Super Promo Ancient Civilization Egypt Tour Route (BIN009)

Istanbul - Hurghada After ticket, baggage, and boarding procedures at the AJet Airlines counter at the International Departures Terminal of Sabiha Gökçen Airport, we depart for Hurghada on a scheduled AJet Airlines flight. We will enter the next day on the plane. Hurghada Upon arrival at Hurghada Airport in the early hours of the night, we will be transferred to our hotel by our private vehicle and check in early. You can enjoy the sea, sand, and sun throughout the day. Lunch, dinner, and accommodation are at our all-inclusive Hurghada hotel. Hurghada - Karnak Temple - Luxor Temple - Luxor After breakfast at the hotel, we will depart for Luxor. Upon arrival, we will carry out the Karnak & Luxor Temple Tour. Our first stop will be Karnak Temple, the largest temple complex in Egypt and listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Surrounded by 20-meter-high mudbrick walls and containing many temples within, this magnificent structure offers important insights into Egypt’s history and mythology. Built over more than 2,000 years, we will explore this grand structure by seeing the additions made by each pharaoh to the tomb of the previous one. Our second stop will be Luxor Temple, which rises with all its splendor on the banks of the Nile River and is one of the best-preserved structures of the ancient world. Built around 1400 BC and welcoming visitors with the colossal statues of Ramses II, this temple was a sacred center that hosted coronation ceremonies of kings. At the entrance of the temple, you can see the obelisk whose pair was sent to Place de la Concorde in Paris, as well as the beginning of the 3-kilometer-long Avenue of the Sphinxes leading to Karnak. After our tour, we will transfer to our hotel and have free time. Guests who wish may join the optional Karnak Temple Sound and Light Show organized by our guide (65 Euro). Overnight at our hotel. Luxor - Valley of the Kings - Hatshepsut Temple - Luxor After breakfast at the hotel, free time. Guests who wish may join the optional Guided Valley of the Kings & Hatshepsut Temple Tour with lunch (90 Euro). We begin our tour by exploring the Valley of the Kings, where tombs were built for pharaohs and powerful nobles. The kings had their tombs built inside this mysterious valley so that their precious belongings would not be stolen and their immortality would continue in peace. After visiting the Valley of the Kings, we visit Hatshepsut Temple, built in memory of Hatshepsut, the first and only female pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. After touring this monumental structure, one of the most important of Hatshepsut’s mortuary temples, where she dressed like a king and wore a false beard after becoming queen, we will have lunch at a local restaurant. Then we will transfer to our hotel and have free time. Overnight at our hotel. Luxor - Philae Temple - Aswan Dam - Aswan After breakfast at the hotel, we will depart for Aswan. During our journey, we will carry out the Philae Temple & Aswan Dam Tour. Our first stop will be Philae Temple, located on Agilkia Island on the Nile River and known as the “Pearl of Egypt.” This temple is dedicated to the goddess Isis. Considered the last stronghold of Ancient Egyptian belief, the structure stands out with its elegant Greco-Roman architecture, columned halls, and hieroglyphic reliefs. Next, we will see the Aswan Dam, a massive engineering project that marked a turning point in modern Egyptian history. Built to control the annual flooding of the Nile River and provide energy to the country, this structure also played a major role in preserving Egypt’s ancient monuments. After our tour, we will arrive at our hotel and have free time. Overnight at our hotel. Aswan - Cairo After breakfast at the hotel, we will transfer to Aswan Airport for our scheduled domestic flight to Cairo. Upon arrival in Cairo, we will begin our Panoramic Cairo City Tour with our private vehicle waiting for us. Places we will see include the Old City Center, the Mosque of Muhammad Ali, Sedat’s Memorial Tomb, Baron Palace, Tahrir Square, and the city center along the Nile River. After our tour, we transfer to our hotel and have free time. Guests who wish may join the optional Evening Dinner Nile River Boat Tour (75 Euro). Overnight at our hotel. Cairo - Grand Egyptian Museum - Pyramids - Sphinx - Cairo After breakfast at our hotel, free time. Guests who wish may join the optional Guided Lunch Included Grand Egyptian Museum & Giza Pyramids & Sphinx Tour (135 Euro). Our first stop is the museum complex, which covers an area of 500,000 square meters (approximately 70 football fields) and is the world’s largest archaeology museum complex dedicated to a single civilization. Standing out with its magnificent gypsum and glass facade, the complex is decorated with triangles of different sizes and colors as a tribute to Ancient Egypt. Then we will visit the Great Pyramids of Cheops, Chephren, and Mykerinos, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, named after the pharaohs who built them. Built thousands of years ago and still shrouded in mystery, these three pyramids were designed with the Pythagorean triangle between them. Built long before Pythagoras, these pyramids show that the Egyptians had very advanced knowledge of mathematics and geometry. After visiting the mysterious pyramids, we will see the Sphinx, which has the head of a pharaoh and the body of a lion, representing the rising sun and rebirth for the pharaoh. Lunch will be served during the tour at a local restaurant. Finally, after visiting the “Living Statue” Sphinx, which has a temple between its paws, free time will be given. Then we will transfer to our hotel. Overnight at our hotel. Cairo - Istanbul After breakfast at the hotel, free time. At the time determined by our guide, we meet and transfer to Cairo Airport for our flight to Istanbul. After baggage, ticket, and customs procedures, we fly to Istanbul on an AJet scheduled flight and our services end.