Program and Price Egypt March 2020

Presents

Spiritual Pilgrimage

Led by

Gull Aanes (Isis)

Egypt

Cairo / Giza / Pyramids / Sakkara / Aswan / Abu Simbel Luxor / Abydos / Dendara

Included

The Deluxe Yacht “Dahabia Hadeel”

www.dahabeya hadeel

March 11 – 24. 2020

Itinerary

Wednesday, Mar. 11^th: Day 01: Arrival to CAIRO / EGYPT / Le Meridien Pyramids Hotel

Arrive to Cairo International Airport where your Tour Manager who’ll assist you with the formalities through customs and immigration. Transfer to your Le Meridien Pyramids hotel.

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Thursday, Mar. 12^th: Day 02: Arrival to CAIRO / Egyptian museum / Citadel / Old Cairo / Le Meridien Pyramids Hotel

After breakfast we will be visiting the famous Egyptian museum included the masterpieces of King Tut Ankh Amon and much more.

After lunch at local restaurant we visit the Citadel, was fortified by the Ayyubid ruler Salah al-Din (Saladin) between 1176 and 1183 CE, to protect it from the Crusaders,The citadel stopped being the seat of government when Egypt's ruler, Khedive Ismail, moved to his newly built Abdin Palace in the Ismailiya neighborhood in the 1860s. While the Citadel was completed in 1183–1184, the wall Saladin had envisioned was still under construction in 1238, long after his death.

Next stop will be the Old Cairo, There are churches here that date back to the early Christian Era. The Hanging Church, or the Church of the Virgin Mary, was built in the 9th century to ‘hang’ high upon the walls of Babylon. The effect of this ‘hanging’ is now diminished significantly as ground levels have raised around the walls. Deeper into Coptic Cairo there are several other older churches, including the Church of St. Sergius, which dates from the 5th century and was supposedly built upon the site of a crypt where the Holy Family (Jesus, Mary, and Joseph) to shelter during there time in Egypt. Even further back is Ben Ezra Synagogue. This is the oldest synagogue in Cairo, founded in the 9th century on what is claimed to be either the site of the Temple of Jeremiah or the site where the pharaoh’s daughter found Moses among the reeds.

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Friday, Mar. 13^th: Day 03: Cairo / Luxor / Luxor Temple / Sonesta St. George Luxor hotel

Following breakfast, Transfer to Cairo airport for flight to Luxor, arrive Luxor and transfer to Sonesta St. George Luxor hotel. In the evening we visit the Temple of Luxor, it was Luxor Temple that R.A Schwaller de Lubcz developed his ‘symbolist’ interpretation of ancient Egypt, and called it the “Temple of Man”.

(Breakfast, //, Dinner)

Saturday, Mar. 14^th: Day 04: Luxor / Dendrah / Abydos / Dahabiya Hadeel

This morning, we’ll drive through the country side of Upper Egypt to visit Abydos the temple of the Osiris and “Flower of Life”. Abydos is the pilgrimage place for Egypt’s visitors and no trip is complete without visiting Abydos... Then we visit Dendarah “Hathour temple “dedicated to the Goddess of Love, joy and music.

(Breakfast, Lunch box, Dinner)

Sunday, Mar. 15^th: Day 05: Luxor / West bank / Hatchepsut Temple / Valley ok Kings & Queens / Dahabiya Hadeel

This morning and after breakfast we drive to the West Bank of ancient Thebes and visit the Valley of the Kings, with it’s Royal Tombs, a visit to the Valley of Queens including a visit to the Nefertari Tomb,. We also visit the Hatshepsut temple, on your way back you stop at the Colossi of Memnon .