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5 Day Cairo and Alexandria wonders Tour
Accessible Travel
Egypt
This perfectly organized wheelchair accessible tour is a wonderful choice for the traveler who wishes to explore the wonders of Cairo, the Egyptian capital and the largest city in Africa, and enjoy a day in Alexandria, the jewel of the Mediterranean Sea, as well. This amazing trip gives the chance to the guest to spend five days in Cairo with a one day trip to visit the fabulous attractions of Alexandria.
This trip is carefully designed to suit the needs and the requirements of any traveler who loves luxury and comfort. All transportations will be made using comfortable private air-conditioned minivans and all the accommodations will be in perfectly prepared rooms faultlessly designed to fit our disabled guests. The tour guides escorting the guests will be highly educated and experienced in satisfying all the needs and the requirements a traveler might think of.
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Duration |
4 nights 5 days |
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Accommodation |
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Meals |
Cairo with breakfast |
Beverage |
not include |
Transportation |
by our
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deluxe
coach |
Guide |
included |
Click map for |
Entrance fees |
included |
detailed route |
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The summary of the
itinerary |
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Day1 |
arrival in Cairo with the rest of the day free at leisure |
Day2 |
Cairo Tour: visiting the pyramids of Giza and the famous archeological site of Saqqara |
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Day3 |
Cairo Tour: visiting the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities, the Saladin Citadel, and Coptic Cairo |
Day4 |
Alexandria Tour: visiting the Catacombs, the famous Alexandria Library, the Qaitbey Fort, and the Montazah complex and gardens |
Day5 |
Departure from Cairo |
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The full itinerary of the
Tour: |
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Day 1 : |
Cairo |
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Upon arrival in Cairo, the guest will meet the Select Egypt Travel representative who will be your best friend for the coming five days. We only deal with local highly educated and experienced company representatives who have fluent English and wonderful communication skills,
After the "meet and greet", the guest will be transferred to his hotel, his home away from home, using the best comfortable wheelchair accessible air-conditioned minivans
The guest will check in the hotel in a few minutes to enable him/her to rest and refresh for an amazing tour of Cairo in the next day.
- Overnight in the hotel
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Day 2 : |
Cairo |
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The guest will enjoy a delicious breakfast to energize his power for his tour of Cairo
After breakfast, you will meet up with your highly educated long experienced Egyptologist who will escort you for the rest of the day.
Your first visit of the day will be to the Pyramids of Giza, the most popular monument in the whole world, built by the pharaohs from the period starting from 2550 BC to 2480 BC. You will have the chance to explore the wonders of the Great Pyramid, the largest Pyramid ever constructed in Egypt which was built by King Cheops, and it is the only remaining item in the list of the Greek Old Seven wonders of the world. You will discover the beauty of the lion's body and the human headed sphinx, one of the largest monolith statues in history of mankind.
Your tour will be accompanied, all the time, with wonderful historical interpretation explaining the reasons behind building such massive structure.
Your next stop, while being transferred in the most comfortable air-conditioned minivan, will be in the Saqqara complex, the necropolis of the third dynasty of the Pharonic Old Kingdom.
This rich archeological site hosts a number of pyramids, with the startling step Pyramid of Djoser, which is the oldest proper pyramid ever built in Egypt and the most ancient rock structure built in the history of humankind. Saqqara also has many richly decorated tombs.
All the sights visited is comfortably wheelchair accessible
At the end of the day you will be transferred to your hotel for a free evening to explore Cairo on your own style or relax for the tours in the coming day
- Overnight in the hotel
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Day 3 : |
Cairo |
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After breakfast, the guest will meet up with his friendly Egyptologist to start a fascinating day touring Cairo
The first stop of the day will be at the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities hosting the largest collection of Pharonic displays in the whole world including the startling treasures of King Tut Ankh Amun and the Royal mummies' hall.
This is besides many other exhibitions form different Pharonic periods. Your tour of the Museum will be accompanied by the perfect illustration of different stages of the Egyptian history
Your next visit will be to discover the Saladin Citadel, built by the great Ayoubid king and warrior, Salah El Dine Al Ayouby between 1176 and 1183 AD to protect Cairo and Egypt against the foreign attacks.
This citadel became the seat of the power in Egypt for a very long period afterwards. The guest will have the chance to visit the startling Mohamed Ali Alabaster Mosque lactated inside the citadel. Mohamed Ali, who is considered the founder of Modern Egypt, decided to build this amazing mosque between 1830 and 1848 AD to look like the great mosques built by the Ottomans in Istanbul, like the famous Aya Sofia Mosque
Your last visit of the day will be to explore the monuments located in Coptic Cairo where many fascinating Coptic monuments are located like the Hanging Church, one of the oldest churches ever built in Egypt, the church of Saint Barbra, The Coptic Museum, and the Ben Ezra synagogue, the most ancient Jewish Temple in Egypt
All the sights visited is comfortably wheelchair accessible
At the end of this fascinating day, you will be transferred to the hotel
- Overnight in the hotel
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Day 4 : |
Cairo -
Alexandria |
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After the tasty breakfast at the hotel, the guest will meet up with his guide for his trip to Alexandria
You will start your journey to Alexandria, located 270 kilometers to the North West of Cairo, the capital of Egypt, riding in the most comfy and cozy air-conditioned minivan r>
Arrive in Alexandria after approximately three hours to start your tour of the city to visit the catacombs of Kom Al Shoqafa, the most ancient and mysterious Alexandrian ancient necropolis. The Catacombs, which is a three underground floor spooky necropolis, was first established around the 2nd century BC. This amazing burial site is considered one of the Seven Wonders of the World in the middle Ages.
Your next stop will be at the Bibliotheca Alexandria , the modern Library of Alexandria, which was built in 2002, as an a new version of the famous ancient Library of Alexandria, built by Ptolemy II around (285 ـ 247) BC, and then destroyed by Julius Cesar in the year 48 BC. The library of Alexandria hosts a huge collection of books gathered from all around the world. This is besides an interesting museum.
Now its time to view the magical atmosphere of one of the most famous landmarks of Alexandria, the Fortress of Qaitbay who was a famous Mamluk leader and warrior in the 15th century AD.
He used the stones that remained from the collapsed ancient Pharonic Light house to construct his fortress at the western edge of Alexandria in 1477.
This fortress is one of the amazing examples of the military structures of the Mamluk time
Your last stop of the day will be at the wonderful Montazah Gardens, consisting of 370 acres and situated in an amazing spot overseeing the Mediterranean Sea.
The Montazah Gardens and palaces were first established by Khedive Abbas Helmy II, who ruled Egypt from 1892 till 1914 as a summer resort for the royal family of Mohamed Ali. The palaces and the garden, hosting plants and flowers exported from all over the world, were nationalized by Gamal Abdel Nasser, the former Egyptian president.
All the sights visited is comfortably wheelchair
accessible - You will take the air-conditioned minivan
again to Cairo.
Overnight in the hotel
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Day 5 : |
Cairo |
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It is time for your amazing delicious breakfast.
You will meet the representative of Select Egypt Travel to assist you to be transferred, using your wonderful cozy air-conditioned minivan, to the Cairo airport.
Your final departure after spending a marvelous memorable tour in Egypt that you will remember for the rest of your life.
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Price
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Accommodation |
Number of
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1st
May - 30th Sep
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1st
Oct - 30th April
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Christmas - New Year
Easter Period
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5 Stars |
2 guests |
430
Euro per person |
490
Euro per person |
580
Euro per person |
3 guests |
350
Euro per person |
390
Euro per person |
460
Euro per person |
4 guests |
310
Euro per person |
350
Euro per person |
410
Euro per person |
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Price includes: |
• Four nights accommodation in hotel in Cairo with Prepared rooms for the disabled travelers. On bed and breakfast basis.
• All local transfers by comfortable private A/C minivan.
• Sightseeing tours as mentioned in the program
• Entry fees for the sites
• English speaking guide in all the historical places guide
• Assistance and help during the day
• All taxes
- For the formalities and the safety of our customers, we inform the Ministry of the Egyptian Tourism of our programs.
• There are no hidden costs whatsoever!!
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Price excludes: |
• Entry visa of Egypt.
• Personal expenses.
• Beverage during meals.
• Tips.
• Entrance inside any of the Pyramids of Giza.
• Visit the Mummies’ room in the Egyptian Museum
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