Egypt Independent Travel Dreamy Nile River
The preparation for the Egypt independent travel is basically completed. Finally, I will share the itinerary of this trip, the accommodation hotels, and the scenery along the Nile River.
📖Itinerary:
1/29 Monday Shanghai to Cairo, visit the Giza Pyramids, stay in Cairo
1/30 Tuesday Cairo gobus to Alexandria for a day trip, visit the Alexandria Library, Qaitbay Citadel, stay in Cairo
1/31 Wednesday Cairo Hanging Church, Khan El-Khalili bazaar, stay in Cairo
2/1 Thursday Cairo Egyptian Museum, fly to Luxor at night, stay in Luxor
2/2 Friday East Bank of Luxor - Karnak Temple, Luxor Temple, stay in Luxor
2/3 Saturday West Bank of Luxor - private car to Valley of the Kings, Colossi of Memnon, felucca night cruise on the Nile, stay in Luxor
2/4 Sunday Private car from Luxor to Aswan, visit Edfu Temple on the way, explore Aswan bazaar at night, stay in Aswan
2/5 Monday Philae Temple, bazaar, stay in Aswan
2/6 Tuesday Private car to Abu Simbel Temple, fly to Cairo at night, stay in Cairo
2/7 Wednesday Saladin Citadel, City Stars shopping, stay in Cairo
2/8 Thursday Wake up naturally, fly from Cairo to Shanghai
🎫Average cost per person
Flights: 5000 per person (4300 round trip Shanghai to Cairo, 800 for two domestic flights in Egypt, Cairo to Luxor, Aswan to Cairo)
Accommodation: 2000 per person, 10 days
Other transportation: 1000 per person, includes private car, taxi, gobus
Dining: 1000 per person, because of the good exchange rate, eating was really economical
🏨Hotel Recommendations
Cairo: Stayed in three hotels, Mena House by the pyramids, Sheraton in the city, and Le Méridien by the airport, all very nice
A must-see to Cairo, built in 1863. Tickets are cheap, showing artifacts from thousands of years, as well as statues of Pharaohs, mummies, Egyptian artworks and Egyptian living utensils.
Very nice museum that is worth going to. Highlight is definitely the room with King Tut’s tomb, but you’re not allowed to take pictures in it.
This museum has so much to see inside that even if you spent 3 days there, it would not be enough! So much to learn and see, so much to take in, the history and the culture - all inside a lovely museum!
Buying on site is cheaper, probably less than $10, probably because the Egyptian pound has depreciated. This is the old museum, the new museum has not opened yet. The things inside are interesting, but the museum itself is very shabby. There is no wifi inside. It makes people feel like a market, not so solemn. Some can't take pictures, like Tutankhamen, which is right.
Very good very good very good
如果已经在埃及了,请不要通过携程订票。携程无法马上出票,我踩坑了,损失一张门票钱
The Grand Egyptian Museum Arabic: المتحف المصرى الكبير al-Matḥaf al-Maṣriyy al-Kabīr, also known as the Giza Museum, is an archaeological museum under construction in Giza, Egypt, about 2 kilometres from the Giza pyramid complex