If you have a few days at cairo you can make one day trip to each of this cities to enjoy the wondrful sightseeings
and the Historical sites there in any of your free days at cairo and back again...

This tours will be from Cairo To :-

1- Saqqara, Dahshur & Memphis :-

Distance: 30 K.m outside cairo about 45 minutes to reach there.

1- Memphis: consider to be the first ancient captial for Egypt,They called it Mennufer which mean ( the good
place ) It is located near Saqqara,
Now it turened to be small garden houses a small meausm kept inside it the The Colossus of Ramses which is
made of limstone and about 12 Meters in high although it has no legs!!! and weight 120 Tons!!,
Also the Alabaster sphinx which is about 80 Tons!! and much more to see.

2- Saqqara: It was built before the Pyramids of Giza. The Architect was Imenhotep,Consider to be the first
pyramidal shape we have..its complex is richy history.

3- Dahshur: Distance 10 k.m from saqqara it houses two famous pyramids the bent pyramid which is photo
number 3 and the red pyramid which consider to be the finest example to reach the pyramidal shape.

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2- Alexanria tour :-

Distance: 225 km. from Cairo.about 3 hours drives by car

Alexandria is the second largest city in Egypt, Alexandria,Founded by Alexander the Great in 331 B.C.,and became
the capital of Greco-Roman Egypt,Egypt inviting you to visit the beaches of our Mediterranean Alexandria with
their smooth sand and beautiful landscape stretching on a distance of 40 kms. We guarantee that you will never
regret coming and will surely come back again...

One or two days trip from cairo is enough to see it as, the tour can be as follow

Transportation Cairo-Alexandria-Cairo ( by air conditioned van ) includes a visit to visit to the Roman Theater ( A
theater with marble seats up to 800 spectators, Galleries, Section of mosaic flooring & a pleasure garden
surrounded by Roman Villas & baths ).
Then a visit to the Catacomb of Kom El-Shoqafa ( Tombs on three levels, also contains The Triclinium where
relatives used to sit on stone benches to feast the dead, a center with relieves of bearded serpents.Inside, there
are 2nd Century AD statues of Sobec & Anubis wearing Roman Armor ), then POMPEY`S PILLAR and visit the
Montazah Garden and Alexandria Library.
Overnight  at alexandria to enjoy its beaches and you can have more visits to many others sites as

St.Marc Church and Catacombs:
St. Marc the Evangelist, one of the Christ’s disciples, established the church in the first century. The present
Basilica stands over the catacombs of the Coptic patriarchs of the 7th to 11th centuries. It is situated in Coptic
Church Street, Ramleh Station.

Qait Bay Fort:
It is situated at the north extreme of the port entry, at the same place of the old Alexandrine Pharos. In the XVth
century, the constructor of the fort, Sultan Ashraf Qait bay composed it of three floors after medieval models.
Inside we can find the marine museum, which was constructed to revive Alexandria’s old naval heritage

Royal Jewellery Museum:
Installed at Fatma Al Zahraa Palace in Zizenia, this museum is a unique architectural masterpiece. Its rooms
contain many rare paintings, ornaments and rare statues as well as a priceless jewel collection belonging to
Mohamed Ali dynasty.

Day trips From Alexandria to...

A- Alamein Cemetery:-

It is is about 326 km northwest of Cairo and 100 km west of Alexandria It is wonderful for
anyone interested in military history.
Here Rommel and Montogomery fought the decisive battle in the second world war's
north African campaign it contains a collection of arms used in World War II, you can see
there :-



1-The British Cemetery: Here 7367 soldiers are buried while other 11'000 allied soldiers, whose bodies
were never found, are listed in the cloister that precedes the graveyard. The soldiers are from different countries
but mainly from UK. The inscribed tombstones are arranged in rows, some of them bear the names of the dead
but others couldn't be identified.

2-The German war cemeteries: It is a remarkable octagonal fortress-like building. Inside, soldiers are
buried in mass with symbolic representation of their regiments,The memorial is designed by Robert Tischler,
principal architect of the German War Graves Commission.

3-The Italian war cemeteries: The Italian cemetery is 4 kilometers further west to the German cemeteries.
It is a high tower built on a hill approached through a cloister and is dedicated to about 4800 Italian soldiers. A
mosque in the courtyard is built in commemoration of the Libyan soldiers who fought with the Axis. The memorial
is designed by Paolo Caccia Dominioni, former Officer of Engineers.

4-The Military meausm: The museum was opened in the year 1956, during the
presidency of Gamal Abdel Nasser,It was built as a memorial of the Battle of Al Alamein
, between the British and the Germans in 1942, and the battles that took place in South
Africa during the Second World War. Al-Alemein War Museum was renewed and
reopened in 1992, during the presidency of Mubarak.

It houses military relics of the great decisive battle in 1942 that took place between the
Allies and the Axis. It houses weapons used in the war, profiles of the war
commanders and uniforms. There are also detailed maps showing the battle's
strategy,The museum is one of the best places to visit in order to achieve an
understanding of the story of World War II in Egypt.

B- Wady Al Natroun Monasteries:-

Distance: it’s 122 Kms from Alexandria on Alex/Cairo desert rd, 100
kms on the road west the Rest House would take you to the monasteries.
St. Bishoy monastery, El Soryan monastery, El Baramos monastery and
Abu Makkar monastery. Those four Monasteries been built on a cross shape.
And it named so cause abundance of Natrun, a naturally occurring
combination of sodium carbonate and sodium which was used in
mummification, and soda (sodium oxide), used for glass manufacturing.
Natrun was also important in ancient Egyptian medicine, rituals and
crafts.

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C- Rosetta ( Rashid ):-

Distance: It is only 45 minutes east of alexandria 65 k.m .Today, it is a tourist attraction,
cause its strategic location between the Mediterranean and the western arm of the Nile

it was called Khito". In the Ptolemic era, the town was renamed " Poulbotine" after the Poulbotinium Temple,
dedicated to the worship of of Queen Cleopatra. In the Coptic age, the town was known as Rashit, later converted
to Rashid. In later epochs, the town came to known by its present name of Rosetta ( rosy in Latin ).

In 853 AD , the Abbasid Caliph ordered a town to be built on the site of the old town on Poulbotine as a protective
fortification against sea invaders. Rashid was referred to in history books as famous for making salted fish and
sea snails. they flocked into the town and many of them built beautiful houses, mosques, inns and public baths.
Since then, the town was used as a trading harbor.Famous with the discovery of the Rosetta Stone. This great
occurrence took place in the course of search by a French contingent during the French expedition to Egypt of a
suitable site for fortifications. Dated 23.3.196 BC. The town itself is an open museum, with 22 monumental
residences dating back to the Ottoman era in addition to 12 mosques, mills, castles and public baths It is worth
to visit it.

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3- One day trip from cairo to al-Fayoum :-

Distance: 90 K.m outside cairo(about 2 hours) the Venice of Egypt,The city of
close to half a million people it has come in and out of favor with tourists to
Egypt over the years. Only a few years ago, it remained a hunter's paradise.

Have you ever dreamed of a trip in one of the oases in Egypt for only one day?
Join us to Fayoum Oasis by visiting Qarun Lake where you can see different
kinds of birds. Qarun lake is considered the oldest natural lakes in the world,
the third largest lake in Egypt and the rest of lake Old Maurice, It is considered
an interior lake which is not related to any sea and an area of around 53
thousands acres in Fayoum Down.
At the edge of the Oasis, there are many ruined temples at Karanis, the ancient
city, Then Proceed to Fayoum Museum which is famous for its Roman portrait, then onto Wadi Al Rian where you
can enjoy the cataract by ridding a felucca around it.

The tour includes:
• All transfers by a private air-conditioned vehicle
• Entrance fees to the mentioned historical place
• Guide of your own language
• All taxes & service charge

Tour does not include:
• Any extras not mentioned in the program

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4-One day trip from cairo to Suez :-

Distance: 3 hours
It is about 300 meters wide (197 feet) at the bottom. It is wide enough to allow ships having a a maximum draft of
16 meters (53 feet). The canal can accommodate ships as large as 150,000 dead weight tons fully loaded.
The canal stretches over 100 miles (163 kilometers) from Port said and the Mediterranean Sea to Suez and the
Red Sea and You will start at early morning with a private a/c van with English speaking driver will take you out to
Suez. Here you will be able to see the staging lot for the ships as they wait in the Gulf of Suez before making their
journey through the canal.
From Suez you will travel under the canal through the tunnel to the Sinai side, At this point you will go north along
the canal for about 80 km. Along the way you'll see desert and canal views.
Finally, you will cross over the new Mubarak bridge, a high rise bridge offering fantastic views of the canal, Your
driver will slow down at the top of the bridge for photos Then visit the fortified points if you like.
There are plenty of rest stops offering clean accommodations and food for your lunch along the way or take
along a picnic.

the tour will include:
transportion + guide + all entrance fees but Not include dinne

Egypt Still have a lot of beauty to see ...