8-Hour Giza Pyramids & Egyptian Museum Tour

Egyptian Museum of Antiquities

Highlights

Explore the Pyramids of Giza, the tombs of three Egyptian kings of the Fourth Dynasty

Visit the Great Sphinx of Giza, a limestone statue of a reclining sphinx

See the Valley Temple, built on the edge of the desert cliff

Go to the Egyptian Museum, oldest archaeological museum in the Middle East

Cairo, Giza

archaeological, historical, museums

Group Tour

8 Hours

Easy

English, French

Description

Spend the day visiting Ancient Egypt, take a tour to Giza Pyramids and the Sphinx before visiting the Egyptian Museum with the largest collection of Egyptian antiquities in the world. A knowledgeable guide will accompany along the whole way.

Itinerary

Giza Pyramids & Egyptian Museum of Antiquities
- Get picked up by the Egyptologist representative from the hotel and enjoy an excursion to The Pyramids of Cheops, Chephren and Mykerinus.
- Proceed to visit the Great Sphinx, which dates from the time of Chephren.
- Visit the Valley Temple, which belongs to the pyramid of Chephren.
- Have lunch at a local restaurant.
- Move 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 Tutankhamen collection of treasure, gold and jewellery which was enclosed in his tomb for over 3,500 years before it was discovered in the 1920s when his tomb was discovered.
Back to the hotel after the trip.

What's Included

Pick up services from the hotel & return

All transfers by a private air-conditioned vehicle

Private English-speaking Egyptologist guide

Entrance fees to all the mentioned sites

Lunch meal at a local restaurant in Cairo

Bottled water on board the vehicle during the tour

All taxes & service charge

What's Excluded

Any extras not mentioned in the itinerary.

Tipping.

Know Before You Go

Additional Entry Tickets: All Egypt tour packages and programs don’t include entrance fees to special archaeological sites such as entering one of the Pyramids, visiting the Mummies Room at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, visiting the Solar Boat Museum at the Pyramids area or entering the Tomb of Tutankhamen at Valley of the Kings in Luxor.

Tipping: It is a customary attitude for expressing one's satisfaction of good services rendered to him by staff on duty with him.