Follow The Holy Family In Egypt, 8 Days

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Tour Includes:

Meet and airport assistance through immigration formalities, Transfer to hotels by private A/C bus, Visit in Cairo as per itinerary, Visits between Luxor and Aswan as per itinerary, Accommodation 3-nights in Cairo on bed & breakfast, Accommodation 4-nights on board Nile Cruise on full board basis, Private escort English speaking guide during the visits, Meals indicated

Tour Price Does Not Include:

International flight to Egypt, travel insurance, visa fees, gratuities

Details

Tour Operator

Palace Travel Inc

Duration

8 Days

Escorted

Escorted - Yes

Itinerary

Day	Destination	Description
Day 1	Cairo	On arrival in Cairo , you will be met, assisted and transferred to your hotel for overnight. Meal(s) Included: Dinner Overnight at Intercontinental pyramids park Or Similar
Day 2	Cairo	After breakfast, Drive to Tel Basta , then , towards Mostorod, ? From Mostorod drive towords Belbeis (Anceint Philippos) where the holy family rested in the shade of a tree called (virgin Marry's tree) ? Then drive to Samanoud there is a large granite which used by the Virgin for bathing the holy child ? Then drive to Sakha in the lake district to Burullus (Kafr El sheikh) where the Holy child foot print was marked in Bas-relief on a rock Return back to Cairo , dinner and overnight at hotel Meal(s) Included: Breakfast, Dinner Overnight at Intercontinental pyramids park Or Similar
Day 3	Cairo	Head towards Wadi Natrun, the next stop of the holly family after Sakha, which became the sites of anchoretic settlement during the earliest decades of Christianity and later on became the sits of many monasteries ? Return back to Cairo Dinner & overnight at hotel Meal(s) Included: Breakfast, Dinner Overnight at Intercontinental pyramids park Or Similar
Day 4	Cairo	Drive to Ain Shams and then to Mataria where the tree still stands there ,visit Mary 's tree ? Then drive to Old Cairo where the holy family had a short stay here in a cave named now ( Church of Abu Serga ) ? Then move to Modern Cairo Suburb Maadi where they boarded the boat to Southern Egypt Return back to Cairo , dinner & overnight Meal(s) Included: Breakfast, Dinner Overnight at Intercontinental pyramids park Or Similar
Day 5	Menyia	Early morning drive to Dier Al Garnous, then went on from there to Abai Issous (the Home of Jesus) in the present day named Village of Sandafa ? Then from Samalout ,to the east bank of the Nile to visit the monastery of the Virgin upon Gabal Al Tair dinner & overnight at Menyia Meal(s) Included: Breakfast, Dinner Overnight at Mercure Nefertiti & Aton Or Similar
Day 6	Cairo	Early morning , move towards the Monastry of Muharreq Retrun back to Cairo & overnight. Meal(s) Included: Breakfast, Dinner Overnight at Intercontinental pyramids park Or Similar
Day 7	Cairo	After breakfast, meet with your private Egyptologist/guide and driver and begin the tour of Cairo . We drive through the scenic streets on our way to the great pyramids of Giza , where we will see the 3 gigantic pyramids, the Sphinx and the entire Giza Plateau with the royal, private tombs and the original village of the workers who built the pyramids dating back to 3000 years B.C. We will also see the valley temple and, time permitting, we can visit the amazing Solar Boat that was discovered and dug out from the side of the pyramid and was used for the burial of the King about 5000 years ago. After lunch, Drive through the streets of Cairo on your way to downtown Cairo to visit the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities and get an amazing detailed guided tour, with its amazing collection of artifacts from Ancient Egypt dating back 5000 years before the birth of Christ. Observe the golden items of the tomb of the young king Tut-Ankh-Amen including his golden Mask and pure solid 220 Lbs golden coffin. Visit the mummies room with at least 12 mummies that are very well preserved and are more than 4 thousand years old. in the evening, visit Khan El Khalili Bazar , which is an Oriental Bazaar that go back to the 10 th Century just like the one heard of in (A thousand and one nights) and a neighborhood of the draughts men who spend their life crafting art-work on Jewelry, metals and Furniture, and we stroll through the streets of the Bazaar and set at it's nice Oriental Cafes to drink exotic traditional drinks and enjoy the traditional Hookas (water-Pipe) with apple-flavored tobacco. Dinner & overnight at hotel. Meal(s) Included: Breakfast, Dinner Overnight at Intercontinental pyramids park Or Similar
Day 8	Depart	Decide on your activities with the assistance of your guide. Transfer to Cairo international airport for your onward flight. Meal(s) Included: Breakfast

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