Discover Giza Pyramids Tours one of the seven wonders in the world, the most celebrated monuments in the world. enjoy Cairo Tours to Giza Pyramids and Sphinx with Maestro Online Travel. Visit Giza Pyramids and make a new adventure trip to Pyramids of Giza during your Cairo Egypt Tours.
At about 08:00 am Maestro Online Travel professional tour guide will pick you up from your hotel in Cairo/Giza to start your excited Half Day tour to Giza Pyramids & Sphinx, first you will see the pyramid of Cheops which is the only survivor of the Seven Great Wonders of the ancient world, the size of the largest pyramid of Cheops is 137 meters high & measures 230 meters along each side, it was built as a tomb, the shape possibly intended to help the spirit of the dead pharaoh to rise to heaven (that was the reason of the pyramid shape), then you will see pyramid of Chephren , this is the best preserved of the three main Giza Pyramids the top part still retains the original facing of smoothly finished stone giving an idea of how the pyramids would originally have appeared, beside pyramid of Chephren you will see the Great Sphinx, carved out of natural rocky outcrop, the lion's body stretches 45 meters, the paes are 15 meters, the head is 10 meters long & feet 4 meters wide, yet the Sphinx is small in comparison to the vast hulks of the pyramids, the Great Sphinx considered a guardian & protector of sacred places, then continue Giza Pyramids Tour to see the pyramid of Mykerinus the smallest one of the three pyramids, this pyramid is partly dressed with pink granite slabs, then visit the Valley temple, a steep road leads down from the Great Pyramid to the foot of the escarpment where the Sphinx & the Valley Temple of Chephren stand against the magnificent back-drop of all three pyramids, behind is the Sound & Light theatre, the Valley Temple was preserved from stone robbers by the chance of being engulfed in a sand dune at the end of the Old Kingdom, part of the roof and most of the polished granite lining of this little temple have survived, before you finish your half day tour to Giza Pyramids & Sphinx you will have your lunch at a high quality local restaurant then transfer to your hotel.