ROUTE OF ALEXANDER
7 NIGHTS / 8 DAYS
3 NIGHTS IN CAIRO + 1 NIGHT IN ALexandria + 3 NIGHTS IN SIWA
Day 01 Cairo
ARRIVAL AT EL CAIRO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. ASSISTANCE AND RECEPTION BY OUR PERSONNEL AFTER TRANSFER TO THE SELECTED HOTEL. ACCOMMODATION IN THE HOTEL IN A / D REGIME.
Day 02 Cairo
BREAKFAST AT THE HOTEL – DEPARTURE TO VISIT THE FAMOUS PYRAMIDS AND THE SPHING.
1. THE GREAT PYRAMID BUILT BY THE KING “KEOPS” IN THE 4TH CENTURY (2690 BEFORE CHRIST) WHOSE EXTENSION OF 13 HECTARES, AND AN ORIGINAL HEIGHT OF 146 METERS.
THE VOLUME OF THE STONES IS 2 MILLION AND A HALF OF M3.
2. THE SECOND PYRAMID OF THE PHARAON “KEFREN”, HEIGHT 136 M.
3. THE THIRD PYRAMID BUILT BY “MICERINOS” SON OF KEFREN, HEIGHT 62 M.
4. THE SPINING, LION BODY AND HUMAN HEAD, HAS 70 METERS OF LENGTH AND 20 METERS OF HEIGHT.
THE SPHINGE AND THE 3 PYRAMIDS WERE CONSIDERED AS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WONDERS OF THE OLD WORLD. THE VISIT LAST TWO HOURS APPROXIMATELY.
IN THE AFTERNOON, WE WILL VISIT THE MUSEUM OF PHARONIC ART OF EL CAIRO, ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS AND IMPORTANT MUSEUMS IN THE WORLD, WHERE MORE THAN 100,000 OBJECTS ARE APPLIED IN THEIR GLASSES THAT WE CAN CONTEMPLATE WITH ADMIRATION.
IT WAS FOUNDED IN THE YEAR 1858 BY THE FRENCH EGYPTOLOGIST AUGUSTE MARIATTE AND ILLUSTRA THE HISTORY OF EGYPTIAN ART SINCE THE PREDINASTIC AGE UNTIL THE GRECORROMANA.
BETWEEN HIS TREASURES HIGHLIGHT THE OBJECTS OF THE PREDINASTIC EGYPT “SHEIKH EL BALAD”, A WRITTEN SITTED IN CALIZED STONE, THE SCULPTURES OF THE PHARAONES OF THE DYNASTS OF THE OLD EMPIRE, THE WORKS OF THE LOW EMPIRE AND OF THE EARLY TIME MOST NOTABLE ARE THE OBJECTS DISCOVERED IN THE TOMB OF THE PHARAON “TUT ANKH AMOUN” IN THE VALLEY OF THE KINGS IN 1922.
THE DURATION OF THIS VISIT LASTS TWO HOURS APPROXIMATELY.
BACK TO THE HOTEL – ACCOMMODATION.
Day 03 alexandria
BREAKFAST AT THE HOTEL. GET OUT TO ALEXANDRIA.
ARRIVAL AT THE SELECTED HOTEL.
AFTER LEAVING TO MAKE A VISIT OF THE CATACUMBS WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE COMBINATION OF THE CULTURES AND TRADITIONS OF EGYPT, GREECE AND ROME BECOME THIS COMPLEX IN A UNIQUE SIGN OF THE BUILDING DEDICATED TO LIFE AFTER LIFE.
PERFORM THE VISIT OF THE ROMAN Amphitheater THAT WAS BUILT IN THE FOURTH CENTURY, FOR FOUR CENTURIES KEPT IN OPERATION, UNTIL THE ARRIVAL OF THE ARAB INVESTORS.
PERFORM THE VISIT OF THE COLUMN OF POMPEYO MEASURES 30 METERS OF HEIGHT. HIS AWESOME FIGURE IS MADE OF ASAN’S RED GRANITE. HIS BASEMENT WAS BUILT WITH FRAGMENTS THAT COME FROM OTHER, OLDER EGYPTIAN MONUMENTS.
THEN WE ARE GOING TO THE NEW COMPLETION OF ELEVATORY COMPLEX OF ELEVEN LEVELS IN TOTAL – FOUR OF THEM BELOW THE LEVEL OF THE STREET – CONFORM THE BUILDING. A READING ROOM DECORATED WITH NOBLE WOOD ALLOWS THE INCOME OF ABOUT 2000 PEOPLE WITH TOTAL COMFORT, WHICH BECOMES IT IN THE LARGEST IN THE WORLD.
THE VISIT OF THE GARDENS OF THE PALACE OF MONTAZAH GARDENS THAT EXTEND FOR DOING EVERYTHING YOU CAN SEE. THE HIGH PALMS ARE ABUNDED, AND THERE ARE ALSO A LIKELY PEOPLE IN THE PLACE: IT IS A GREAT NUMBER OF GACELAS THAT WALK WITH PRIDE AND LIGHTNESS. (THE VISIT WILL BE OUTSIDE)
THE VISIT OF THE STRENGTH OF QAITBEY BUILT IN 1480, NORTH OF THE OLD ISLAND OF PHAROS THE SULTAN QAITBEY WAS WHO ORDERED THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS STRONG, WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF CONSTITUTING A DEFENSIVE STRUCTURE FOR THE CITY. (THE VISIT WILL BE OUTSIDE) BACK TO THE HOTEL AND ACCOMMODATION.
Day 04 Siwa
BREAKFAST AT THE HOTEL. GET OUT TO ALEXANDRIA. ARRIVAL AT THE SELECTED HOTEL.
Day 05 Siwa
BREAKFAST AT THE HOTEL. DEPARTURE TO MAKE THE VISIT OF GABAL THE MAWTA OR MOUNTAIN OF THE DEAD THAT IS CALCULATED THAT MORE THAN 700 TOMBS WERE CARVED IN THE CALIZA STONE OF THE HILL. THE MOST PART OF THEM CORRESPONDS TO THE LATE AND GRECORROMAN PERIODS. THE PLACE WAS ALSO USED BY THE LOCAL INHABITANTS DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR, TO PROTECT HIM FROM ATTACKS WITH PUMPS. IN THIS PLACE WE WILL SEE THE FOLLOWING TOMBS:
– THE TOMB OF SIAMON: Siamón is a character that little is known, although without a doubt it must have been an illustrious man because of the magnificence of his grave. The paintings indicate that he had Greek ancestry, because of the appearance of his face, but that he married an Egyptian woman
– THE TOMB OF MISUISIS: The life of Misuisis, on the other hand, remains as mysterious as that of Siamón. His grave is characterized by being incomplete. However, the painting of the ceiling is really beautiful, where images of cobras crowned by solar discs are shown, and the figures of the door, which represent Osiris and Isis.
– THE TOMB OF THE COCODRILE: The name of this tomb comes from the yellow crocodile that was painted on one of its walls. However, it is not the only animal in there: other walls show beautiful blue and yellow foxes. RETURN TO THE HOTEL AND ACCOMMODATION.
Day 06 Siwa
BREAKFAST AT THE HOTEL. THEN AT 6:00 AM
EXIT TO PERFORM AN EXCURSION THROUGH THE DESERT WHERE THE DONDS AND THE SUNRISE SEE, ALSO SEE SPEARGUNS AS CARCOLAS, SHELLS, WHALE BONES, MEDITERRANEAN SEA SEEDS THE EXCURSION LASTS ALMOST 4 HOURS.
THEN WE WILL VISIT THE TEMPLE OF ALEJANDRO MAGNO.
THEN VISIT OF THE TEMPLE OF PROPHECY OF AMON LOCATED ON THE SURFACE OF A FLAT ROCK, IS ONE OF THE TWO TEMPLES DEDICATED TO THIS DEITY THAT WAS BUILT IN THE OASIS. DATA FROM THE XVI DYNASTY, BUT HER ORACLE APPEARED TO LIVE LIFE LATER, AND BOTH REACHED A MOMENT OF SUPPORT DURING THE GREEK AND ROMAN PERIODS.
Day 07 Siwa
BREAKFAST AT THE HOTEL. DEPARTURE TO VISIT THE FAMOUS BATHROOM OF CLEOPATRA A BATH HONDO OF HOT WATER WHERE YOU CAN BATH. IT IS A SOURCE OF MINERAL WATERS FRAMED IN A VEGETATION BURNING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ISLAND.
ANOTHER FANTASTIC PLACE IS THE ISLAND OF FITNAS IN THE SALT LAKE BERKET SIWA SURROUNDED BY PALMS AND AN AWESOME LANDSCAPE WHERE YOU CAN DRINK TEA, COFFEE, SMOKE NERGUILE —–.
BREAKFAST IN THE HOTEL AND TRANSFER TO EL CAIRO. ON THE ROAD TO VISIT WADI EL NATARUN WHERE THE COPTOS CONVENTS ARE LIKE THE CONVENT OF SAN BICHOI AND THE CONVENT OF THE VIRGIN MARY.
ARRIVAL AT THE HOTEL OF EL CAIRO AND ACCOMMODATION.
BREAKFAST AT THE HOTEL TRANSFER TO THE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT OF EL CAIRO CONDESTINE TO YOUR COUNTRY.