All itinerariesCairo in 4 Days — The Pyramid Fields and Four Layers of a City
Two days in the pyramid fields at Giza, Dahshur and Saqqara, then two in the four layers of the city that grew up afterwards.
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Two days in the desert where they built the pyramids, two days in the city that grew up afterwards. Day 1 is Giza and the Grand Egyptian Museum next door to it. Day 2 drives 30 km south to Dahshur, Saqqara and Memphis, where the whole idea of a pyramid was worked out over about eighty years of visible trial and error. Day 3 is Old Cairo, where the Coptic quarter and the royal mummies sit fifteen minutes apart. Day 4 is Islamic Cairo, ending in Khan el-Khalili after dark. Three things have changed recently enough that older advice is wrong. Tutankhamun's entire burial has moved to the Grand Egyptian Museum, all 5,000-odd pieces shown together for the first time, and tickets there are sold online only through visit-gem.com with nothing on the door. The royal mummies have moved to the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Fustat, which is why day 3 goes there rather than to Tahrir. And almost every ticket gate in Egypt now takes cards only, so bring a card that works abroad and do not rely on cash. One weekday rule: mosques close to visitors around Friday midday prayers and much of Khan el-Khalili shuts on Friday morning, while the Coptic churches are busy with services on Sunday morning, so start on any day except Tuesday or Friday and all four days fall clear. Prices are 2026 foreign-visitor rates in Egyptian pounds, checked 2 August 2026, and they are the least stable thing here. Egyptian monument fees have risen repeatedly and third-party listings disagree with each other by hundreds of pounds on the same gate, so treat every figure below as a band and check the official seller before you go. Come between October and April. May to September routinely passes 38 degrees and there is no shade at Giza, Saqqara or Dahshur. Days 1 and 2 need a car and driver; days 3 and 4 do not, and Uber and Careem both work well in the city.
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Day 1 — Giza — the plateau in the morning, the museum that empties it in the afternoonGiza — the plateau in the morning, the museum that empties it in the afternoon
Day 2 — Dahshur, Saqqara and Memphis — watching the pyramid get inventedDahshur, Saqqara and Memphis — watching the pyramid get invented
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