Your ship arrives at the pier.
Upon disembarkation, you will be met by your Private
EE Travel Egyptologist-Guide for your departure on a full day excursion to Cairo. The drive from the port to Cairo is approximately two and a half hours each way, (depending on local traffic and contingencies).
During our drive your private Egyptologist-Guide will provide an introduction to Egypt both ancient and modern.
Upon arrival at Cairo visit
The Museum of Islamic arts which is truly a wonderful reservoir of Islamic
antiquities. It has a vast supplement of about 10200 artifacts that one cannot explore in a single day.
The museum displays arts from the different Islamic eras that Egypt passed through including the Fatimid, Turkish and Persian periods.
From the Fatimid Period, one can find a fine collection of wooden panels, which are the only surviving pieces of the Western Palace of Al Kahira Palace. And people love the craftsmanship of the Mihrabs of the famous tombs of Sayeda Ruqayya and Sayeda Nafeesa.
Continue to visit the 12th century fortress constructed by
Saladin to protect Cairo from the Mongol
threat. Within the
Citadel walls is the mosque that has become the symbol of Cairo,
the Mohammed Ali Mosque. It was built in 1830 in Byzantine style on the model of the Blue Mosque in Istanbul. This mosque is characterized by the great amount of
alabaster used to sheath the walls.
Continue to
Share El Moez, one of the most amazing streets in islamic Cairo it dates back to the Fatimid era and has almost all types of islamic architecture decorated with Arabic calligraphy. It has recently been renovated.
Lunch will be served at a famous restaurant near the Market area.
After lunch a short walk or drive takes us to the famous
Khan El Khalili Market, this market is situated at one corner of a triangle of markets that go south to Bab Zowaila and west to Azbakiyyah.
The Khan is bordered on the south by al-Azhar Street and on the west by the Muski Market. One of the old original gates guards the entrance to the original courtyard which lies midway down Sikkit al-Badistan (street). On a narrow street leading off al-Badistand, one will find the El-Fishawi Cafe, or Cafe of Mirrors, which was once a meeting place for local artists, and is still frequented by the Nobel Award winning Naguib Mahfouz, one of
Egypt's most well known authors. There are any number of canvas covered streets such as the one pictured to the right.
After the tour drive back to the pier escorted by your
Egyptian ExpressTour Host in plenty of time before your luxury ship leaves the dock.
Upon disembarkation, you will be met by your Private
EE Travel Egyptologist-Guide for your departure on a full day excursion to Cairo. The drive from the port to Cairo is approximately two and a half hours each way, (depending on local traffic and contingencies).
Rates Exclude:
- Gratuities to Tour Guide, drivers.
Rates Inludes:
- Transportation by Private A/C vehicles/bus.
- All entrance fees.
- Bottled water aboard vehicles.
- Lunch including soft drinks, tea, and coffee.
- The services of superb Private multilingual Egyptologist-Guides for a maximum of 25 gues ts.