Overnight Tour to El Minya Code No: DT. 0220
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Tour Highlights
| Code No: DT. 0220 |
| Trip Duration: 2 Days
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| Trip Runs: Everyday |
| Trip Size: Private Tours |
| Pick-up Location: Cairo |
| Return To: Cairo
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Pick-up Time: 06:00 am
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Itinerary
Day 01: El Minya - Tal Al Amarna
Discover Al Menia approximately 4 hours far from Cairo.
You will be transferred at 06:00 a.m. by our air-conditioned vehicle from Cairo to Al Menia, then by a motor boat to Tal Al Amarna which was the capital of Akhenaton.
This city which was once an impressive city that was stretched over a surface area of 15 kilometers from North to South.
Most of the beauty of the city is now lost except from some ruins of the great temple of Aten, the sun god, and some other ruins of temples and palaces.
Overnight in El Minya.
Meals: Lunch.
Day 02: El Minya - Beni Hassan - Tuna El Gabal
After breakfast will move to visit the Beni Hassan Necropolis, carved into limestone mountains, this burial site belongs to the Middle Kingdom of the Pharaohs (2055 – 1650 BC), there you will enjoy the painted walls with the most rare scenes, & then will beck to Cairo.
Tuna Al Gabal, the necropolis of the ancient city of Hermopolis, the cult center of the god Thoth.
This burial site includes many streets and tombs, the most remarkable among them is the tomb of Petosiris, the high priest of Throth in the 4th century BC containing beautiful wall paintings, Our last visit of the day will be to Hermopolis, believed by the ancient Egyptians to be one of the sites of creation.
This city was the center of the worship of Thoth, the god of wisdom. And then back to Cairo.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch.
What's Included:
• Pick up services from your hotel in Cairo and return
• Accommodation at 4* hotel (Aton Hotel or Siva Nefertiti Hotel) including bed and breakfast
• All transfers by a private air-conditioned vehicle
• Private English-speaking Egyptologist guide throughout tours
• Entrance fees to all the sights in Minya
• Two lunch times during tour in El Minya at local restaurant
• Bottled water on board the vehicle
• All services charges and taxes
What's Excluded:
Any extras not mentioned in the program
• Tipping
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