Cairo, the pyramids and the Nile

20–29 Dec 2025 · Egypt

10 days3 stops1 country512 km

Ten days with my sister: Cairo and Giza, then the night train to Luxor.

Day 1 20 Dec
1

Cairo 🇪🇬

Egypt · 4 nights

Traffic like a river, and kind people at every turn.
Day 2 21 Dec
2

Giza 🇪🇬

Egypt · 1 night

The pyramids and the new museum next to them.
Day 6 25 Dec
3

Luxor 🇪🇬

Egypt · 4 nights

Temples on one bank, tombs on the other.

21 Dec

Pyramids of Giza 🇪🇬Giza, Egypt
There at opening. Camels, sand, and the Great Pyramid being exactly as big as you've always been told.
22 Dec

Grand Egyptian Museum 🇪🇬Giza, Egypt
Tutankhamun's whole treasure in one place at last. The grand staircase alone is worth the trip.
22 Dec

Khan el-Khalili 🇪🇬Cairo, Egypt
Mint tea at El Fishawy, a lamp I didn't buy, a scarf I did.
26 Dec

Karnak Temple 🇪🇬Luxor, Egypt
The hypostyle hall at opening, before the heat. A hundred and thirty-four columns and us.
27 Dec

Valley of the Kings 🇪🇬Luxor, Egypt
A balloon over the west bank at sunrise, then the tombs. The colours are still bright after three thousand years.

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