2 Days in Cairo and Alexandria | Alexandria Port Trips

A representative of Osha Tours will meet you at the Alexandria Port at the exit from the cruise ship carrying a sign with your name. He will then assist you board an air-conditioned vehicle to Cairo which is about an hour’s drive, stopping over for rest if need be. The first place to visit is the Pyramids of Pharaohs Cheops, Chephren, and Mykerinus. Then, you will proceed to visit the Great Sphinx, which is a statue with the head of a pharaoh and a lion’s body and was built during the reign of Chephren. The trip includes a tour of the Valley Temple overlooking the Pyramids of Chephren.

Following this, you will proceed to the Egyptian Museum, which is packed with collections from the Pharaonic era. Egypt Tours will make sure you visit the museum, turning out to be over five thousand years of art, the largest and wealthiest collection of Egyptian art in existence. It has more than 250,000 real works of art, including a special section of mummies and the gold and jewelry of Tutankhamun that was found in the late 1920s after being in a sealed tomb for more than 3500 years. After lunch in a nearby restaurant, you will be returned to the hotel.

Other options are a 2-hour dinner cruise on the Nile or a Sound and Light show in the Giza Pyramids area. The next day in Cairo.

Start your day with breakfast served at the hotel before enjoying a transfer with your private guide to Alexandria in a modern air-conditioned vehicle. The first place that you will visit is the Catacombs which are of early Roman origin and were discovered in the year 1900 after 12 years of searching. After that, you are going to see the Qaitbay Citadel which is positioned on the site of the Great Lighthouse of Alexandria, at the entrance of the eastern Alexandria harbor. You will also have a chance to go inside the Alexandria Library. Lunch will be included in the tour. In the end, you will go back to the cruise for your exit.