Grand Tour of Egypt and 7 nts Cruise Pkg B Class
A 25-Day Insight Tours tour starting from $4,730
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| Tour Length: | 25 Days | |
| Countries Visited: | Egypt, Greece, Turkey | |
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Cities Visited: The Pyramids, Karnak, the Egyptian Museum, Luxor Valley of the Kings, the temples at Edfu and Kom Ombo. Plus a fantastic 7 nights Cruise |
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Included Premium Highlights
- Admire the artifacts recovered from the tomb of Tutankhamun in Cairo's Egyptian Museum
- Drive to the Pyramids to witness the magical Sound and Light Show
- Visit the Temple of Hatshepsut and tombs of the Pharoahs in the Valley of the Kings
- Travel by motorboat to the Temple of Isis on the Island of Philae
- Venture inside one of the Pyramids on your guided tour of Giza
Included Personal Insights
- Get a taste of the Bedouin lifestyle as you join the locals for tea at St Catherines.
Included Additional Excursions & Sights
- Enjoy a guided visit to St Catherine's Monastery (when open)
- Visit the new Civilization Museum, Roman Amphitheater, Catacombs, Quayet-Bey fortress and Montazah Gardens in Alexandria
- Visit El-Alamein War Cemeteries & Military Museum
- Visit the great Coptic Monasteries of Wadi El Natrun (if open)
- Visit Mohammed Ali Mosque and enjoy stunning views over Cairo from the Citadel
- Tour the awesome Karnak Temple with its vast Hypostyle Hall
- Visit the Temple of Hathor in Dendara
- See the Colossi of Memnon
- Enjoy a visit to Luxor Temple which lay hidden beneath the sand for thousands of years
- Visit the Temple of Horus at Edfu
- Tour the Temple of Sobek at Kom Ombo
- Visit the unfinished obelisk in the granite quarries & see Aswan High Dam
- Sail on a 'felucca' around Aswan's Botanical gardens
- Visit the Rameses II statue & alabaster Sphinx in Memphis
- See the Sakkara Step Pyramid of King Zozer - the oldest in the world
Insight's Cairo & Nile Cruise
- Insight's professional multi-lingual Egyptologist/Tour Director accompanies you
- Tour by luxury air-conditioned coach
- Deluxe hotels in Cairo and Alexandria, best available in St Catherines with all service charges, taxes and porterage
- 7 night Nile cruise on MS Miriam or MS Giselle (or similar), including all cruise boat gratuities
- Insight Traveler document wallet, map book journal and information pack
- Scheduled air travel between Cairo and Luxor
- Services of Insight's Resident Manager in Cairo
- Arrival & departure transfers between the airport and your Insight tour hotel.
Included Quality Dining
- Egyptian dinner and Galabea Party with entertainment while cruising (HD)
- Highlight Dinner at a local restaurant in Alexandria (HD)
- 16 Buffet Breakfasts (BB), 7 Lunches (L) and 9 Dinners (D), plus bottled water and tea or coffee whilst cruising
7 NIGHT pre tour PACKAGE WITH THREE CONTINENTS CRUISE Includes
- 1 night Athens accommodation with buffet breakfast pre cruise.
- 5 nights aboard your mid-size cruise ship featuring outdoor pool, fitness centre, beauty salon, casino, bars and restaurants
- Air conditioned cabins with private facilities
- All meals on board
- Exciting onboard entertainment
- Shore excursion to Jerusalem and Bethlehem.
- Services of a cruise director while cruising
- 1 night accommodation in Cairo with buffet breakfast post cruise.
- All transfers.
- All port taxes and crew gratuities.
Included Premium Highlights
- Admire the artifacts recovered from the tomb of Tutankhamun in Cairo's Egyptian Museum
- Drive to the Pyramids to witness the magical Sound and Light Show
- Visit the Temple of Hatshepsut and tombs of the Pharoahs in the Valley of the Kings
- Travel by motorboat to the Temple of Isis on the Island of Philae
- Venture inside one of the Pyramids on your guided tour of Giza
Included Personal Insights
- Get a taste of the Bedouin lifestyle as you join the locals for tea at St Catherines.
Included Additional Excursions & Sights
- Enjoy a guided visit to St Catherine's Monastery (when open)
- Visit the new Civilization Museum, Roman Amphitheater, Catacombs, Quayet-Bey fortress and Montazah Gardens in Alexandria
- Visit El-Alamein War Cemeteries & Military Museum
- Visit the great Coptic Monasteries of Wadi El Natrun (if open)
- Visit Mohammed Ali Mosque and enjoy stunning views over Cairo from the Citadel
- Tour the awesome Karnak Temple with its vast Hypostyle Hall
- Visit the Temple of Hathor in Dendara
- See the Colossi of Memnon
- Enjoy a visit to Luxor Temple which lay hidden beneath the sand for thousands of years
- Visit the Temple of Horus at Edfu
- Tour the Temple of Sobek at Kom Ombo
- Visit the unfinished obelisk in the granite quarries & see Aswan High Dam
- Sail on a 'felucca' around Aswan's Botanical gardens
- Visit the Rameses II statue & alabaster Sphinx in Memphis
- See the Sakkara Step Pyramid of King Zozer - the oldest in the world
Insight's Cairo & Nile Cruise
- Insight's professional multi-lingual Egyptologist/Tour Director accompanies you
- Tour by luxury air-conditioned coach
- Deluxe hotels in Cairo and Alexandria, best available in St Catherines with all service charges, taxes and porterage
- 7 night Nile cruise on MS Miriam or MS Giselle (or similar), including all cruise boat gratuities
- Insight Traveler document wallet, map book journal and information pack
- Scheduled air travel between Cairo and Luxor
- Services of Insight's Resident Manager in Cairo
- Arrival & departure transfers between the airport and your Insight tour hotel.
Included Quality Dining
- Egyptian dinner and Galabea Party with entertainment while cruising (HD)
- Highlight Dinner at a local restaurant in Alexandria (HD)
- 16 Buffet Breakfasts (BB), 7 Lunches (L) and 9 Dinners (D), plus bottled water and tea or coffee whilst cruising
7 NIGHT pre tour PACKAGE WITH THREE CONTINENTS CRUISE Includes
- 1 night Athens accommodation with buffet breakfast pre cruise.
- 5 nights aboard your mid-size cruise ship featuring outdoor pool, fitness centre, beauty salon, casino, bars and restaurants
- Air conditioned cabins with private facilities
- All meals on board
- Exciting onboard entertainment
- Shore excursion to Jerusalem and Bethlehem.
- Services of a cruise director while cruising
- 1 night accommodation in Cairo with buffet breakfast post cruise.
- All transfers.
- All port taxes and crew gratuities.
Day 1 - DEPART USA.
Board your overnight flight.
Day 2 - ATHENS AT LEISURE
You are met and transferred from the airport to your Athens hotel.
Hotel: Ledra Marriott
Day 3 - CRUISING
Transfer to the port of Piraeus to embark your cruise. (BB,L,D)
Day 4 - ISTANBUL
A full day to explore this magnificent city. Maybe visit the Blue Mosque and St. Sophia. (BB,L,D)
Day 5 - MYKONOS
Dock at the most famous Greek island with its whitewashed windmills and maze of walkways, shops and tavernas. (BB,L,D)
Day 6 - AT SEA
Enjoy the ship's facilities as you sail towards Israel. (BB,L,D)
Day 7 - ISRAEL
Enjoy an included visit to Jerusalem and Bethlehem. (BB,L,D)
Day 8 - CAIRO
Say good-bye to your ship and drive to Cairo for overnight. (BB)
Day 9 - CAIRO
Welcome to Egypt, the timeless land of the Pharoahs and a treasure house of ancient history.
Hotel: Fairmont Heliopolis
Day 10 - CAIRO - ST CATHERINE
After driving through the tunnel under the Suez Canal, look out for the huge cargo ships as they negotiate this famous waterway. Cross the Sinai Peninsula to St. Catherine's village in the shadow of Mt Sinai. You are also invited for tea with the local Bedouins. Later there is time to relax before dinner.
Hotel: Morgen Land. (BB,D)
Day 11 - ST CATHERINE - GULF OF SUEZ
Passengers who choose to ascend Mt Sinai will see the cave where Moses hid and the sunrise from the summit. Later, one of the priests guides you through St. Catherine's Monastery (if open). Drive on to your seaside resort.
Hotel: Palmera Ain Sukhna (BB,D)
Day 12 - GULF OF SUEZ - ALEXANDRIA
Drive through the desert to Alexandria, Egypt's major port, founded by Alexander the Great in 331 BC.
Hotel: Helnan Palestine. (BB,D)
Day 13 - ALEXANDRIA SIGHTSEEING
Your full day city tour includes the National Museum, Roman Amphitheatre and Roman Catacombs. After a visit to the 15C Quayet-Bey Fortress, your final stop is at the Montazah Gardens. Tonight, your Highlight Dinner is at a local restaurant. (BB,HD)
Day 14 - ALEXANDRIA - CAIRO
Drive into the Western Desert to
El-Alamein. Time here to pay your respects at the War Cemeteries and visit the Military Museum. En route to Cairo make a stop at the Coptic Monasteries at Wadi El Natrun (if open).
Hotel: Marriott (BB)
Day 15 - CAIRO SIGHTSEEING
Enjoy views over the city from the Citadel of Salah El Din and then visit Mohammed Ali's great alabaster mosque. Continue to the Egyptian Museum to gaze upon Tutankhamun's treasure. Later, experience a Sound & Light Show at the Pyramids of Giza! (BB)
Day 16 - CAIRO - LUXOR- join cruise
Fly to Luxor on the banks of the Nile, to tour the Temple complex of Karnak. Walk through the avenue of Ram-headed sphinxes, past the statue of Rameses II, to the vast Hypostyle Hall, a veritable stone forest, housing 134 giant decorated columns. Later, get to know your cruise boat, and set sail for Dendara.
Ship: MS Miriam/Ms Giselle. (BB,L,D)
Day 17 - ON BOARD SHIP
Visit the Temple of Hathor in Dendara, one of the best preserved temples in Egypt and containing a rare depiction of Cleopatra and her son Caesarian, whose father was Julius Caesar. Return to Luxor around midday where you are at leisure. In the cool of early evening, visit the ancient Temple of Luxor, founded in 1400 BC during Thebe's Golden Age. (BB,L,D)
Day 18 - ON BOARD SHIP
Travel by air-conditioned coach to the West Bank of the Nile to see the Colossi of Memnon, and visit both the Temple of Hatshepsut and Valley of the Kings, where many Pharoahs were buried. Return to your cruise boat and sail via the Esna Lock to Edfu. (BB,L,D)
Day 19 - ON BOARD SHIP
Visit the well-preserved Temple of Horus at Edfu, dedicated to the Falcon God. After exploring this fascinating site, your cruise continues to Aswan. Don your galabeas, (traditional Egyptian attire), for a fun-filled Egyptian Dinner and Galabea Party. (BB,L,HD)
Day 20 - ON BOARD SHIP
A full day of sightseeing includes a visit to the Aswan High Dam and Granite Quarries to see the enormous unfinished obelisk. Travel by motorboat to the Temple of Isis, rising from the waters of the Nile on the Island of Philae. Later, return to Aswan to sail in a traditional Nile felucca around Aswan's Botanical Gardens. (BB, L, D)
Day 21 - ON BOARD SHIP
Perhaps join the optional excursion by air to the temples of Abu Simbel ? Later, sail to Kom Ombo to visit the only double temple of Egypt dedicated to two gods, the crocodile headed, Sobek and falcon headed Horus the Elder. (BB,L,D)
Day 22 - ON BOARD SHIP
Your cruise continues along the life giving waters of the Nile. In the evening arrive back in Luxor where there is time for last minute shopping and sightseeing. (BB,L,D)
Day 23 - LUXOR - CAIRO
Disembark from your cruise and transfer to the airport for your return flight to Cairo. This evening you have time at leisure.
Hotel: Marriott (BB)
Day 24 - CAIRO SIGHTSEEING
Drive to Memphis to admire the statue of Rameses II and the great alabaster sphinx. Continue to Sakkara to see the Step Pyramid of King Zoser, the oldest in the world. Now enjoy a highlight visit inside one of the Pyramids of Giza and see the guardian Sphinx. (BB)
Day 25 - RETURN TO USA.
The tour ends with transfers to Cairo airport. (BB)
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MS Miriam
The MS Miriam is amongst the
loveliest ships to sail the Nile. Elegantly furnished with fabrics,
wood paneling, and classic style furniture, this ship offers a pleasant
setting for your Nile Cruise.
Staterooms (Click thumbnails to see full size image
Category S Stateroom
301 sq ft
Suites have floor-to-ceiling picture windows, a queen-sized bed, ample closet space, private bathroom with tub and shower, as well as a living area with dining table, desk, drawer space, and seating. All staterooms have their own thermostat controlled air-conditioning, mini bar, telephone, satellite television, music system, private safe, plush linens and towels, and hair dryer.
Category SC Stateroom
237 sq ft
Riverview Staterooms have large panoramic windows, two twin beds that convert to a queen-sized bed, ample closet space, private bathroom with tub and shower, as well as a sitting area with desk, drawer space, and seating. All staterooms have their own thermostat controlled air-conditioning, mini bar, telephone, satellite television, music system, private safe, plush linens and towels, and hair dryer.
Ship Facts:
- Length: 236.2 ft (72 m)
- Width: 44.6 ft (13.6 m)
- Decks: 4 decks + 1 sun deck
- Staterooms: 56
- Passenger Capacity: 110
- Voltage: 220v
Ship Amenities:
The tastefully furnished lobby
is a fitting place to welcome you onboard. The spacious Main Lounge
provides a full-service bar and a dance floor for evening entertainment
which includes an Egyptian folklore show and a belly dancer. The
separate bar area with comfortable Chesterfield sofas offers panoramic
views of the Nile River and a restful place to relax with a book. The
elegant restaurant serves both Egyptian and international cuisine with
a combination of waiter service and buffet meals. Wireless Internet
access in public areas.
Cane tables, chairs, and sun loungers
provide a comfortable place to enjoy the beautiful Nile River views.
There is also a bar and swimming pool for added enjoyment. Other
onboard conveniences include a 24-hour reception desk, and a boutique
with gifts and sundries.
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