On the first day in Cairo, after breakfast at your hotel, your Egyptologist guide will pick you up to start the sightseeing tours.
You will be taken to the Giza Pyramids to see the Great Pyramids of Cheops, Chephren, and Mycerinus, along with the Great Sphinx, which guards the necropolis. You'll see the Valley Temple of King Chephren, built from Aswan granite for the mummification process. It has 16 pillars shaped like the letter T.
Next is the Egyptian Museum in Cairo,which contains huge collections of ancient Egyptian artifacts and the only royal treasure found intact: King Tutankhamun's golden treasures from his Valley of the Kings tomb discovery in 1922.
You'll visit Coptic Cairo,seeing Roman, Islamic,and Christian sites: Babylon Fortress, Hanging Church, Abu Serga Church,where the holy family stayed, Moses Well, and Ben Ezra Synagogue where Moses' basket was found.
You'll have lunch at a Nile-view restaurant, then continue to Islamic Cairo to spend time at Khan El Khalili, Cairo's oldest bazaar.
Finally, you'll return to Le Meridian Pyramids Resort for dinner.