4 nights / 5 days · Arab Republic of Egypt

Cairo and Alexandria

Four nights between Cairo and Alexandria — Giza, the Royal Mummies Hall, the Roman catacombs, and a Nile dinner cruise to finish.

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Duration: 4 nights / 5 days
Where you stay: Cairo → Alexandria
Style: Classic city
From: AED 3,166per person

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About this trip

The short Egypt package, and the only one that never goes upriver. It gives Cairo two days — Giza and the Sphinx on the first, the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization and Khan El Khalili on the same run — then takes the Delta road to Alexandria and stays the night there rather than driving back in the dark.

It suits a long weekend, a first look, or a trip built around something else in the region. If the temples at Karnak and the Valley of the Kings are the reason you are going, this is not the package; the four seven-night itineraries below all reach them.

What you go for

The Giza plateau and the Sphinx, with a full morning given to them
The Royal Mummies Hall at the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization
Roman Alexandria — the catacombs, the amphitheatre and Pompey's Pillar
A Nile dinner cruise with an Egyptian folklore show on the last night

The route

Day by day

Times are the operator's planned schedule. They shift with the season, the light and the traffic on the day.

Day 1
Arrival in Cairo
Arrive at Cairo International
Met in the arrivals hall by our representative, who takes the group through immigration and customs formalities.
Transfer by private vehicle to your hotel, and check in.
Day 2
Giza, the Civilization Museum and Khan El Khalili
Morning
Breakfast at the hotel.
0800
The Pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx
Raised around 2500 BC as the necropolis of the fourth-dynasty kings, and close enough to the edge of the city that the scale takes a moment to land. The Sphinx — a lion's body under a human head — was set below them to keep watch. The morning also takes in the shop stops the operator builds in: a papyrus institute, a perfume factory and a cotton shop.
National Museum of Egyptian Civilization
The Royal Mummies Hall holds twenty royal mummies in a climate-controlled gallery arranged to explain how mummification worked and who these people were, rather than simply displaying them.
Khan El Khalili
The market on El Moez Street, laid out under the Mamluks in the fourteenth century and still the place to buy anything in Cairo. Touring ends here at about 1600.
Day 3
Cairo to Alexandria
Overnight: Alexandria
0700
Breakfast, then out of the city. Alexandria is 225 kilometres up the Delta, around two and a half hours by road.
Full day
Roman Alexandria
The Catacombs of Kom El-Shoqafa, a Roman cemetery cut three levels down into the rock; the Roman amphitheatre, with marble seating for around 800, its galleries, a surviving section of mosaic floor and a garden ringed by villas and baths; and Pompey's Pillar, a 25-metre granite column raised for the Emperor Diocletian in AD 297.
The Citadel of Qaitbay is seen from the outside. It stands on the site of the Pharos, the lighthouse of ancient Alexandria.
Check in at your hotel in Alexandria.
Day 4
Back to Cairo, and dinner on the water
Morning
Breakfast and check-out, then the road back to Cairo and check-in at your hotel.
Evening
Dinner cruise
A cruise on the Nile with an open buffet dinner, a belly dancer and an Egyptian folklore show.
Day 5
Departure
Morning
Breakfast and check-out, then transfer to Cairo airport for your flight home or onward.

Where you stay

Hotel options

Pick a line and the whole trip is costed against it, so you can see what the difference actually buys.

4★
- Novotel 6 October, Cairo
- Grand Plaza, Alexandria
AED 3,166per person

Per person, twin share. Land only — international flights are not included. Rates move with the season, the number of you travelling and the hotel line you choose, so we confirm the final figure against your dates before anything is booked.

The detail

What is included

Included

Meet and greet at the airport, with assistance through immigration and customs formalities.
Sightseeing as set out in the day-by-day above, entrance fees included.
Qualified English-speaking guide on every touring day.
Transport by private air-conditioned vehicle. Sightseeing in Cairo is on a private basis.
Three nights in Cairo, bed and breakfast, standard room.
One night in Alexandria, bed and breakfast, standard room.
All airport and hotel transfers in Cairo.
Nile dinner cruise with open buffet, belly dancer and folklore show.

Not included

International flights.
Meals other than the board basis listed above.
Beverages, drinks and mineral water with meals.
Inside entrance to the pyramids — USD 40 per person for the Great Pyramid, USD 15 for the second or third.
Grand Egyptian Museum supplement — USD 30 per person, in place of the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization.
Peak-period supplement of USD 25 per person per night over Christmas and New Year (22 December 2026 – 5 January 2027) and Easter (24 March – 4 April 2027).
Optional tours.
Expenses of a personal nature.
Egypt entry visa — USD 33 per person.
Tips, budgeted by the operator at USD 7 per person per day across five days.

Entry rules, tourism taxes and health requirements change without notice and depend on your passport. Everything above is confirmed by our operations desk before your booking is finalised.

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