Amman
Amman 12/14/2025
Tour begins: 5:30 PM, Kempinski Hotel Ishtar Dead Sea. A transfer is included from Amman Airport to the Kempinski Hotel Ishtar Dead Sea, a luxurious beachfront resort nestled on the shores of the ancient salt lake at the lowest point on Earth. Join us this evening for a welcome reception and dinner tonight.,
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12/14/2025 |
12/14/2025 |
Dead Sea, Jordan
Dead Sea, Jordan 12/14/2025
Tour begins: 5:30 PM, Kempinski Hotel Ishtar Dead Sea. A transfer is included from Amman Airport to the Kempinski Hotel Ishtar Dead Sea, a luxurious beachfront resort nestled on the shores of the ancient salt lake at the lowest point on Earth. Join us this evening for a welcome reception and dinner tonight.,
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12/14/2025 |
12/14/2025 |
Dead Sea, Jordan
Dead Sea, Jordan 12/15/2025
Set off on an excursion to Jerash, site of one of the best-preserved ancient Roman cities in the Middle East and a window to its past glory as an important imperial city. Your local guide shares expert insights about the sites you will see, including Roman temples, squares, arches, baths, and theatres, often colonnaded and always astounding. See Hadrian's Arch, built in 129 AD, the ruins of the Temple of Zeus, the South Theater, built to accommodate some 5,000 spectators, and the meticulously restored North Theater. Drive through Amman en route back to your resort hotel after lunch. Tonight, a Jordanian woman gives a lecture on the issues that her generation faces today that's followed by dinner at a choice of restaurants at the hotel.,
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12/15/2025 |
12/15/2025 |
Jerash
Jerash 12/15/2025
Set off on an excursion to Jerash, site of one of the best-preserved ancient Roman cities in the Middle East and a window to its past glory as an important imperial city. Your local guide shares expert insights about the sites you will see, including Roman temples, squares, arches, baths, and theatres, often colonnaded and always astounding. See Hadrian's Arch, built in 129 AD, the ruins of the Temple of Zeus, the South Theater, built to accommodate some 5,000 spectators, and the meticulously restored North Theater. Drive through Amman en route back to your resort hotel after lunch. Tonight, a Jordanian woman gives a lecture on the issues that her generation faces today that's followed by dinner at a choice of restaurants at the hotel.,
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12/15/2025 |
12/15/2025 |
Amman
Amman 12/15/2025
Set off on an excursion to Jerash, site of one of the best-preserved ancient Roman cities in the Middle East and a window to its past glory as an important imperial city. Your local guide shares expert insights about the sites you will see, including Roman temples, squares, arches, baths, and theatres, often colonnaded and always astounding. See Hadrian's Arch, built in 129 AD, the ruins of the Temple of Zeus, the South Theater, built to accommodate some 5,000 spectators, and the meticulously restored North Theater. Drive through Amman en route back to your resort hotel after lunch. Tonight, a Jordanian woman gives a lecture on the issues that her generation faces today that's followed by dinner at a choice of restaurants at the hotel.,
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12/15/2025 |
12/15/2025 |
Dead Sea, Jordan
Dead Sea, Jordan 12/16/2025
Thousands of years of biblical history reveal themselves today on a visit to Mt. Nebo where you will see what Moses saw when he looked out over the Promised Land. Continue to Madaba for a visit to St. George Greek Orthodox Church where the remains of the oldest known map of the Holy Land, painstakingly assembled from more than a million pieces of colored stone, cover the church floor. Enjoy a home-style lunch at a local family-run restaurant and drive to the ancient Nabataean city of Petra, carved out of sandstone cliffs around 1st century BC, where your hotel is just steps away from the archeological site. Tonight, you have a choice of two restaurants for dinner — or dinner with a local family at their residence.,
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12/16/2025 |
12/16/2025 |
Mt. Nebo
Mt. Nebo 12/16/2025
Thousands of years of biblical history reveal themselves today on a visit to Mt. Nebo where you will see what Moses saw when he looked out over the Promised Land. Continue to Madaba for a visit to St. George Greek Orthodox Church where the remains of the oldest known map of the Holy Land, painstakingly assembled from more than a million pieces of colored stone, cover the church floor. Enjoy a home-style lunch at a local family-run restaurant and drive to the ancient Nabataean city of Petra, carved out of sandstone cliffs around 1st century BC, where your hotel is just steps away from the archeological site. Tonight, you have a choice of two restaurants for dinner — or dinner with a local family at their residence.,
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12/16/2025 |
12/16/2025 |
Madaba
Madaba 12/16/2025
Thousands of years of biblical history reveal themselves today on a visit to Mt. Nebo where you will see what Moses saw when he looked out over the Promised Land. Continue to Madaba for a visit to St. George Greek Orthodox Church where the remains of the oldest known map of the Holy Land, painstakingly assembled from more than a million pieces of colored stone, cover the church floor. Enjoy a home-style lunch at a local family-run restaurant and drive to the ancient Nabataean city of Petra, carved out of sandstone cliffs around 1st century BC, where your hotel is just steps away from the archeological site. Tonight, you have a choice of two restaurants for dinner — or dinner with a local family at their residence.,
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12/16/2025 |
12/16/2025 |
Petra
Petra 12/16/2025
Thousands of years of biblical history reveal themselves today on a visit to Mt. Nebo where you will see what Moses saw when he looked out over the Promised Land. Continue to Madaba for a visit to St. George Greek Orthodox Church where the remains of the oldest known map of the Holy Land, painstakingly assembled from more than a million pieces of colored stone, cover the church floor. Enjoy a home-style lunch at a local family-run restaurant and drive to the ancient Nabataean city of Petra, carved out of sandstone cliffs around 1st century BC, where your hotel is just steps away from the archeological site. Tonight, you have a choice of two restaurants for dinner — or dinner with a local family at their residence.,
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12/16/2025 |
12/16/2025 |
Petra
Petra 12/17/2025
Imagine riding aboard a camel cart through a hidden desert canyon that opens up to a magnificent red rose city dating back to the 1st century BC. Ancient master builders carved palaces, temples, tombs, and more into the stone cliffs you will see here today. Picture yourself standing in awe at the 130-foot-high Khazneh (The Treasury), intricately decorated with Corinthian capitals, friezes, statues, and more, like Indiana Jones did in the movie Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Discover Royal Tombs, celebrating the achievements of the dead long gone and built high on the mountain side, and marvel at the ancient amphitheatre capable of seating more than 8,000 spectators, along with numerous temples sculpted in sandstone. Have lunch at a local restaurant, before returning to your hotel for an afternoon at leisure. Tonight, join a Tauck Exclusive private tented dinner in the desert (weather-permitting), enjoying a fruit-infused hubbly-bubbly smoke, music, and dancing by a local troupe of sword dancers.,
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12/17/2025 |
12/17/2025 |
Petra
Petra 12/18/2025
Take a morning excursion to the otherworldly landscapes of Wadi Rum, known as the Valley of the Moon for the lunar-like dunes and towering sandstone cliffs found here. Exploring by 4x4 vehicle with an option to ride a camel makes your visit unforgettable. It's off to Egypt this afternoon aboard a flight to Aswan that touches down for a guided visit to the Aswan High Dam, built across the River Nile. Drive to your hotel, where your suites overlook the cataracts on the Nile, and have dinner at your leisure.,
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12/18/2025 |
12/18/2025 |
Wadi Rum
Wadi Rum 12/18/2025
Take a morning excursion to the otherworldly landscapes of Wadi Rum, known as the Valley of the Moon for the lunar-like dunes and towering sandstone cliffs found here. Exploring by 4x4 vehicle with an option to ride a camel makes your visit unforgettable. It's off to Egypt this afternoon aboard a flight to Aswan that touches down for a guided visit to the Aswan High Dam, built across the River Nile. Drive to your hotel, where your suites overlook the cataracts on the Nile, and have dinner at your leisure.,
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12/18/2025 |
12/18/2025 |
Aqaba
Aqaba 12/18/2025
Take a morning excursion to the otherworldly landscapes of Wadi Rum, known as the Valley of the Moon for the lunar-like dunes and towering sandstone cliffs found here. Exploring by 4x4 vehicle with an option to ride a camel makes your visit unforgettable. It's off to Egypt this afternoon aboard a flight to Aswan that touches down for a guided visit to the Aswan High Dam, built across the River Nile. Drive to your hotel, where your suites overlook the cataracts on the Nile, and have dinner at your leisure.,
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12/18/2025 |
12/18/2025 |
Air Travel
Air Travel 12/18/2025
Take a morning excursion to the otherworldly landscapes of Wadi Rum, known as the Valley of the Moon for the lunar-like dunes and towering sandstone cliffs found here. Exploring by 4x4 vehicle with an option to ride a camel makes your visit unforgettable. It's off to Egypt this afternoon aboard a flight to Aswan that touches down for a guided visit to the Aswan High Dam, built across the River Nile. Drive to your hotel, where your suites overlook the cataracts on the Nile, and have dinner at your leisure.,
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12/18/2025 |
12/18/2025 |
Aswan
Aswan 12/18/2025
Take a morning excursion to the otherworldly landscapes of Wadi Rum, known as the Valley of the Moon for the lunar-like dunes and towering sandstone cliffs found here. Exploring by 4x4 vehicle with an option to ride a camel makes your visit unforgettable. It's off to Egypt this afternoon aboard a flight to Aswan that touches down for a guided visit to the Aswan High Dam, built across the River Nile. Drive to your hotel, where your suites overlook the cataracts on the Nile, and have dinner at your leisure.,
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12/18/2025 |
12/18/2025 |
Aswan
Aswan 12/19/2025
A morning flight brings you to the Nubian village of Abu Simbel for a locally guided visit to its massive temples cut into a solid rock cliff and created during the reign of Ramesses II in the 1200s BC. The Great Temple stands 98 feet high with four seated colossi flanking the entrance and smaller statues depicting Ramesses's conquered enemies lining up below. The smaller temple, some 40 feet high, is adorned by four colossi depicting Ramesses and two of his queen Nefertari at a height of 32 feet. Fly back to Aswan and have dinner at a restaurant made famous by Agatha Christie.,
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12/19/2025 |
12/19/2025 |
Air Travel
Air Travel 12/19/2025
A morning flight brings you to the Nubian village of Abu Simbel for a locally guided visit to its massive temples cut into a solid rock cliff and created during the reign of Ramesses II in the 1200s BC. The Great Temple stands 98 feet high with four seated colossi flanking the entrance and smaller statues depicting Ramesses's conquered enemies lining up below. The smaller temple, some 40 feet high, is adorned by four colossi depicting Ramesses and two of his queen Nefertari at a height of 32 feet. Fly back to Aswan and have dinner at a restaurant made famous by Agatha Christie.,
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12/19/2025 |
12/19/2025 |
Abu Simbel
Abu Simbel 12/19/2025
A morning flight brings you to the Nubian village of Abu Simbel for a locally guided visit to its massive temples cut into a solid rock cliff and created during the reign of Ramesses II in the 1200s BC. The Great Temple stands 98 feet high with four seated colossi flanking the entrance and smaller statues depicting Ramesses's conquered enemies lining up below. The smaller temple, some 40 feet high, is adorned by four colossi depicting Ramesses and two of his queen Nefertari at a height of 32 feet. Fly back to Aswan and have dinner at a restaurant made famous by Agatha Christie.,
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12/19/2025 |
12/19/2025 |
Cruise Starts (Embarkation)
Cruise Starts (Embarkation) 12/20/2025
A full day of Egyptian exploration includes a visit to the ruins of Saint Simeon Monastery, once housing some 300 monks when it was completed in the 10th century, and a boat ride to Agilkia Island to see the sacred Temple of Isis at Philae, one of the last of the ancient temples constructed in the "classic" Egyptian style. End your day with a felucca cruise as the sun sets on the Nile and have dinner at leisure onboard your ship.,
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12/20/2025 |
12/20/2025 |
Aswan
Aswan 12/20/2025
A full day of Egyptian exploration includes a visit to the ruins of Saint Simeon Monastery, once housing some 300 monks when it was completed in the 10th century, and a boat ride to Agilkia Island to see the sacred Temple of Isis at Philae, one of the last of the ancient temples constructed in the "classic" Egyptian style. End your day with a felucca cruise as the sun sets on the Nile and have dinner at leisure onboard your ship.,
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12/20/2025 |
12/20/2025 |
Boat Launch to Agilkia Island
Boat Launch to Agilkia Island 12/20/2025
A full day of Egyptian exploration includes a visit to the ruins of Saint Simeon Monastery, once housing some 300 monks when it was completed in the 10th century, and a boat ride to Agilkia Island to see the sacred Temple of Isis at Philae, one of the last of the ancient temples constructed in the "classic" Egyptian style. End your day with a felucca cruise as the sun sets on the Nile and have dinner at leisure onboard your ship.,
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12/20/2025 |
12/20/2025 |
Agilkia Island
Agilkia Island 12/20/2025
A full day of Egyptian exploration includes a visit to the ruins of Saint Simeon Monastery, once housing some 300 monks when it was completed in the 10th century, and a boat ride to Agilkia Island to see the sacred Temple of Isis at Philae, one of the last of the ancient temples constructed in the "classic" Egyptian style. End your day with a felucca cruise as the sun sets on the Nile and have dinner at leisure onboard your ship.,
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12/20/2025 |
12/20/2025 |
Kom Ombo
Kom Ombo 12/21/2025
Cruise to Kom Ombo, where its unusual twin temples are just a walk away from your ship. Temple reliefs here feature a unique engraving thought to depict the first representation of medical and surgical instruments. After lunch aboard ship, visit the Temple of Horus at Edfu, considered to be the most beautiful and best-preserved temple in Egypt, with its roof still intact. It took 180 years for the temple to be built and during your guided visit you'll discover why. Massive statues of Horus as a falcon guard entrances and the reliefs on its interior walls relate the story of the birth of Horus and depict Ptolemaic rulers making offerings to the gods and destroying their enemies. Return to your ship for an evening at leisure.,
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12/21/2025 |
12/21/2025 |
Edfu
Edfu 12/21/2025
Cruise to Kom Ombo, where its unusual twin temples are just a walk away from your ship. Temple reliefs here feature a unique engraving thought to depict the first representation of medical and surgical instruments. After lunch aboard ship, visit the Temple of Horus at Edfu, considered to be the most beautiful and best-preserved temple in Egypt, with its roof still intact. It took 180 years for the temple to be built and during your guided visit you'll discover why. Massive statues of Horus as a falcon guard entrances and the reliefs on its interior walls relate the story of the birth of Horus and depict Ptolemaic rulers making offerings to the gods and destroying their enemies. Return to your ship for an evening at leisure.,
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12/21/2025 |
12/21/2025 |
Luxor
Luxor 12/22/2025
Buried under the sand for more than 1,000 years, Luxor's Temple of Karnak is the largest complex of its time ever built, developed over a thousand years. Explore the site with an expert guide who shares insights about its history and construction, including the 134-columned Great Hypostyle Hall. A locally guided visit to Luxor Temple, connected to Karnak by an avenue of sphinxes, and dating back to the 1300s BC, follows. Return to your Nile cruiser for lunch and an afternoon excursion to the Valley of the Queens with a visit to the beautiful tomb of Nefertari, the great wife of Pharaoh Ramesses II, where the hieroglyphics amaze. Continue to the Valley of the Kings for an after-hours private visit that includes entry to King Tutankhamun's tomb, renowned for the wealth of valuable antiquities it contained when it was discovered unopened in 1922. Return to your ship for dinner at leisure.,
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12/22/2025 |
12/22/2025 |
Valley of the Queens
Valley of the Queens 12/22/2025
Buried under the sand for more than 1,000 years, Luxor's Temple of Karnak is the largest complex of its time ever built, developed over a thousand years. Explore the site with an expert guide who shares insights about its history and construction, including the 134-columned Great Hypostyle Hall. A locally guided visit to Luxor Temple, connected to Karnak by an avenue of sphinxes, and dating back to the 1300s BC, follows. Return to your Nile cruiser for lunch and an afternoon excursion to the Valley of the Queens with a visit to the beautiful tomb of Nefertari, the great wife of Pharaoh Ramesses II, where the hieroglyphics amaze. Continue to the Valley of the Kings for an after-hours private visit that includes entry to King Tutankhamun's tomb, renowned for the wealth of valuable antiquities it contained when it was discovered unopened in 1922. Return to your ship for dinner at leisure.,
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12/22/2025 |
12/22/2025 |
Valley of the Kings
Valley of the Kings 12/22/2025
Buried under the sand for more than 1,000 years, Luxor's Temple of Karnak is the largest complex of its time ever built, developed over a thousand years. Explore the site with an expert guide who shares insights about its history and construction, including the 134-columned Great Hypostyle Hall. A locally guided visit to Luxor Temple, connected to Karnak by an avenue of sphinxes, and dating back to the 1300s BC, follows. Return to your Nile cruiser for lunch and an afternoon excursion to the Valley of the Queens with a visit to the beautiful tomb of Nefertari, the great wife of Pharaoh Ramesses II, where the hieroglyphics amaze. Continue to the Valley of the Kings for an after-hours private visit that includes entry to King Tutankhamun's tomb, renowned for the wealth of valuable antiquities it contained when it was discovered unopened in 1922. Return to your ship for dinner at leisure.,
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12/22/2025 |
12/22/2025 |
Luxor
Luxor 12/23/2025
Disembark ship for an early flight to Cairo this morning, touching down late morning. Following an early lunch at a local restaurant, visit the Egyptian Museum, housing the world's largest collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts including many of the treasures found in King Tutankhamun's tomb! Check into your room at the Marriott Mena House in Cairo, inviting with views of the Great Pyramids of Giza, where the remainder of the day is at leisure.,
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12/23/2025 |
12/23/2025 |
Cruise Ends (Debarkation)
Cruise Ends (Debarkation) 12/23/2025
Disembark ship for an early flight to Cairo this morning, touching down late morning. Following an early lunch at a local restaurant, visit the Egyptian Museum, housing the world's largest collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts including many of the treasures found in King Tutankhamun's tomb! Check into your room at the Marriott Mena House in Cairo, inviting with views of the Great Pyramids of Giza, where the remainder of the day is at leisure.,
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12/23/2025 |
12/23/2025 |
Air Travel
Air Travel 12/23/2025
Disembark ship for an early flight to Cairo this morning, touching down late morning. Following an early lunch at a local restaurant, visit the Egyptian Museum, housing the world's largest collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts including many of the treasures found in King Tutankhamun's tomb! Check into your room at the Marriott Mena House in Cairo, inviting with views of the Great Pyramids of Giza, where the remainder of the day is at leisure.,
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12/23/2025 |
12/23/2025 |
Cairo
Cairo 12/23/2025
Disembark ship for an early flight to Cairo this morning, touching down late morning. Following an early lunch at a local restaurant, visit the Egyptian Museum, housing the world's largest collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts including many of the treasures found in King Tutankhamun's tomb! Check into your room at the Marriott Mena House in Cairo, inviting with views of the Great Pyramids of Giza, where the remainder of the day is at leisure.,
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12/23/2025 |
12/23/2025 |
Cairo
Cairo 12/24/2025
Drive to nearby Giza this morning for a guided tour of its storied pyramids — including the Great Pyramid of Giza, the last of the ancient Seven Wonders of the World — that have stood as defining symbols of Egypt for millennia. See the most instantly recognizable statue in the world, crafted in limestone with the body of a lion and the head of a king – the Great Sphinx has been mysteriously reclining atop its Giza plateau for more than 3,000 years, guarding still the unanswered secret of who built it and why. After lunch, visit the pyramids at Saqqara, site of the necropolis (burial ground) for the ancient Egyptian capital of Memphis. The pyramid you will see here is the Step Pyramid, a magnificent reminder of the early architecture of the pharaohs of the Old Kingdom. The remainder of the day is at leisure.,
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12/24/2025 |
12/24/2025 |
Giza
Giza 12/24/2025
Drive to nearby Giza this morning for a guided tour of its storied pyramids — including the Great Pyramid of Giza, the last of the ancient Seven Wonders of the World — that have stood as defining symbols of Egypt for millennia. See the most instantly recognizable statue in the world, crafted in limestone with the body of a lion and the head of a king – the Great Sphinx has been mysteriously reclining atop its Giza plateau for more than 3,000 years, guarding still the unanswered secret of who built it and why. After lunch, visit the pyramids at Saqqara, site of the necropolis (burial ground) for the ancient Egyptian capital of Memphis. The pyramid you will see here is the Step Pyramid, a magnificent reminder of the early architecture of the pharaohs of the Old Kingdom. The remainder of the day is at leisure.,
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12/24/2025 |
12/24/2025 |
Sakkara
Sakkara 12/24/2025
Drive to nearby Giza this morning for a guided tour of its storied pyramids — including the Great Pyramid of Giza, the last of the ancient Seven Wonders of the World — that have stood as defining symbols of Egypt for millennia. See the most instantly recognizable statue in the world, crafted in limestone with the body of a lion and the head of a king – the Great Sphinx has been mysteriously reclining atop its Giza plateau for more than 3,000 years, guarding still the unanswered secret of who built it and why. After lunch, visit the pyramids at Saqqara, site of the necropolis (burial ground) for the ancient Egyptian capital of Memphis. The pyramid you will see here is the Step Pyramid, a magnificent reminder of the early architecture of the pharaohs of the Old Kingdom. The remainder of the day is at leisure.,
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12/24/2025 |
12/24/2025 |
Cairo
Cairo 12/25/2025
Located on the right bank of the River Nile, the historic district of Old Coptic Cairo predates its modern-day processor with sites that date back to the 6th century BC, including ones allegedly visited by the holy family of Joseph, Mary, and the baby Jesus. A guided tour includes Roman ruins, ancient Coptic churches, and the Al Rifai Mosque or the Sultan Hassan Mosque a short drive away. Have lunch at a local restaurant in the Khan El Khalili Market, a bustling souk in the city's historic center, and enjoy free time to experience the labyrinthine lanes of this colorful bazaar. Join our local guide for a visit to the Old Egyptian Museum this afternoon, housing the world's largest collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts, including many of the treasures found in King Tutankhamun's tomb. Join us for a farewell reception and dinner at your hotel tonight.,
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12/25/2025 |
12/25/2025 |
Cairo
Cairo 12/26/2025
Tour ends: Cairo. Fly home anytime. A transfer is included from the Marriott Mena House to Cairo Airport. Allow three hours for flight check-in at the airport.,
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12/26/2025 |
12/26/2025 |
Oberoi Zahra's main dining room for breakfast, lunch and dinner serves guests international cuisine from a daily changing a la carte menu.
After a long day exploring the wonders found along the banks of the Nile, there is no better place to unwind and relax than Oberoi Zahra's Cigar Room and Library.
Enjoy a swim in the temprature controlled pool or relax with a cool drink and a snack in a lounge chair as surrounding views of the Nile pass you by at every moment.
