Egypt with the Grand Museum (GEM)

DAY 1 ARRIVAL IN CAIRO

Arrival at Cairo International Airport. Reception by a Spanish-speaking assistant and transfer to the hotel. Accommodation.

DAY 2 CAIRO – PYRAMIDS (B, L)

Breakfast at the hotel. In the morning we will take a panoramic tour of the Three Pyramids of Giza: Cheops, Chephren and Menkaure, the architectural complex considered the most important of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. We will admire the Great Sphinx with a human head attributed to King Chephren and a lion's body and visit the Temple of Chephren. Break for lunch in a typical restaurant. In the afternoon, visit Memphis (open-air museum where we can admire several colossal statues of Ramses II, a great sphinx and other archaeological remains). We will continue our visits today by visiting the Necropolis of Sakkara (an important cult centre where a large number of animal mummies were produced) and its stepped pyramid designed by Imnotep, the first known architect in the world who designed this pyramid for Pharaoh Zoser and who revolutionised the architecture of that time as it was the first large pyramid. Transfer to the hotel and accommodation.

DAY 3 CAIRO – CITY TOUR (B, L)

Breakfast at the hotel. In the morning we will take a cultural tour of the city to visit the Citadel of Saladin, declared a World Heritage Site and which includes the Mohamed Ali Mosque or “alabaster mosque” and the sumptuous GEM (Grand Egyptian Museum) is the largest museum in the world dedicated entirely to the civilisation of Ancient Egypt. We will continue our visits today by visiting the Coptic quarter, which is where the Church of St. Sergius is located, where the Holy Family took refuge. Lunch at a typical restaurant and free time for shopping at the famous Khan el Khalili market. Transfer to the hotel. Accommodation.

DAY 4 CAIRO – LUXOR CRUISE (B, L, D)

Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to Cairo Airport to take a flight to Luxor. Arrival in Luxor. Transfer to the motor ship and boarding the cruise. Lunch on board. We will visit the Karnak Temple or Karnak Temples, considered the largest temple in Egypt with its avenue of rams and its hall of 132 columns and we will visit the Luxor Temple dedicated to the god Amun – Ra, where the avenue of sphinxes stands out, the Obelisk with more than 25 meters of height, the statues of Ramses II and the Naos. Dinner and night on board in Luxor.

DAY 5 CRUISE - LUXOR – EDFU – ESNA (B, L, D)

Full board on board. Visit to the Valley of the Kings where the tombs of the kings of the New Kingdom are located when Thebes was the capital of Egypt, visit to the mortuary temple of Hatchepsut. In the enclosure, we can admire the chapels dedicated to Amenardis I, Shepenupet II and Nitocris I. Then, we find the Colossi of Memnon, two seated colossi of Pharaoh Ramses II, of which only fragments of the base and the 17-meter-high torso remain. Sailing to Esna and passing through the lock. Sailing to Edfu. Dinner and overnight on board in Edfu.

DAY 6 CRUISE - EDFU – KOM OMBO - ASWAN (B, L, D)

Full board on board. Visit to the Temple of Horus. It is the best preserved temple in Egypt and the most important after Karnak. One of its most curious features is the lighting of the temple, with increasingly smaller rooms that prevented the passage of light gradually until reaching the dark sanctuary, which receives light only from the axis. Navigation to Kom Ombo. Visit to the temple dedicated to the gods Sobek and Haroreis. In this temple, the relief of the medicinal instruments stands out above all. Over the years, the people of this town did not like to be associated with a god who represents evil (Sobek), so they added another god, Haroreis, as his brother and partner in the temple cult. Legend has it that Sobek, the evil brother, plotted against his brother Haroreis and the population when he saw his beloved god leave the town, he also left until leaving the town completely deserted. Navigation to Aswan. Dinner and night on board in Aswan.

7 DAY CRUISE - ASWAN (B, L, D)

Full board. Visit to the High Dam, considered the largest dam in the world at the time, with a body of 3,800 meters and 111 meters high, visit to the Unfinished Obelisk with its height of 42 meters and weight of 1,176 tons in the pink granite quarries and visit to the Philae temple or temple of the goddess ISIS built in the Greek era and transfer to Egelikia Island to save it from the waters of the Nile after making the dam. Felucca ride around the islands of Aswan. Night on board in Aswan.

DAY 8 DISEMBARKATION ASWAN - CAIRO (B)

Disembarkation after breakfast. Free morning with the possibility of taking the excursion (Optional) to Abu Simbel. At the scheduled time, transfer to Aswan airport to take a flight to Cairo. Reception,