Live the unique experience and visit the Nilometerand the manial palace with Magic Life Tours
Included
Pick up services from your hotel & return
Private All Languages speaking Egyptologist guide
All transfers by a private air-conditioned vehicle
Entrance fees to all the mentioned sites
Bottled water during your trip.
lunch
All taxes & service charge
Excluded
Any extras not mentioned in the itinerary.
Tipping.
Itinerary
Day 1 :
Magic life tours representative will pick up you from your hotel to visit the Nilometer,an ancient instrument used to measure the waters of the Nile so Egyptian farmers would know whether to expect famine or flood. The nilometer on Rhoda Island dates back to 861, when it was built where an older nilometer had been, based on a design by Afraganus, a famous astronomer. The massive measuring stick had markings on it to indicate where the water level was at any given time, information the priests would use to determine what conditions the future held: drought, which would mean famine; desirable, which would mean just enough overflow to leave good soil for farming; or flood, which could be catastrophic. Then moving on to visit the remarkable Manial Palaceof Prince Mohamed Ali Pasha “King Farouk’s uncle”. He had it designed in a style integrating European Art Nouveau and Rococo with many traditional Islamic architecture styles including Ottoman, Moorish, Persian, creating inspired combinations in spatial design, architectural and interior decorations, and sumptuous materials. The residence compound, composed of five separate and distinctively styled buildings, is surrounded by gardens planted with rare tropical plants collected by the prince on his travels along a small branch of the Nile. Then, will you pass on the City of Dead or Cairo cemetery during the road which contains a vast area of tombs and mausoleums, some of them are dating back the Islamic Conquest of Egypt at 642 AD. Many people take this area as their permanent home because of the country’s chronic housing crisis shortage. It’s interesting to go and see this area and how the people live there. Then head to the river to board a felucca, a traditional sailboat used on the Nile and other Mediterranean regions. As you float along the river, you’ll have lunch on board. After this trip you will be transferred to your hotel