Explore Egypt,Al Ula and Riyadh: tradition and future (2027)

Arrival at Cairo airport, where our staff will be waiting to take you to your hotel. Free time in the Egyptian capital, the largest city in Africa. Accommodation.

Breakfast. Outing to visit the Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, featuring the treasure of Tutankhamun, among numerous collections of objects from the epoch with priceless cultural value. The entry to this complex will provide you a unique opportunity to see how that civilization worked in great detail. We shall later see the historic Cairo area, that the UNESCO declared Heritage of Humanity. This area was founded in the 10th Century as a royal compound for the Caliphs, thus being full of mosques and other Islamic buildings of great historic importance. Here we shall visit Saladin’s Citadel, a fortress above which the imposing Mohamed Ali Mosque rises, as well as various museums and gardens hidden within its walls. Lunch included, and you will then be able to visit the Coptic Neighbourhood, an area of the city that featured a melting pot of religions in the course of history. Among its monuments there are the Hanging Church, built on the Babylonian Fortress; the Church of Saint Sergius, where it is believed that the Holy Family were exiled in Egypt when they fled from Herod; or the Ben Ezra Synagogue, one of the oldest in the country, that dates back to the 7th Century. And last, you may stroll through the picturesque Khan el-Khalili souk, an old trading area from the 14th Century where you may now acquire all kinds of souvenirs while participating in traditional haggling. You will later be transferred back to the hotel. Accommodation

After breakfast, transfer to the airport and end of our services.