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Places to visit in Egypt
The sites our day tours stop at: what each one is, its history, opening hours and ticket prices, and the tours that go there.
Cairo & Giza
Places in Cairo & Giza
Giza PlateauPyramids of GizaKhufu's Great Pyramid, Khafre, Menkaure and the Great Sphinx: history, hours and tickets.Opening hours: 7:00 am · last entry 4:00 pmEntry ticket, foreign adult: EGP 700
Muqattam Hills, Islamic CairoCairo CitadelSaladin's fortress on the Muqattam Hills and the Mosque of Muhammad Ali: history, hours, tickets.Opening hours: From 8:00 or 9:00 am, last entry 4:00 pmEntry ticket, foreign adult: EGP 550
Old Cairo (Misr al-Qadimah), FustatCoptic CairoThe Hanging Church, Abu Serga and the Ben Ezra Synagogue in Old Cairo: history, hours, tickets.Coptic Museum hours: 9:00 am – last entry 4:00 pmCoptic Museum, foreign adult: EGP 280
Fatimid Cairo, Gamaliya and al-Darb al-AhmarIslamic Cairo and Al-Muizz StreetThe Fatimid city of Cairo, from Bab al-Futuh to Bab Zuwayla: history, hours and tickets.Opening hours: 9:00 am – last entry 4:00 pmAl-Muizz ticket, foreign adult: EGP 220
Old walled city, by al-Azhar MosqueKhan el-KhaliliCairo's old bazaar beside al-Azhar Mosque and Al-Muizz Street: history and what to see.
West bank of the Nile, south of SaqqaraDahshurSnefru's Bent Pyramid and Red Pyramid, south of Saqqara: history, hours and tickets.Opening hours: 8:00 am – last entry 4:00 pmEntry ticket, foreign adult: EGP 200
Giza, near the pyramidsGrand Egyptian MuseumTutankhamun's galleries, Ramesses II in the Grand Hall and the Hanging Obelisk: hours and booking.Galleries: 9:00 am – 6:00 pm (9:00 pm Wed, Sat)Entry ticket: Online only, timed entry
Southwest of Cairo, west of the NileSaqqaraDjoser's Step Pyramid, the nobles' tombs and the Memphis colossus of Ramesses II: hours and tickets.Opening hours: 8:00 am – last entry 4:00 pmEntry ticket, foreign adult: EGP 600
Tahrir Square, Downtown CairoEgyptian MuseumCairo's oldest museum of Pharaonic antiquities on Tahrir Square: history, collection, hours, tickets.Opening hours: 9:00 am – last entry 4:00 pmEntry ticket, foreign adult: EGP 550
Fustat, Ain El-SiraNational Museum of Egyptian CivilizationThe royal mummies of 17 kings and 3 queens, and Egypt from prehistory to today: hours and tickets.Opening hours: 9:00 am – 5:00 pmEntry ticket, foreign adult: EGP 550
Luxor
Places in Luxor
East Bank of the NileKarnak TempleThe Great Temple of Amun, the Hypostyle Hall and Hatshepsut's obelisk: history, hours and tickets.Opening hours: 6:00 am · last entry 4:00 pmEntry ticket, foreign adult: EGP 600
East Bank of the Nile, central LuxorLuxor TempleAmenhotep III's colonnade, Ramses II's pylon and obelisk, the Opet Festival: history, hours, tickets.Opening hours: 6:00 am · last entry 7:00 pmEntry ticket, foreign adult: EGP 500
Theban West BankValley of the KingsThe New Kingdom royal tombs, Tutankhamun's among them: history, what you see, hours and tickets.Opening hours: 6:00 am · last entry 4:00 or 5:00 pmEntry ticket, foreign adult: EGP 750
Deir el-Bahari, Theban West BankTemple of HatshepsutHatshepsut's terraced temple at Deir el-Bahari: its history, the Punt reliefs, hours and tickets.Opening hours: 6:00 am · last entry 4:00 or 5:00 pmEntry ticket, foreign adult: EGP 440 or EGP 360
Theban West BankColossi of Memnon, Medinet Habu and Deir el-MedinaAmenhotep III's colossi, Ramses III's temple and the tomb builders' village: history, hours, tickets.Medinet Habu hours: 6:00 am · last entry 4:00 or 5:00 pmMedinet Habu, foreign adult: EGP 220 or EGP 230
Nile Valley north of LuxorDendera and AbydosHathor's temple at Dendera and the Temple of Seti I at Abydos, with its list of kings: hours and tickets.Opening hours: 7:00 am · last entry 4:00 pmEntry ticket, foreign adult: EGP 300 Dendera · EGP 260 Abydos
Aswan
Places in Aswan
West bank of the Nile, south of AswanAbu Simbel TemplesRamses II's Great Temple and the Temple of Nefertari: history, hours and tickets.Opening hours: 6:00 am · last entry 4:00 pmEntry ticket, foreign adult: EGP 750 or EGP 822
Agilkia Island, between the two Aswan damsPhilae TempleThe temple of Isis on its island near Aswan: history, the boat out, hours and tickets.Opening hours: 7:00 am · last entry 3:00 pmEntry ticket, foreign adult: EGP 550
The Nile south of Aswan and the city's granite quarriesAswan High Dam and Unfinished ObeliskThe dam that holds back Lake Nasser and the obelisk left in Aswan's granite quarry.Obelisk hours: 7:00 am · last entry 3:00 pmObelisk ticket, foreign adult: EGP 220
West bank of the Nile, AswanNubian Villages in AswanWho the Nubians are, why they moved, and the village of Gharb Soheil by boat.
Aswan city, East Bank of the NileNubian MuseumAswan's museum of Nubian history, opened in 1997: galleries, garden, hours and tickets.Opening hours: 9:00 am · last entry 4:00 pmEntry ticket, foreign adult: EGP 400
Nile Valley between Aswan and LuxorEdfu and Kom Ombo TemplesEdfu's temple of Horus and Kom Ombo's double temple: history, hours and tickets.Edfu hours: 7:00 am · last entry 4:00 pmEdfu ticket, foreign adult: EGP 550
Alexandria
Places in Alexandria
Eastern Harbor and the CornicheBibliotheca Alexandrina and Qaitbay CitadelAlexandria's new library and the Mamluk fort on the site of the ancient Lighthouse: history, hours, tickets.Qaitbay, summer hours: 9:00 am · last entry 7:00 pmQaitbay ticket, foreign adult: EGP 200
Central and southwestern AlexandriaAlexandria's Roman SitesRock-cut catacombs, Diocletian's column and the Roman Theater of Kom el-Dikka: history, hours, tickets.Opening hours: 9:00 am · last entry 4:00 pmEntry ticket per site, foreign adult: EGP 200
Mediterranean coast, west of AlexandriaEl Alamein War Museum and CemeteriesThe War Museum, the Commonwealth cemetery and the German and Italian memorials of the 1942 battles.
Western Desert, between Cairo and AlexandriaWadi El Natrun MonasteriesThree of the four surviving early Coptic monasteries in the desert valley between Cairo and Alexandria.
Red Sea
Places in Red Sea
Red Sea, off HurghadaGiftun IslandThe reef island off Hurghada inside the Red Sea protectorates: snorkeling, the beach and the rules.On our tour: Full day at sea
Strait of Tiran, Gulf of AqabaTiran IslandThe island and coral reefs at the entrance to the Gulf of Aqaba, northeast of Sharm El Sheikh.On our tour: Day at sea, lunch on board
Abu Galum protectorate, DahabBlue HoleDahab's reef-ringed dive site inside the Abu Galum protectorate, on the Gulf of Aqaba.On our tour: Snorkeling, then quad and camel
St Catherine, South Sinai mountainsSt Catherine's MonasteryThe 6th-century monastery at the foot of Mount Sinai: history, hours and the sunrise climb.Monastery open: 9:00 am to 11:30 am · closed Fri & Sun
Red Sea coast, Marsa AlamPort Ghalib and Marsa MubarakThe Marsa Alam marina where snorkeling boats leave for Marsa Shona and the Marsa Mubarak lagoon.On our tour: Day at sea, lunch on board
South Sinai coast, Sharm El SheikhRas Mohammed and White IslandEgypt's first protectorate, a national park of coral reefs, with White Island among its most visited sites.Our tours: By boat from Sharm El Sheikh