Giza Pyramids Tours and Sakkara from Alexandria Port with Maestro Online Travel, discover the secrets of Alexandria Shore Excursions while visiting Sakkara & Memphis, a very good opportunity through our Cairo Tours from Alexandria Port to explore the secrets of the Pyramids of Giza, the most famous landmark of Egypt and one of the seven wonders also see the legend of Sakkara pyramid & Memphis.
Maestro Online Tours tour guide will be awaiting our guests to pick them up from Alexandria Port by the cruise exit door to start amazing Egypt Pyramids Tour to visit the Great Pyramids of Giza, 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, then you will 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 proceed Egypt Pyramids Tour to visit Memphis the most important city of Egypt from the 3rd millennium BC this 'City of the dead" was the capital of ancient Egypt when King Menes unified the upper & lower Egypt, The most important display is the huge Colossi of Ramses II that is one of the largest and most impressive of this great builder in Egypt, then proceed to have your lunch at a local restaurant then continue visiting the Pyramid of king Djoser in Saqqara, It was the first real pyramid to be constructed in ancient Egypt; it is the most ancient surviving monument and the oldest stone building in history, the pyramid consists of six layers of Mastaba tombs positioned above each other’s. Saqqara pyramid is the only one of its kind and predates those at Giza, it is considered to represent a staircase to heaven as it goes upwards in six steps on four sides to its peak, it was built by Imhotep, an architect, statesman & physician of exceptional skill, after finishing Cairo Excursions from Alexandria port, you will be accompanied by Maestro Online Travel English guide to driving back to your cruise ship in Alexandria Port.