Cairo, Giza and Alexandria 3-Day Tour: Private Guide

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Duration3d

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PickupAt your hotel

Three days across Egypt's landmarks, one guide, no logistics to manage.

A 3-day private guided tour of Cairo, Giza and Alexandria includes visits to the Giza pyramids, the Step Pyramid at Saqqara, the Egyptian Museum, the Citadel of Salah El Din, Old Cairo's churches, Khan El Khalili market, and Alexandria's Pompey's Pillar, Citadel of Qaitbay and Catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa. Your guide meets you at your hotel each morning; private transportation, all entry fees, taxes and bottled water are included. The tour runs three consecutive days with lunch provided each day.

Step-by-step itinerary

Day 1 — Giza pyramids, Sakkara and Memphis tour

Meet tour guide at hotel
Visit Great Pyramid of King Cheops
See Pyramid of King Chephren
Visit Pyramid of King Mycerinus
Visit Great Sphinx and Valley Temple
Photo stop at Giza Panoramic Plateau
Optional camel ride at Giza Plateau
Lunch at local restaurant
Visit Step Pyramid of King Zoser in Sakkara
Visit open-air museum in Memphis
Return to hotel

Day 2 — Cairo museum, citadel and market tour

Private vehicle to Egyptian Museum
Tour Egyptian Museum and King Tut treasures
Visit Citadel of Salah El Din and Alabaster Mosque
Lunch
Tour Old Cairo churches and Babylon fortification
Visit Hanging Church and St Sergius Church
See Ben Ezra Synagogue
Visit Khan El Khalili market
Return to hotel

Day 3 — Alexandria historical sites tour

Transfer from Cairo to Alexandria
Visit Pompey’s Pillar and Serapeum ruins
Visit Citadel of Qaitbay and maritime artifacts
Visit Catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa
Lunch
Visit Bibliotheca of Alexandria
Return to Cairo

The Experience

Day one takes you to Giza and south to Memphis. Your guide meets you at your hotel and drives you to the Great Pyramid of Cheops, the Pyramid of Chephren and the Pyramid of Mycerinus, then to the Great Sphinx and the Valley Temple. At the Giza Plateau, you can stop for photos—optional camel riding for 30 minutes is available if you want it. After lunch at a local restaurant, you head to Saqqara to see the Step Pyramid of King Zoser, the oldest stone structure ever built, then to the open-air museum in Memphis, about 20 minutes away.

Day two stays in Cairo. A two-hour visit to the Egyptian Museum shows you the treasures of King Tutankhamen—the only royal treasure found intact, with gold and jewelry spanning centuries. Next is the Citadel of Salah El Din and the Alabaster Mosque of Mohamed Ali inside it, a model of Ottoman architecture. After lunch, you explore Old Cairo's churches: the ancient Roman fortification of Babylon, the Hanging Church, the Church of St Sergius and the Ben Ezra Synagogue, built before the ninth century and transformed from Coptic to Jewish use over time. The day ends at Khan El Khalili, the oldest market in Egypt.

Day three is the drive to Alexandria, about two and a half hours north. You visit Pompey's Pillar, the only remaining pillar from a Roman temple standing on a rocky plateau, then the medieval Citadel of Qaitbay, which holds artifacts and maritime finds from Napoleon's fleet and Admiral Nelson's naval campaign in 1798. The Catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa come next—three layers of tombs and chambers carved into rock underground, the last great construction built for the ancient Egyptian religion. After lunch, you see the Bibliotheca of Alexandria, founded in the 3rd century BC by Pharaoh Ptolemy I, before returning to Cairo.

What’s included

Private transportation in an air-conditioned vehicle for all three days.
pickup from and return to your hotel each morning and evening.
all entry fees and taxes to the Giza pyramids, Saqqara, Memphis, Egyptian Museum, Citadel of Salah El Din, Old Cairo's churches, Khan El Khalili, and all Alexandria sites.
bottled water throughout.
lunch at local restaurants each day.
English-speaking guide (or Spanish, Italian, French, or another language on request).

Good to know

Easy physical levelStroller friendlyInfant seats available

Operated by Cairo Top Tours

Is this one for you?Choose this if you need a guide fluent in your language and prefer moving at your own pace over three days with one private vehicle, rather than coordinating group schedules.