Easter Holidays in Egypt

 

Easter Holidays in Egypt

If you want to have a fresh experience over the Easter break, consider going on one of Plan Egypt Tours' Egypt Easter Tours to escape the chaos of Easter at home and have a different Easter break. You will have an outstanding and unforgettable vacation with us, seeing all the well-known Cairo sites.

Boost your happiness in Egypt Visit the amazing pyramids of Giza and the distinctive Egyptian museum to experience the charm of the East in the heart of Cairo, the capital city of Egypt, with Plan Egypt Tours by trying a different experience by making Egypt Easter Holidays. This will allow you to enjoy not only the beauty of the Nile river but also the charm of Egypt.

 

Overview:

Enjoy our Easter Holidays in Egypt, Have a new experience with Egypt Easter Tours, Know more about Easter in Egypt with Plan Egypt Tours, and more., Visit Cairo including the Pyramids of Giza, the Egyptian Museum, The Fly to Luxor to board your Nile Cruise to enjoy the amazing sites between Luxor and Aswan, and more. 

·         Cairo Hotels: Ramses Hilton or Steigenberger Pyramids or similar

·         Nile Cruise: Princess Sarah or Concerto Nile Cruise or similar

Itinerary:

01st Day: Arrive Cairo 

Plan Egypt Tours delegate with his own distinct perspective to keep an eye for our clients will be waiting for you at Cairo Airport, you will find yourself totally in the moment, Plan Egypt Tours delegate will transfer you to your hotel to relax, overnight in Cairo. 

02nd Day: Pyramids, Egyptian Museum, Old Cairo

Today is the first morning in Egypt, Once you wake up, get your breakfast at hotel, then Plan Egypt Tours guide will escort you to start an exciting Cairo Tours, an array of visits are waiting for you, watch the glory of Giza pyramids, it is a must for a real traveler, if you want to see your best travel photos, go to the panorama area to take marvelous photos for the three pyramids, then proceed to the sphinx and the valley temple, relax and have your lunch at local restaurant, next move to the Egyptian Museum, scout the treasures of tut ankh amun, your last visit will be to Old Cairo, visit the hanging church, Abu Serga Church, and Ben Ezra synagogue, finally your guide will escort you back to your hotel, overnight in Cairo.

03rd Day: Cairo to Aswan - Nile Cruise 

Once you wake up, get your breakfast, then Plan Egypt Tours delegate will transfer you to Cairo airport, fly to Aswan, it is irresistible destination to scout, arrive Aswan the charming city, then Plan Egypt Tours delegate will escort you to Your Nile Cruise, get enchanted with the glory of the High Dam, beguile your eyes at Philae Temple, passing by the Unfinished Obelisk, at the end of your tour, back to your Nile Cruise, Dinner and overnight on board. 

04th Day: Nile Cruise

Once you wake up, get your breakfast on board, unleash your spirit while sailing to Kom Ombo, stop to Explore Kom Ombo Temple, sail to Edfu, Visit Horus Temple in Edfu, continue sailing to Esna, Lunch on board, Dinner and overnight on board.

05th Day: Nile Cruise

Once you wake up, get your Breakfast on board while sailing to Luxor, arrive Luxor, beguile your eyes by visiting Valley of the Kings which astonished all travelers, it is unmatched experience, next tour to Hatshepsut temple, finally focus on seeing the Colossi of Memnon, Lunch on board, Dinner and overnight on board.

06th Day: Luxor / Cairo

Once you wake up, get your Breakfast on board, Disembarkation from your Nile Cruise, stare at the amazement of Karnak Temple, then walk through Luxor Temple, at the end of your tour Plan Egypt Tours delegate will escort you to Luxor airport, fly back to Cairo, arrive Cairo, transfer hotel, check in, array of optional tours you can choose if you prefer, either to try sound and light show at the Pyramids, or to try Dinner Cruise with Belly Dancer, overnight in Cairo. 

07th Day: Final Departure

Today is the final morning in Egypt, Once you wake up, get your breakfast at hotel, then Plan Egypt Tours delegate will escort you to Cairo airport to catch your flight back home. 

Included:

·         Meet & assist at Cairo Airport upon arrival and transfer to hotel by air-conditioned vehicle

·         03 nights accommodation in Cairo on Bed & Breakfast 

·         01 Day Excursion in Cairo as mentioned in the above program 

·         English speaking guide in Cairo 

·         01 Lunch at a local restaurant in Cairo 

·         01 Bottle of Mineral Water to each person 

·         03 nights accommodation on board 05 stars Nile Cruise including breakfast, Lunch, Dinner. 

·         All Sightseeing Tours onboard your Nile Cruise to visit: 

·         Entrance fees to the above-mentioned sites on board your Nile Cruise included

·         Domestic Flight Cairo / Aswan - Luxor / Cairo 

·         English speaking guide onboard your Nile Cruise 

·         All Transfers in Cairo, Luxor, and Aswan by air-conditioned vehicle

·         All service charges and taxes

·         Assist & transfer to Cairo International airport on your final departure.

 

 

Top Egypt Private Sightseeing Tours

 

Top Egypt Private Sightseeing Tours

Things to do in Egypt, No matter where you live, tourists usually like taking tours of Egypt. Learning about a few of the numerous temples, tombs, and pyramids from ancient Egypt might easily take several days. In fact, there are so many historical Egypt tourist attractions in the Land of the Pharaohs that learning about them all would take a lifetime. One of our Top Egypt Private Sightseeing Tours will allow you to interact with the pharaohs and explore the artefacts they left behind.

Egypt tourist attractions,If you carefully browse Egypt tours, you can find numerous tourist excursions in addition to historical, medicinal, beach, and sports tours. Here are some of Egypt's most well-known highlights.

The Egyptian Museum

 

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

 

The Great Sphinx of Giza

 

The Great Sphinx stands watch over the Giza Pyramids, particularly the Pyramid of Khafra. The Sphinx depicts a lion-human hybrid face.

The oldest and largest monolithic sculpture is this one. In BC 2550, it was erected. On the Giza Plateau on the west bank of the Nile sits a limestone statue known as the Sphinx. It is a representation of a mythical monster with a lion's body and a human head of a god.

The Old Kingdom Ancient Egyptians claimed that this divinity was responsible for the entire cycle of the Nile, and the statue is the most fearsome of all.

The building of the Sphinx of Giza, which was the largest complex on the world up until the 20th century, is a tribute to the engineering for the world. The Sphinx symbolize strength and wisdom.

 

Memphis and Saqqara

 

Memphis is a city on the western bank of the Nile, south of Cairo. Memphis served as the seat of government for eight successive dynasties in ancient Egypt. Menes was the first King of a united Egypt, and Ptah was the god.

 

 

The two enormous statues of Rameses II, among others, can be found at the Memphis site. Saqqara is one of Egypt's most densely populated archaeological sites. It served as Memphis's cemetery and was a less developed area.

 

The King Zoser Step Pyramid is the main structure on the site. In 2700 BC, it was erected. The Pyramid of King Titi, the Tombs of Mereruka and Kagimni, the Mastaba Tomb of Ti, and the Tomb of PtahHotep are other sites.

 

 

Karnak Temple

 

One of the biggest temple complexes in the world is the Karnak Temple. This magnificent Temple, which is 200 acres (1.5 km by 0.8 km) in size and has an incredibly rich architectural history, was built to honour the Theban triad of Amun, Mut, and Khonsu and served as a place of pilgrimage for almost 2,000 years.

 

This great Temple of Amon Ra was known during the Middle Kingdom period as Ipt-Swt, which means the Selected Spot. It was also called Pr-Imn, or the House of Amon. From the Arabic word Karnak, which means fortified village, came the name Al-Karnak.

 

This superb complex hosting a group of temples and it has been enlarged over a thirteen hundred years period. Enclosed are the three primary temples of Montu, Amun, and Mut.The three main temples of Mut, Montu and Amun are enclosed by enormous brick walls. The Open Air Museum is located to the north of the first courtyard, across from the Sacred Lake.

 

 

Colossi of Memnon

 

Memnon's Colossi The Colossi of Memnon are two enormous seated stone sculptures that portray King Amenhotep III. They are often referred to as the singing statues or "The Vocal Memnon," and it is thought that this is why they were so well-liked throughout the Roman era. This was most likely brought on by the stone's expansion as it warmed up throughout the day and cooled off at night.

 

The Luxor Museum

 

The Luxor Museum is house to a collection of 26 exceptionally well preserved statues that were discovered buried close to the famed Luxor Temple. It is situated in the heart of Luxor and has a view of the west bank of the Nile River.

The museum's grounds are 55 metres long and 29 metres wide, and its facade was built to face the Nile. Additionally, this temple has two obelisks at the entrance, one of which is in Paris and the other is still in Luxor, both of which bear inscriptions listing King Ramses II's victories. The museum first opened to the public in 1975.

 

Abu Simbel Temple

 

Was devoted to Ptah, Harmakis, and Amon Ra, the gods of ancient Egypt. Four statues that belonged to the Pharaoh make up the façade. Four enormous seated statues of Ramses are depicted on the massive facade of the Ramses II temple. The statues are each 67 feet high, and the facade is 119 feet broad and 100 feet high. The region was once on the southern edge of pharaonic Egypt, facing Nubia. Beautiful specimens of ancient Egyptian art can be found in the four enormous statues of Ramses that stand in front of the main temple. The largest surviving sculptures from the pharaonic era are the four figures that stand watch at the entrance of the greater of these temples. then set sail in the direction of Kasr Ibrim, Amada, and Bennut Tomb.

 

Best Time to travel to Egypt: September \ April. In particular September \ October and March \ April offer warm but not scorching temperatures.

 

visit Egypt in Winter

Winter is by far the most popular time to visit Egypt's capital because the days are warm and sunny and the evenings are cool and breezy.

 If you're planning a trip between December and February, you can expect lot of tourists.

You'll find the best deals on hotels during the summer.

Winter is the perfect time to take a trip down to Luxor and Aswan, where temperatures soar during summer months, making it almost impossible to wander through the dusty Valley of the Kings. Winter however finds Luxor and Aswan visitors in T-shirts and shorts during the day and a light jacket at night. 

 

 

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