Vacation Travel Trip to Cairo, Egypt

If you really want to immerse yourself in Egyptian culture, it would be best you to go to the capital city. For thousands of years Cairo has been the heart of Egypt. Cairo is one of the exciting place to spend your trip visiting the gorgeous citadel of Salah EI-Din Ei-Ayoubi in the Moqattam hills.

Cairo, situated in the northern part, is the capital city of Egypt that is considered to be the largest city of Africa. The history in and around Cairo reveals that there is something extremely special, even precious about this city. The 2000-year-old city is a melting pot of Islamic, Christian Coptic and Jewish cultures.

One could spend the whole vacation in Cairo or start a vacation to from Cairo. The tour packages would be to Western Desert, to view some of the most historical places.

Cairo offers good accommodation facilities that would help you explore the neighboring places in the better ways possible.

Cairo accommodates a huge number of private tour operators to make your vacation trip to Cairo enjoyable, visiting some of the most well known destination. The choices of hotels and resorts in Cairo and the surrounding area are as vast as the Sahara Desert. Travelers often find it convenient to stay downtown, including the areas of Zamalek and Garden City, or close to the pyramids in Giza.

The tour package includes,  Khan el Khalili marketplace, Botanical Gardens, Egyptian Museum, the great Pyramids of Giza , Sphinx, Pyramids of Unas of the Fifth Dynasty Pharaohs, The Serapeum, Greek Philosopher Circle and The Mastabas, of Ptah-Hotep, Ti and Mereruka.

The Great Pyramids of Giza is the most mysterious places worth seeing. Though the ancient Egyptians have no advance technologies to work with,  the pyramids of Khufu, Kafhre and Menkaura are perfectly shaped structures that make every one wonder about how exactly whey were made.

Nile River is one of the most popular activities for enjoying vacation in Cairo, Egypt.  One can enjoy sunset dinner cruises. At Cairo, River Nile gets divided into two distributaries, Rosetta and Damietta.

To get change of pace, one can take a ride on the river Nile on local sailboats called feluccas. However, if one is going to travel to other parts of Egypt, a ride on a felucca will be even better further away from Cairo since the locations will be quieter and more peaceful. There are some restaurants located in Cairo with surprisingly pleasant outdoor terraces overlooking the city and the Great Pyramids in the distance. The tour guides will know where they are and will likely include one in the tour’s itinerary.

In addition to visiting city streets, famous building and landmarks, enjoying native and gourmet cuisine and meeting the friendly inhabitants of the city, most Cairo tours will also include a ride on the Nile River. There are beautiful and graceful "felucca", with billowing sails and different routes that take visitors to many locations in the city. There are also evening dinner cruises along the river as well, and these make for a wonderful way to view the twinkling lights of this city that is home to over sixteen million people!