in and enjoy your stay, Cairo is the capital of Egypt and the largest urban agglomerations, the world's most densely populated cities, known as the city of a Thousand Minarets, it is known with its superiority of Islamic architecture, established by Jawhar Al Siqilli in Fatimid dynasty in the 10th Century, Meaning “the victorious city”. overnight in Cairo.

Day (2): Cairo Tour (Pyramids - Memphis - Sakkara)

Enjoy your breakfast at the hotel in Cairo, meet Plan Egypt Tours guide to start an imaginary tour to visit Giza Pyramids and Sphinx, Valley Temple, relish a tasteful lunch in a local restaurant in Cairo. Proceed to visit the Step Pyramid of Zoser at Sakkara, visit also Memphis city, at the end of your cheerful day, back to the hotel for overnight in Cairo. optional tour with Sound and Light Show in Cairo or Dinner cruise with the Belly dancer and tanora show.

Day (3): Cairo Day Tour (Egyptian Museum - Citadel - Khan El Khalili) 

Enjoy your breakfast at a hotel in Cairo, full day with Plan Egypt Tours guide to visit and scout the Egyptian Museum, Egyptian museum founded in the 19th century by the French Egyptologist Auguste Mariette, to halt the plundering of archaeological sites and to arrange the exhibition of the collected artifacts, The Azbakian garden in Cairo was first used as a storage place for these artifacts, a museum was prepared at Boulaq, then transferred to an annex of the Giza palace of Ismail pasha, The present museum was built in 1900, in the neoclassical style by the French architect Marcel Dourgnon. Enjoy a savory lunch at a typical restaurant, Then proceed to the Citadel of Salah El din and the Alabaster Mosque of Mohamed Ali then go-ahead to the Hanging Church and Ben Ezra Synagogue, end your magnificent tour by the Khan El Khalili Bazaars, drive to Giza train station to embark in the Sleeper train, check-in the Train then dinner, overnight in the sleeping train 

Day (4):  Luxor Day Tour

Once you arrive at Luxor train station Plan Egypt Tours delegate transfer you with a comfortable vehicle to your hotel to relax, Plan Egypt Tours delegate will help you to check-in and enjoy your stay, Then Plan Egypt Tours guide meet you to start Egypt Tour Package, Then visit the East Bank; Karnak temple and Luxor temple. . You will lunch in a local restaurant in Luxor. Back to the hotel for an overnight stay in Luxor.

Day (5): Luxor - Hurghada

Breakfast at your hotel in  Luxor, get ready for the best day tour in Luxor to visit the West Bank; Valley of the Kings, Hatshepsut Temple at El Deir El Bahari, and the Colossi Memnon, at the end of your tour in Luxor drive to Hurghada by air-conditioned vehicle, arrive Hurghada Hotel and check-in, Free day in at leisure, lunch, dinner, and overnight in Hurghada.

Day (6): Hurghada tour package

Walk up in the early morning and breakfast at the hotel, free day in Egypt Tour Package at leisure for Hurghada Activities, Snorkeling swimming, diving, lunch, dinner, overnight in Hurghada.

Day (7): Hurghada tour package

Walk up in the early morning and breakfast at the hotel, free day in Egypt Tour Package at leisure for Hurghada Activities, Snorkeling swimming, diving, lunch, dinner, overnight in Hurghada.

Day (8): Hurghada - Cairo by Flight 

Breakfast at hotel, free day at leisure for the Red Sea Activities, Snorkeling swimming, diving, lunch, dinner, Meet up with Plan Egypt Tours guide in Egypt Tour Package transfer you to Hurghada Airport, fly back to Cairo, Arrive Cairo and transfer to your hotel to overnight 

Day (9): Free Day In Cairo

Breakfast at your hotel in Cairo, free day in Cairo at your own leisure or you can make an amazing day tour to Alexandria as option tour to visit Catacombs, Pompay Pillar, Roman Theatre, Citadel from outside, then back to Cairo.

Day (10): Departure

Breakfast at your hotel in Cairo, Plan Egypt Tours delegate transfer you with a comfortable vehicle to Cairo international airport to departure.

Included:

Egypt Tour Package included

1.  Meet & assist upon arrival at Cairo International Airport.

2.  Transfers with a comfortable vehicle as mentioned at the above itinerary.

3.  4 nights accommodation in a hotel in Cairo with daily breakfast during your Egypt Tour Package.

4.  1-night accommodation in the sleeping train on boar during your Egypt Tour Package

5.  1-night accommodation in a hotel in Luxor with daily breakfast during your Egypt Tour Package

6.  3 nights accommodation in hotel in Hurghada with daily breakfast during Egypt Tour Package

7.  1 bottle of water during your Egypt Tour Package

8.  Sightseeing tours as mentioned in the above itinerary.

9.  Sleeping Train from Cairo to Luxor 

10.              Domestic flight from Hurghada to Cairo 

11.              English speaking guide in your Egypt Tour Package.

12.              All Service Charges and taxes.

13.              Entrance fees to the above-mentioned sites.

Excluded:

Egypt Tour Package excluded:-

1.  International flight.

2.  Egypt visa.

3.  Personal expenses.

4.  Tipping

5.  Any Optional Tours.

 

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