Pompey’s Pillar Alexandria Easy
Lower Egypt

Pompey’s Pillar

Pompey's Pillar in Alexandria is the largest ancient monolithic column outside Rome — a 27-meter Aswan granite...

45-60 minutes
Daily 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Memphis Open Air Museum Giza Easy
Greater Cairo

Memphis Open Air Museum

The Memphis Open Air Museum preserves the most significant surviving objects from Egypt's first capital — incl...

1-2 hours
Daily 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Valley of the Queens Luxor Easy
Upper Egypt

Valley of the Queens

The Valley of the Queens contains over 90 royal tombs including Nefertari's — universally considered the fines...

1-2 hours
Daily 6:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Unfinished Obelisk Aswan Easy
Upper Egypt

Unfinished Obelisk

The Unfinished Obelisk in Aswan's ancient granite quarries is the largest ancient obelisk ever attempted — aba...

1 hour
Daily 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM
The Tomb of Ramesses VI (KV9): The Celestial Library Luxor Easy
Upper Egypt

The Tomb of Ramesses VI (KV9): The Celestial Library

The Tomb of Ramesses VI (KV9) is the most densely decorated tomb in the Valley of the Kings — a 3,100-year-old...

1 hour
Daily 6:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Tell el-Amarna Minya Moderate
Upper Egypt

Tell el-Amarna

Tell el-Amarna is the archaeological site of Akhenaten's revolutionary 14th century BCE capital — built, popul...

3-4 hours
Daily 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Deir el-Medina Luxor Easy
Upper Egypt

Deir el-Medina

Deir el-Medina is ancient Egypt's best-preserved workers' village — home to the tomb builders of the Valley of...

2-3 hours
Daily 6:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Colossi of Memnon Luxor Easy
Upper Egypt

Colossi of Memnon

The Colossi of Memnon are two 18-meter quartzite statues of Amenhotep III — the last survivors of Egypt's larg...

30-45 minutes
Open site, accessible at a...
Anfushi Tombs: The Colorful Underground Art of Alexandria Alexandria Easy
Lower Egypt

Anfushi Tombs: The Colorful Underground Art of Alexandria

The Anfushi Tombs are Alexandria's most vivid example of Ptolemaic cultural fusion — underground burial chambe...

1 hour
Daily 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Wadi El-Sebua: The Valley of the Lions Wadi El-Sebua Moderate
Upper Egypt

Wadi El-Sebua: The Valley of the Lions

Wadi El-Sebua — the Valley of the Lions — is a remote Lake Nasser archaeological zone containing three relocat...

2-3 hours
Daily 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM (w...
The Valley Temple Giza Easy
Greater Cairo

The Valley Temple

The Valley Temple of Khafre is the best-preserved Old Kingdom temple on the Giza plateau — built from 100-tonn...

30-45 minutes
Daily 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Amada Temple: The Oldest Jewel of Nubia Amada Easy
Upper Egypt

Amada Temple: The Oldest Jewel of Nubia

The Temple of Amada is the oldest and most colorfully intact temple in Nubia, relocated as a single unit durin...

1-2 hours
Daily 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
The Red Pyramid Dahshur Moderate
Greater Cairo

The Red Pyramid

The Red Pyramid at Dahshur is the world's first successful true pyramid, built by Sneferu around 2590 BCE, and...

1-2 hours
Daily 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
The Pyramid of Teti Giza Easy
Greater Cairo

The Pyramid of Teti

The Pyramid of Teti at Saqqara contains some of the best-preserved Pyramid Texts in Egypt, with a star-painted...

1 hour
Daily 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
The Pyramid of Pepi II Giza Moderate
Greater Cairo

The Pyramid of Pepi II

The Pyramid of Pepi II at South Saqqara is the last royal pyramid of the Old Kingdom, built for the pharaoh wh...

1-2 hours
Daily 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
The Pyramid of Menkaure Giza Easy
Greater Cairo

The Pyramid of Menkaure

The Pyramid of Menkaure is the smallest of the three Giza pyramids, notable for its original red granite casin...

1 hour
Daily 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Great Pyramid of Khufu Giza Challenging
Greater Cairo

Great Pyramid of Khufu

The Pyramid of Khufu — the Great Pyramid of Giza — is the only surviving Wonder of the Ancient World, the larg...

1-2 hours (interior visit)
Daily 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM; i...
The Pyramid of Khafre Giza Moderate
Greater Cairo

The Pyramid of Khafre

The Pyramid of Khafre is the second-largest pyramid at Giza and the best-preserved in terms of its complex, wi...

1-2 hours
Daily 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM; i...
The Meidum Pyramid Meidum Moderate
Greater Cairo

The Meidum Pyramid

The Meidum Pyramid is the earliest attempt at a true smooth-sided pyramid in Egypt, and its dramatic partial c...

1-2 hours
Daily 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
The Great Sphinx Giza Easy
Greater Cairo

The Great Sphinx

The Great Sphinx of Giza is the world's largest monolithic statue, carved around 2550 BCE from a single outcro...

1-2 hours
Daily 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM
The Dahshur Necropolis Dahshur Moderate
Greater Cairo

The Dahshur Necropolis

The Dahshur necropolis contains the Bent Pyramid and Red Pyramid — the two most architecturally significant st...

2-3 hours
Daily 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
The Bent Pyramid Dahshur Moderate
Greater Cairo

The Bent Pyramid

The Bent Pyramid at Dahshur is the best-preserved ancient pyramid casing in Egypt and the most visible archite...

1-2 hours
Daily 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Step Pyramid of Djoser Giza Easy
Greater Cairo

Step Pyramid of Djoser

The Step Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara is the world's oldest large-scale stone structure, designed by Imhotep a...

1-2 hours
Daily 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saqqara & The Step Pyramid Giza Moderate
Greater Cairo

Saqqara & The Step Pyramid

Saqqara is Egypt's largest necropolis and one of its most active archaeological sites, home to the Step Pyrami...

3-4 hours
Daily 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Giza Pyramid Complex Giza Moderate
Greater Cairo

Giza Pyramid Complex

The Giza Pyramid Complex is the only surviving Wonder of the Ancient World and Egypt's most iconic destination...

4-5 hours
Daily 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM (p...
Avenue of Sphinxes Luxor Easy
Upper Egypt

Avenue of Sphinxes

Luxor's Avenue of Sphinxes is one of Egypt's most ambitious restoration achievements, reopened in 2021 after 7...

1-2 hours
Daily 6:00 AM – 10:00 PM (...
Abu Sir Pyramids Giza Moderate
Greater Cairo

Abu Sir Pyramids

Abu Sir Pyramids offer an uncrowded alternative to Giza, with four 5th Dynasty royal complexes and some of the...

2-3 hours
Daily 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM