Egypt & Istanbul Tour Details

                 Egypt & Istanbul Tour

3 NIGHTS CAIRO / 4 NIGHTS NILE CRUISE/ 3 NIGHTS ISTANBUL

Itinerary:

Day 1: Departure Board your International flight to Cairo.

Day 2: Arrive in Cairo : Upon landing in Egypt, purchase your visa by filling out an application form provided at the airport and submit application fee paid in USD cash per person. Once finished you will meet our Representative who will assist you with the transfer to your Hotel Swiss Inn Pyramids Golf Resort Cairo or Similar.

Air-conditioned vehicle transfer, English speaking Guide .Overnight in Cairo.

Accommodation: Swiss Inn Pyramids Golf Resort Cairo or Similar

Day 3: Cairo After Breakfast Full day to visit Memphis & Sakkara, then

The Grand Pyramids of Cairo & Sphinx. Take your picture while riding a camel.

Overnight in Cairo.

Accommodation: Swiss Inn Pyramids Golf Resort Cairo or Similar.

Meals included today: Breakfast at your Hotel, Lunch at a local Restaurant.

Day 4: FLIGHT Cairo - Luxor - Cruise Embarkation

Transfer to your Nile River Cruise. 
Daily offshore excursions to visit Egypt's main tourist sites along the Nile are included.

Next visits to Luxor & Karnak Temples.

Overnight on board.

Accommodation: MS Blue Shadow Nile River Cruise or similar

Meals included today: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner on board.

Day 5: Nile River Cruise

After Breakfast join your Guide for a visit to the West Bank (Valley of the Kings, Hatshepsut Temple). Overnight on board while sailing to Edfu.

Accommodation: MS Blue Shadow Nile River Cruise or similar

Meals included today: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner.

Day 6: Nile River Cruise

After Breakfast join your Guide for a visit to Edfu Temple.

- Temple of Edfu, Built in the Greco-Roma Era, built to honor Horus, the falcon-headed God. Upon arrival, join your Guide for a visit to the Temple of Kom Ombo.

Overnight on board.

Accommodation: MS Blue Shadow Nile River Cruise or similar

Meals included today: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner.

Day 7: Nile River Cruise

After breakfast, depart to visit the High Dam, The Granite Quarries with the unfinished Obelisk and the Temple of Philae.

After lunch, enjoy a Felucca Ride A felucca is a traditional Egyptian sailing boat.

Overnight on board.

Accommodation: MS Blue Shadow Nile River Cruise or similar

Meals included today: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner.

Day 8: Disembark - FLIGHT Aswan - Cairo

Breakfast on board.

Disembark.

Our representative will transfer you to the airport for your flight back to Cairo.

Upon arrival transfer to your Cairo Hotel.

Overnight Cairo.

Day 9: Cairo - Istanbul

After breakfast, transfer to the airport for your flight to Istanbul.

Upon arrival, you will be met by our representative.

Overnight in Istanbul.

Accommodation: Sorriso Hotel, Hilton Garden Horn, Eresin Taxim, Celal Hotel, or similar.

Day 10: Istanbul

After breakfast, continue with a half-day Guided Tour of Istanbul visiting:

Hagia Sophia, the Cathedral built by Emperor Justinian, a significant sample of Byzantine art. Continue to the Blue Mosque, One of Istanbul's most recognized sites built by Sultan Ahmed.

Istanbul's Byzantine Hippodrome & The Grand Bazaar which is the oldest covered market in the world, its passages and alleys lined with over four thousand shops.

Overnight in Istanbul.

Accommodation: Sorriso Hotel, Hilton Garden Horn, Eresin Taxim, Celal Hotel, or similar.

Meals included today: Breakfast.

Day 11: Istanbul

After breakfast, continue with a half-day Bosporus tour.

Visit Istanbul's Spice Market, also known as Egyptian Bazaar, since many goods came from Egypt a few centuries ago. Visit the City Walls, The Golden Horn and Cruise the Bosphorus by Public Boat.

Overnight in Istanbul.

Accommodation: Sorriso Hotel, Hilton Garden Horn, Eresin Taxim, Celal Hotel, or similar.

Meals included today: Breakfast.

Activities included today: Half Day Bosphorus Tour.

Day 12: Istanbul

Breakfast at your Hotel. Our Representative will assist you with transfer to the airport for your flight home. Tour Ends.