The bucket-list things to do — and who runs each one.
Here’s the bucket list for your day ashore: the most extraordinary thing to do at each stop, who runs it, and how to book it direct — so you can weigh it against your ship’s excursion and pick what suits you.
In port at Port Said (Cairo), the bucket-list move is Private Giza Pyramids, Sphinx & Grand Egyptian Museum. The Egyptian Museum in Cairo runs it. Below: 5 bucket-list things to do on a Port Said (Cairo) port day — worth weighing against whatever your ship offers.
Stand before the last surviving Wonder of the Ancient World, descend into a pyramid chamber, and marvel at Tutankhamun's golden treasures inside the brand-new Grand Egyptian Museum — all on a fully private, chauffeured day from Port Said.
Book itFrom Port Said Giza Pyramids and the Grand Egyptian Museum$237 per person
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When one day simply isn't enough, this two-day private expedition lets you sleep in a 5-star Cairo hotel, explore the Giza plateau at golden hour, and discover Islamic Cairo's medieval soul — rejoining the ship in Port Said the next morning.
Book itShore Excursion: Private Day Tour to Cairo from Port Said$170 per person
Venture beyond the tourist trail to Saqqara — the oldest stone monument on Earth — and the ruins of ancient Memphis, Egypt's first capital, on a private Egyptologist-led day that most visitors never take the time to experience.
Book itFrom Port Said: Giza Pyramid & National Museum Private Tour$191 per person
Trade the pharaonic for the Greco-Roman: a private full-day sweep of Alexandria — Cleopatra's city — taking in the awe-inspiring Bibliotheca Alexandrina, the eerie multi-level Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa, and the elegant seafront Corniche.
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Lose yourself in the UNESCO-listed medieval streets of Islamic Cairo and the ancient Coptic quarter — the oldest continuously inhabited Christian neighbourhood in the world — guided by a specialist in Cairo's layered 1,400-year urban history.
Book it4-hours private Tour Islamic Mosque,Coptic Cairo &Khan el-Khalili$14 per person
Watch container ships glide through the iconic Suez Canal at Ismailia, then journey to the forgotten ruins of Tanis — the real-life inspiration for Raiders of the Lost Ark — on a rare, off-the-beaten-track Egyptologist private tour.
Book itPort Said City Tour Military Museum and Suez Canal Ferry$80 per person
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Now plan the rest of it
You know what to do on the day. Here is the trip it belongs to —
each one opens as a whole plan, not a list: where to fly in, every port, what it runs.
