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Holy Family In Egypt: Cairo | El Minya | Assuit
Holy Family In Egypt: Cairo | El Minya | Assuit
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Giorno 1: Arrivo a Cairo
Giorno 2: Pyramidi e Visita di Cairo
Giorno 3: Chiese di Maadi e Cairo Copto
Giorno 4: Chiese del Cairo
Giorno 5: Cairo / Wadi El Natrun
Giorno 6: Monasteri del Mar Rosso / El Minya
Giorno 7: Jabal Al Tair / Beni Hasan
Giorno 8: Tuna El-Gabal / Al Ashmunien / Assiut
Giorno 9: Assiut / Cairo
Giorno 10: Cairo / Ritorno a Casa
INCLUDED
- Meet and greet service by our representatives at airports.
- Assistance of our guest relations during your stay.
- All transfers are by a private air-conditioned vehicle.
- Accommodation for 6 nights in Cairo on bed & Breakfast basis.
- Accommodation for 2 nights in El Minya on half board basis.
- Accommodation for 1 Night in Assiut on half board basis.
- All the sightseeing tours as mentioned in the itinerary
- Entrance fees to all sites as indicated on the itinerary.
- Meals as mentioned in the above itinerary.
- Bottled water during outings outside of hotel or cruise ship.
- All service charges and taxes.
EXCLUDED
- International Airfare
- Entry visa to Egypt
- Any optional tours
- Personal expenses
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1Day 1: Arrive Cairo ‘Welcome to Egypt’
- Upon arrival at Cairo International Airport you will be met by Egypt Promotion Travel representative who will assist you through airport customs & formalities. You will be escorted immediately to your hotel in one of our air-conditioned modern vehicles.
- Arrive to hotel; check in overnight in Cairo
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2Day 2: Pyramids and Cairo Sightseeing
- Breakfast at your hotel, your Tour guide will escort you to Giza Great Pyramids of Cheops, Chefren, Mykerinus, the famous Sphinx and Valley temple.
- Then Head to the Egyptian Museum.
- Overnight in Cairo.
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3Day 3: Maadi Church / Coptic Cairo
- Breakfast at your hotel in Cairo, then visit Cairo churches. Starting with the Church of the Virgin Mary in Ma’adi. Afterward, you will visit the Hanging Church and St. Sergius, then to the Church of St. George and the Fortress of Babylon in Old Cairo, which the Holy Family passed by.
- Back to your hotel, overnight in Cairo.
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4Day 4: Cairo Churches
- Breakfast at your hotel. You will start your tour to El Matariya (Ancient Heliopolis Area), and visit the holy tree "Mary's Tree". It is the tree under which the holy family has rested in its shade. As well as the child Jesus caused water to flow from a spring from which he drank to arouse this tree.
- Then, you will swarm up to reach the aromatic plant with a beautiful scent named balsam. This plant is added to all perfumes that make them swab or MYRON oil, which is used in church rituals.
- Then head to the Church of the Virgin Mary in the Zeiton area. Italian artists painted the Church ornamented by carvings of Jesus, and the Virgin.
- Back to your hotel, overnight in Cairo.
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5Day 5: Cairo / Wadi El Natrun
- After breakfast, you will be escorted by your personal guide to visit Wadi El Natron about 120 KM north of Cairo, where the Holy Family continued their Journey, went further west, and crossed the Nile. According to some accounts, the Holy Family visited Wadi al-Natrun and there you can visit 4 monasteries, The Monastery of Anba Bishoy, The Monastery of Baramus, The Monastery of Abu Makar, The Monastery of El – Suryan.
- Back to your hotel, overnight in Cairo.
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6Day 6: Red Sea Monasteries / El Minya
- Breakfast at your hotel check out, and start a drive south along the coast to visit the Monasteries of St. Anthony and St. Paul. The two monasteries were built in the 4th century AD continue the trip of the holy family To visit El Minya.
- Check in and overnight in El Minya
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7Day 7: Jabal Al Tair (the Birds Mountain) / Beni Hasan
- Breakfast at your hotel, you will be escorted by your private guide to drive to Jabal al Tair (the Birds Mountain) Ministry near to El Minya city. That is the cave where the holy family rested inside. It is situated now inside the Ancient Church there. then drive to Beni Hasan Rock tombs it is located on the Eastern Bank of the Nile. There we will see the standing-out rock-cut tombs with its scenes depicting local and regional life of the Middle Kingdom 4000 years ago. Many of these express scenes of wrestling and military training.
- Overnight in EL Minya.
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8Day 8 Tuna El-Gabal / Al Ashmunien (Hermopolis) / Assuit
- Breakfast at your hotel, then escorted by your private guide to get to the necropolis of Tuna El Gabal. This place includes many significant elements, like the crypts of baboons and Ibis that represent the god Thoth, the tomb of Isadora, the tomb of the priest Pet-Osiers, the ancient water wheel, and the boundary stele of the city of the Aton, proceeding to Al-Ashmunien, you will enjoy visiting the open museum with the two colossal baboon statues and the ruins of the basilica church with its Rose granite columns.
- Then, Drive to Assiut, check in hotel, overnight in Assiut.
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9Day 9: Assiut / Cairo.
- You will enjoy your breakfast, visit Al Muharraq Monastery. This Monastery was where the Holy Family stayed for 6 months and 10 days, the longest period spent at the same site. On this site, the holy family received the divine message to go back to Palestine. Then back to Cairo. About 8 Km west of the monastery, you will find the rock-cut tombs of Miar, which belong to the nobles and the rulers during the 6th and the 12th dynasties. The tombs remain in great condition and it will be an impressive visit.
- You will be transferred back to your hotel in Cairo & Overnight in Cairo.
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10Day 10: Cairo / Fly Back Home
- Breakfast at the hotel and you will spend your free time at your leisure, then you will be transferred to Cairo International Airport for your final departure
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