Go on a 6-Day Pharaonic-style Honeymoon trip to Egypt
Highlights
Giza, Cairo, Alexandria
romantic, cultural, historical
Private Tour
6 Days
Easy
English
Description
Have an Egyptian style wedding celebration with your partner in the famous Egyptian cities of Cairo, Alexandria, and Giza! Visit the ancient pyramids, museums, palaces and other wonders of the ancient world, followed by a trip to the Pharaonic village where you will hosted for a most authentic Egyptian wedding party.
Itinerary
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Day 1: Arrive at Cairo
Our representative will meet and assist you at Cairo International Airport. After that, you will be transferred to the hotel in a private vehicle. Upon arrival at the hotel, you will be checked in and the guide will give you detailed information about the next day's trip.
- Overnight stay in Cairo.
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Day 2: Visit to the Giza Pyramids & Egyptian Museum
- Have breakfast at the hotel in Cairo and then meet your personal Cairo guide. Commence your tour with a trip to the Giza Plateau. Here, visit one of the seven wonders of the ancient world- The Great Pyramid of Giza along with the Great Pyramids of Cheops, Chefren, and Mykerinus, and the famous Sphinx. Visit the Valley temple of Khafre right opposite the Sphinx as well.
- Have lunch at a good local restaurant. Then, you will be taken to the Egyptian Museum, home to an extensive collection of ancient Egyptian antiquities. Among the displayed artefacts are two statues of King Tutankhamen made of cedar wood and covered with gold, a statue of King Akhenaten, Ushabti statues that belonged to the Nubian kings, a mummy of a child, and a small Pharaonic polychrome glass vase.
- Then visit Coptic Cairo to see the Hanging Church and Ben Ezra Synagogue. The unique area of Coptic Cairo is a part of Old Cairo that has a concentration of Christian churches and other sites that date from the centuries between the decline of the pharaonic religion and the arrival of Islam when Egypt had a Christian majority. Coptic Cairo is largely built around the fort of Babylon on the remains of its walls.
- Combine fascinating history with shopping in the lively Khan El Khalili Bazaar which dates back to 1382.
- Overnight stay in Cairo.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
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Day 3: Visit to the Pharaonic Village
Start the morning tour by paying a visit to the pharaonic village where you will get to know about the livelihood of the ancient Egyptians. This is where the newlyweds will be met by the coordinator who will arrange everything for the pharaonic celebration.
Next, you will be greeted by the villagers with a welcome Zaffa, or a wedding party/march in Arab culture which includes a musical procession of bendir drums, bagpipes, horns, belly dancers, and men carrying flaming swords. This is an ancient Arab tradition that predates even Islam. When the procession reaches its destination, usually the house of the bridegroom, there is a party, more loud noise, and then dinner.
Overnight stay in a hotel in Cairo.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
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Day 5: Sightseeing at Alexandria
After breakfast, check out from your hotel in Cairo and travel to Alexandria over a 3-hour drive. Alexandria is a Mediterranean port city in Egypt that was best known for its Lighthouse, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World; its Great Library (the largest in the ancient world); and the Necropolis, one of the Seven Wonders of the Middle Ages.
Upon arrival in Alexandria, you will be taken to visit Qaitbay Citadel, built in the 15th century by Sultan Qaitbay on the spot of Alexandria's ancient lighthouse. The lighthouse in Alexandria was also one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
Visit the grand Montazah Palace, which combines Turkish and Florentine architectural styles. Montaza Palace is a palace, museum, and extensive gardens in the Montaza district of Alexandria, Egypt. It was built on a low plateau east of central Alexandria overlooking a beach on the Mediterranean Sea.
Take a trip to the new and much-acclaimed Alexandria Library.
Afterward, visit the Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa, a Roman cemetery cut out of rocks and considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Middle Ages.
Overnight stay in Alexandria.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
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Day 5: Back to Cairo
Have breakfast and check out from the hotel. Travel back to Cairo from Alexandria.
Check into the hotel in Cairo and stay the night.
Meals: Breakfast
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Day 6: Departure
Have a relaxing morning after breakfast. Then travel to Cairo International Airport for departure.
Meals: Breakfast
What's Included
What's Excluded
Meeting Point
Cancellation Policy
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For cancellations upto 2 days before the tour -
Refund of 80% of the tour price.
Price
Adult | |
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1 to 2 | /person |
This is a private tour |