6 Days Cairo / Alexandria Tour

Meet and Assist at Cairo International Airport by our representative Menatours , transfer to your hotel for overnight.

Breakfast at your hotel start your tour by passing by El Tharir Square where has been the traditional site for numerous major protests and demonstrations in the last few years , visiting the Egyptian Museum , the most depository of Egyptian antiquities anywhere in the world. it features artifacts from the Pharaonic and Greco-Roman periods, including the celebrates mummies of ancient Egypt’s king and Tut Ankh Amun treasures. After that visiting The Pyramids Of Giza and The Sphinx by the end of the tour visit Khan El Khalili one of Cairo’s main attractions for tourists and Egyptians alike.(B,L,D)

Early Morning drive from Cairo to Alexandria taking the desert road , we will pass by Wadi El Natroun is one of the three early Christian Monastic centers located in the desert of North Western Nile Delta there we will visit the Monastery of Saint Pishoy where was founded by Saint Pishoy in the fourth century ,the monastery has five churches the main one is SAINT Pishoy , Virgin Mary , Saint Iskhiron , Saint Georges and Archangel Micheal , 500 meters Northwest of the Monastery of Saint Pishoy we will visit the Syrian Monastery it is dedicated to the Virgin Mary and carries her name and its foundation took place in the Sixth century AD and it has five churches , two by the name of Virgin Mary , The Forty Nine Elder Martyrs of Sects , Saints Honnor and Marutha and Saint John the Dwarf. Than we will continue our road to Alexandria Transfer to your hotel for overnight (B, L, D)

After your breakfast at the hotel, you will start your tour by visiting Pompey’s Pillar was infect erected in honor of the Emperor Diocletian as a Greek inscription on the west side of the base indicates, a short distance away are the Catacombs of Kom El Shoukafa an extensive funerary structure on three levels, it is the largest Roman funerary installation in Egypt. On our way to Qaitbay Citadel we will pass by Mosque Abu El Abbas Mosque erected over the tomb of a 13th century holy man and rebuilt in the 18th Century (BD) , the Fort is on the position ancient Lighthouse , the Qaitbay citadel in Alexandria is considered one of the most important defensive strongholds not only in Egypt , but also along the Mediterranean Sea Coast.(B,L)

After your breakfast at the hotel , drive back to Cairo ,on our way we will pass by Monastery of Saint Mina is one of the most famous monasteries in Egypt , the relics of Saint Mina as well as that of Pope Cyril the sixth of Alexandria lie in the Monastery, back to Cairo and overnight at your hotel (B,D)

Transfer from your hotel to Cairo International Airport for your final departure.(B)