Itinerary
Welcome to Cairo, Egypt.
Your tour manager will meet and assist you at Cairo International Airport (Arrival procedures) and then he will escort you to the hotel by air-conditioned privet deluxe vehicle or bus, At the hotel we will welcome you with flowers and chocolates, our tour manager will assist with a smooth check-in and review your holiday itinerary with you to establish and confirm pick-up times for each tour. Dinner and overnight in Cairo.
After Breakfast you will be accompanied by our tour guide to Giza Plateau to visit one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, The Great Pyramids of Cheops, Chefren and Mykerinus, famous Sphinx, Valley temple facing the great statue, Then transfer to enjoy the Egyptian Museum, Treasures room for the child king Tutankhamen. Oriental Egyptian Lunch then Continue driving to Islamic Cairo, Where you will be able to explore Khan El Khalili, Cairo’s old bazaar for Lunch and to enjoy your time around old Cairo market, Back to hotel for Dinner and overnight in Cairo.
After Breakfast in the hotel you will be accompanied by our personal tour guide to visit the first point of The Holy Family Trip journey in Egypt, Which is considered the first residential point that welcoming Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ, It is called Tel Basta Old Temple there is Jesus gushed forth a spring of water to drink, Then you will go to Samanoud City to visit Saint Abanoub Church, You will travel to Sakha City this is the first point of The Holy Family Trip journey in Egypt, Which is considered the first residential point that welcoming Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ, Lunch first then you will visit Virgin Mary Church, Also you will see the foot print of Jesus Christ carved on a stone , Back to hotel for Dinner and overnight in Cairo.
After Breakfast in the hotel you will be accompanied by our personal tour guide to visit Wadi Natroun City a desert area said to have been blessed by the Christ, The Holy Family crossed the western branch of the river Nile (Rosetta branch) to the south to Wadi AL-Natrun, According to tradition the Virgin Mary and her son the child Jesus Christ hid in that valley during their trip to Egypt, Jesus Christ blessed the four directions of the valley Wadi Al- Natroun is considered one of the most famous valleys in Egypt, It is considered the home of asceticism and worship with four monasteries still existing today, Begin your trip with Deir al-Baramus which is the oldest of the surviving 4 monasteries, and in many ways the most isolated, then proceeds to Deir Anba Bishoy whose body is still in the monastery, Abu Makar Monastery, You will end your trip with Deir El-Suryani which is the smallest and most compact of the 4 monasteries, Lunch during your way Back to Cairo, Back to hotel for Dinner and overnight in Cairo.
Breakfast at your hotel in Cairo, you will be accompanied by our personal tour guide to visit the Holy well and Holly Marry tree at Matariya on the outskirts of Cairo, a well-attested resting place of the Holy Family and a popular destination among medieval pilgrims,
Old Cairo churches, start by the Hanging Church and St. Sergius, then continue to see the Church of St. George as well as the Fortress of Babylon in Old Cairo, which the Holy Family passed by, Then you going to get your Lunch, Then you will going to Visit St. Mary church in Maadi, Many visitors go to this church to see the book this may be a sign that the Holy Family had passed by that place of the church. The Holy Family travelled in a boat on the Nile from this place towards the south (Upper Egypt) to escape from Romans, Back to hotel for Dinner and overnight in Cairo.
Breakfast at your hotel in Cairo, then you will be accompanied by our personal tour guide to enjoy The holy Family Trip to South Egypt to EL Minya City about 3 hours, When you arrive to El Minya you will see the beautiful church hewn out of the cliff beside the river at Gabal Al-Teir in Minya. And continue the route of the Holy family by visiting The White Monastery, it was built in 400 AD by St. Senouda, who constructed the monastery using blocks from ancient Egyptian buildings. The White Monastery has a basilica church inside that used columns from ancient Egyptian structures as well. There are also wonderful
paintings on the walls and ceilings, Then Dinner and Overnight at the Holy Family hotel or similar hotel Minya.
Wake up early around 4:30 am to attend the daily Holy Mass inside the monastery starting at 5:00 am, Breakfast at your hotel and move to Assiut City to the Monastery of Al Muharraq in Assiut (Which is known as the Monastery of the Holy Virgin at Al Qusiya)
It was built around the area where the Holy Family remained just over 6 months, Their time was spent mainly in a cave which became, in the Coptic era, the altar of the Church of Virgin Mary, Then Dinner and Overnight at the Monastery Visitors accommodation or at Assiut hotel.
Early breakfast at your Monastery Visitors accommodation or at Assiut hotel, , then you will be accompanied by our personal tour guide to enjoy your travel to Hurghada City, Day at Leisure in Hurghada which remains one of the best dive sites in the world,
Lunch, Dinner & Overnight.
Breakfast at the hotel,
Day at Leisure, enjoying diving activities (Scuba diving/ Snorkeling)
Lunch, Dinner and overnight at the hotel
Breakfast at the hotel,
Day at Leisure, enjoying diving activities (Scuba diving/ Snorkeling)
Lunch, Dinner and overnight at the hotel
Breakfast at the hotel,
Free for personal activities.
Lunch, Dinner and overnight at the hotel.
Breakfast at the hotel,
Free for personal activities.
Lunch, Dinner and overnight at the hotel.
Breakfast at the hotel,
Free for personal activities.
Lunch, Dinner and overnight at the hotel.
Breakfast at the hotel. Then transfer to The Monastery of Saint Paul the Anchorite dates to the fourth century AD. It was founded over the cave where Saint Paul the Anchorite lived for more than eighty years. The first travel narrative of the monastery was provided by Antoninus Martyr, a native of Placentia, who visited the tomb of Saint Paul the Anchorite between the years 560 and 570 AD.
Arrival and overnight in Cairo.
Breakfast and check out.
Transfer to Cairo Airport and fly back to your country.
