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Classical Tours
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Duration 8 Days/ 7 Nights
Schedule Everyday
Type Private Guided Tour
Sites Cairo - Wadi Natroun - Red Sea
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Take the Christian Tour in in Egypt nd see the marvelous Coptic architecture. Visit the Monastery of St. Simon and St. Menas at Maryut. Visit old Coptic Cairo o see the Hanging Church, where the nave is suspended from the old Babylon fortress; the Church of St. Barbara, the 4th century Church of Abu Serga (St. Sergius & Bacchus), as well as the Jewish Synagogue and Coptic Museum, Wadi Natroun. Notable among them is the Baramus Monastery, Church of the Holy Virgin
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Day 1: Arrive Egypt
Our representative will meet you at Cairo International Airport, and handle all your procedures through passport control, luggage area & customs formalities. Then you will be transferred to your hotel by a private air-conditioned vehicle.
Tomorrow enjoy your churches tours. |
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Day 2: Old Coptic Cairo
Proceed to the famous churches at old Coptic Cairo to see the Hanging Church, where the nave is suspended from the old Babylon fortress; the Church of St. Barbara, the 4th century Church of Abu Serga (St. Sergius & Bacchus), as well as the Jewish Synagogue and Coptic Museum. Back to hotel and overnight in Cairo. |
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Day 3: Wadi Natroun
Enjoy an excursion to the Coptic Monasteries in the desert at Wadi Natroun. Notable among them is the Baramus Monastery, which was built at the site where Macarius the Great settled in 340 AD and is still inhabited by monks. Back to hotel and overnight in Cairo. |
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Day 4: Red Sea Monestries
Trip to the Coptic Monastery of St. Antony and the Monastery of St. Paul, which lie at the foot of the Red Sea mountains in the Eastern Desert. St. Anthony was among the founders of Christian monasticism and St. Paul was one of the first hermits. The monasteries, founded in the 4th and 5th centuries, are both still occupied. Back to hotel and overnight in Cairo. |
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Day 5: Holy Virgin Church
Visit the Church of the Holy Virgin with its three cupolas on the banks of the Nile at Maadi. Move on to the Monastery of St. Simon (Simeon) the Tanner, dramatically situated in the Mokattam mountain, on the outskirts of Cairo. St. Simon was a 10th century saint whose faith is said to have moved this mountain.
Back to hotel and overnight in Cairo. |
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Day 6: St. Menas Monastery
Trip to the recently built monastery of the celebrated martyr St. Menas at Maryut, near Alexandria. Built on the site of the 4th century shrine, which was the ‘Lourdes of the ancient world’, the site also comprises various excavated churches.
Back to hotel and overnight in Cairo. |
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Day 7: Coptic Cathedral
Enjoy an excursion to some of Cairo’s Coptic Churches: see the 10th century Church of the Holy Virgin in Haret El Roum, the Coptic Cathedral at Abbassia area.
Back to hotel and overnight in Cairo. |
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Day 8: Final departure
Breakfast, and transfer to Cairo International Airport for departure. . |
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Inclusions:
• Meet & assist upon arrival and departure.
• Pick up services from hotel & return.
• All transfers to/from airport & hotel by a private air-conditioned vehicle.
• Accommodation in Cairo for 7 nights at daily breakfast.
• All sightseeing tours are PRIVATE including English Egyptologist guide.
• Entrance fees to all sites as indicated on the itinerary.
• All transfers by a modern air-conditioned vehicle.
• Entrance fees to Catherine reserve.
• Entry visa to Egypt (for non restricted nationalities)
• Portage when needed.
• Free Mobile phone during your stay (charged) about (30 min Local calls or 2 min. International Calls).
• All service charges and taxes.
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Exclusions:
• International Airfare
• Any optional tours not mentioned in the itinerary.
• Drinks and any personal expenses. |
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Notes:
1- Prices are quoted in Euro and based on a double occupancy. Also, prices are valid till 30/04/2011 except during Christmas, New Year’s Eve & Easter Feasts. Moreover; rates could be changed without prior notice, shall the government increase taxes.
2- You must have a valid passport to enter Egypt. (You must have at least 6 months of validity beyond your scheduled return date.)
3- Single supplement is applied for those coming with others and prefer single occupancy.
4- Accommodation at these hotels are subject to availability.
5- Discounts for groups
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Prices & Dates
Summer rates: From May to September
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04 star hotel |
05 star hotel |
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Per person in double |
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Single supplement |
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Winter rates: From October to April
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04 star hotel |
05 star hotel |
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Per person in double |
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Single supplement |
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Recommended Hotels
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Cities |
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05 star hotel |
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Cairo |
Oasis Hotel |
Movenpick Hotel |
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