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Cleopatra's Egypt
With Athens Extension

12 Days, airfare included from USA . This exceptional package includes
Egypt's highlights ,and a 4 day stay in Athens . Weekly departures on Tuesdays
. Add Abu Simbel


Honeymoon Cruise, Toru Egypt

Click here for the Sailing boat Edition
on board the M/S Royal Cleopatra

 

 

 

DAY 1 - USA (JFK) /CAIRO every Tuesday

DEPARTURE FROM NEW YORK We take off from New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, bound for Athens.

 

 

 

DAY 2 - ATHENS-Wed
Arrive at Athens Airport, where you will be greeted by our staff and transferred to your hotel. The rest of the day is yours to spend as you like. Take your first look at this great ancient-modern city. Wander through the Plaka, and up to the Acropolis if you like, guidebook in hand.

 

 



DAY 3 - ATHENS CITY TOUR-Thu (cBD)
After breakfast, a half day seat in a coach tour: we tour the great Greek capital, including Constitution (Syntagma) Square, Parliament, the Memorial to the Unknown Soldier, and the National Library. Driving down Herod Atticus street you will see the Evzones in their picturesque uniforms and the Presidential Palace. On your way to the Acropolis,
you will see the Panathenaic Stadium (where the first Olympic Games of the modern era were held in 1896), the Temple of the Olympian Zeus and Hadrian's Arch. Evening Greek dinner with music & show.

 



Extend your stay in Greece

DAY 3 - ARGOLIS-Fri (cBL)
Leave Athens along the Saronic Gulf coastal road to the Corinth Canal, which connects the Aegean Sea with the Ionian Sea. Drive on to Mycenae, the Homeric City of the Atreides, "rich in gold" of the ancient poets. (Visit the Lion's Gate, the Cyclopean Walls and the Royal Tombs). Drive through the fertile plain of Argolis to Nafplion, a picturesque town nestled at the foot of the Palamidi Fortress. After lunch, leave for Epidavros to visit the theater (4th Century B.C.), famous for its astonishing acoustics. Return to Athens by the national road connecting Epidavros with Corinth. Lunch in Mycanae or Nafplion.

 

 

 

 

 

DAY 4- CAIRO - Sat (cB)
Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to Athens Airport for your flight to Cairo.
Our Cairo-based personnel will meet you at the airport and see you to your hotel near the fabled Nile. You'll have time to relax. The rest of the day is yours. Fascinating Cairo awaits you! Venture out amid the spice shops, cafés, peddlers from bygone days, modern-day professionals, and an unforgettable array of sights, sounds, and aromas. Visa fee is included & issued upon arrival. Your passport must be valid for at least 6 month beyond the date of arrival. Only when you have an American , EU, Australian , NZ, Brazilian , Mexican , Canadian, Japanese and US passport. Complimentary welcome Egyptian sweets platter await you upon arrival at your hotel room.

 

Visa will be issued upon arrival.
As you exit the gate, you will pass through a door or two , down some stairs , then walk for 2-5 minutes , until you pass the duty free shops, at the end of a wide corridor , you will see the security officers. There you will be met by a local representative, who will be holding a sign with the name you prefer to use for the sign .
Our local representative will then take your passport to obtain a stamp from the cashier / bank window and escort you to speak with the passport officer. He will escort you through another last check on your passport as you exit the passport control, into customs area, he will assist you in collecting your luggage and clearing customs . After exiting the terminal, our local representative will escort you (private vehicle) to the hotel

 

 

 

 

DAY 5 - CAIRO - Sun - (BLD)
Today, we'll explore the wonders of the Egyptian Museum, with its treasures of the ancient pharaohs: mummies, statuary, precious stones and metals. Travellers have long come to Cairo just to gaze on these sights, but our day has just started. We'll motor to the edge of Cairo, to the mysterious Sphinx and the Pyramids of Giza.

Those who are fit and adventurous enough may wish to penetrate into the heart of the Great Pyramid, to the King's Chamber your ticket is included with our compliments (or the interior of Kephren Pyramid). Taking a camel ride (Included) is entirely your own choice!

Then it's onward to the Citadel of Saladin and the Alabaster Mosque of Mohammed Ali. Lunch will be served at a local restaurant. In the evening, it's all aboard! We'll settle you into your private wood-panelled sleeping compartment on the train bound along the banks of the Nile. You'll enjoy dinner on board , as the lights of villages reflect in the river.

 

 

 


DAY 6- ASWAN, CAMEL CARAVAN - Mon - (BLD)
After breakfast on board, the train arrives in Aswan, where we'll settle you into your cabin on a Nile steamer.
Fruit basket at your cabin, with our compliments.
We start our tour with the world famous Nubian Museum.

Tour of Kalabsha Temple dedicated to the ancient god Mandulis, and the goddess Isis . Built during the reign of the Roman Emperor Augustus , the small rock-cut temple of Beit El Wali, built by Ramses the Great , and the small yet charming Kiosk of Qertassi. Then we return to the boat for lunch.

During the train ride, you will have seen feluccas sailing the Nile. Now we'll experience Egypt at its most authentic, as we sail in one of these graceful craft. Then, to really immerse yourself, try your hand at camel riding! We'll take willing passengers on a traditional caravan to enjoy tea with Nubian villagers. Only Travel in Style affords this unique opportunity to meet and interact with local people. We are proud to offer this insight into the Nubian way of life.


 


DAY 7 - ASWAN, KOM OMBO - Tue - (BLD)
After breakfast on board, we'll visit the dams at Aswan, including the High Dam, a modern wonder in this ancient land. At the ancient granite quarry, we'll see an obelisk left unfinished, then board a launch on Lake Nasser to visit the Temples of Philae, rescued from rising waters. Back aboard our cruiser, we'll sail northward down the Nile at a stately pace, disembarking for a visit to Kom Ombo, the twin temple dedicated to the crocodile river god, Sobek.

 

 

 

 

Honeymooners on the Nile

DAY 8 - EDFU, ESNA - Wed - (BLD)
Horse-drawn carriages or vans meet us at riverside to take us through Edfu to the Temple of Horus, best-preserved in all of Egypt. Later, we'll cruise to Esna, and by evening, we'll be in fabled Luxor.

DAY 9 - LUXOR - Thu - (BLD)
We'll cross the Nile to view an array of ancient splendors: the tomb chambers of the Valley of the Kings; the imposing tomb-temple of Queen Hatshepsut ; and the Colossi of Memnon.

 

 

 

DAY 10 - LUXOR, CAIRO - Fri (BLD)
Check out from our cabins. In the morning we'll visit the imposing Great Temple of Amon at Karnak and the great Temple of Luxor before heading back to the boat for lunch. Public facilities on board are
always available till its time for the evening transfer to board the overnight sleeper train back to Cairo, dinner is served on board.

 

 



DAY 11 - CAIRO - Sat - (BD)
Morning arrival, our local rep will escort you to your hotel. Breakfast will be served at the hotel. You'll make your own program for your last full day in Cairo. Perhaps you'll do some shopping at the fabulous Khan El-Khalili bazaar, or return to the fabulous Pyramids, or take an optional tour, or spend the day with new friends. Don't miss your chance to mingle with the crowds, the peddlers, and the street entertainers who give life to Cairo! Evening farewell dinner with folk & Belly Dance.

 

 



DAY 12 - DEPARTURE FOR HOME - Sun - (B)
After breakfast, our staff will see you to the airport and assist you with all the formalities before you board your flight for home. You'll arrive the same day. Bon Voyage!

This tour departs on Tuesdays , weekly , year round.

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RATES per person in USD

From New York
Deluxe
First Class
Triple
US$ 3929.00
US$ 3750.00
Double
US$ 4069.00
US$ 3800.00
Single
US$ 5099.00
US$ 4109.00

 

 

 

 

  • DEPARTURE NOTES:
    This tour
    departs on Fridays , weekly, year round For departures during: Apr , Christmas, New Year's ; Please add %10 to
    the rates above.

  • Children's Discount :
    10 years of age or younger, sharing room with parent, receive a discount of 15 percent.

  • Add Abu Simbel Tour

 

 

 

DINING NOTES:
The set-menu meals included in your tour are indicated in the itinerary: B = Breakfast, (or cB, Continental Breakfast), L = Lunch, D = Dinner. On our luxury Nile cruise vessels, our spacious dining rooms accommodate all passengers at one seating, so there is no need to worry about making reservations.



 

 


AIRFARE NOTES:

 

  • Our airline partners for departures from New York are British Airways, Lufthansa , KLM, Swiss , Egyptair and Olympic Airways.

  • From other cities: San Francisco, San Diego, Los Angeles, Seattle-Tacoma, Atlanta and Dallas-Fort Worth for an additional $350

  • from Chicago or Washington, DC's Dulles International Airport, for an additional $250.

  • In addition, for any departures May - Sep , please add $300 high-season airfare surcharge to the rates shown above.

  • This air fare supplement doesn't apply when you handle your own airfare, If you choose to make your own arrangements for international airfare, please deduct $600 per person from the rates.

 

 

 

 

YOUR TOUR INCLUDES:

 

  • International airfare from New York, economy class US departure tax.
  • Egyptian domestic sleeper train fares as described in the itinerary.
  • All airport transfers and taxes in Egypt.
  • Hotel accommodations (including taxes).
  • Set-menu (table d'hôte) meals as indicated in the itinerary above.(B = Breakfast, L = Lunch, D = Dinner).
  • A a Nile cruise with all shore excursions and meals.
  • Guided sightseeing by air-conditioned motorcoach,including all admissions fees.
  • Lonely Planet travel guidebook
  • Visa Fee
    Egyptian visa fee is included , visa issued (Only for holders of U.S., Brazilian , Mexican, Australian, NZ , EU, Canadian and Japanese. Passports with six months of validity remaining at time of arrival).
  • On Board the cruise, , Complimentary welcome fruit basket, Galabya,and an Egyptian Sweets/pastry platter
  • Complimentary welcome drink upon arrival on board the Nile Cruise.
  • Complimentary welcome fruit basket on board the Nile Cruise.
  • Large bottle of water ( per person ) delivered to you cabin daily while you are on board the Nile Cruise.
  • Tea or coffee an bottled water with each / every meal while you are on board the Nile Cruise.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Extend your stay to the Greek Island of Santorini

Villa in Santorini - Your Honeymoon Greek Island
Your own Villa in Santorini - Your Honeymoon Greek Island

 

 

 

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On board the ultra deluxe Radamis II Nile Cruise

 

 

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