We still had a few days in Cairo and we packed in as much as we could. This was one of those trips where everything just fell into place. Our time in Cairo was perfect and the kids loved it. We hired a guide (who was vaccinated!) and a driver for all three days and it was the best decision ever. It made the whole time in Cairo feel easy. We also stayed at the Four Seasons in a great location right on the Nile.
We spent a morning walking around the Old City. Randy and I had both never been here and it was well worth it, even during a heat wave! It was empty, maybe the heat wave, Eid and Covid worked to our advantage here. We started at the Main Gate, which was built almost a thousand years ago. It’s amazing in Egypt how old things are and how they are just plunked in the middle of the city and life just goes on around it and in it!
Just an Egyptian in the Old City 🙂
Beautiful buildings everywhere we looked!
At the end of the Old City is Khan al-Khalili souq. This huge open market bazaar is usually packed. But because it was Eid it was basically empty, which was perfect for us. We headed to one of the oldest tea shop in Cairo! El-Fishawy cafe opened in 1797, but even more imoprtantly it is where Randy and I had gone with his family the weekend we got engaged 🙂 It was exactly the shady break we needed and we all loved it!
We left time for some pool time before dinner which the kids loved. Then we got dressed and had dinner on the Nile. Another great Cairo day!
For our last day in Cairo we headed to the Museum. There is a new museum being built near the pyramids so this may be the last time we ever go to this museum. This is actually one of my favorite museums in the world. It is so full and there are things to see everywhere you look! It also has an old, authentic feeling. After watching two seasons of Lost Treasures of Egpyt, where archaelogists dig all around Egypt these boys were excited to see treasures up close!
This one was interested for a while, but thankfully I had a bag of skittles to keep her entertained. This isn’t my first musuem with little kids 🙂
The boys were most excited to see King Tut’s tomb’s treasures. Our guide told us we can’t take any pictures to keep crowds moving so here are the few I snuck.
A future archaologist in his element.
After our musuem day we headed out on a felucca ride on the Nile for sunset. This was a huge success. The kids loved it and it was super relaxing. This might be the best way to see Cairo.
After that we drove down to the beach and had a few days of sun and pool. We started at El Gouna where our friends got married. They had lots of pool and beaches and a cute little town to eat at.
We decided to go snorkeling and it was a roaring success with amazing dolphins everywhere. Unfortunately, Maclolm got scared and Miral had some reaction to the salt and was crying for most of the boat ride. Our poor captain may be a little bit traumatized and never have kids. He kept trying to offer her Coca-Cola to make her feel better. I probably would have even let her try some if it had helped. But Randy and Adam both agreed it was an amazing opportunity to swim with 20 dolphins and I am happy they got to do it.
Our last stop was the Oberoi in Hurghada. This may be one of the nicest hotels I have ever stayed at. The pool was amazing, they had a reef right off the beach and the food was amazing. I could have stayed here a whole other week! Perfect end to an awesome trip.
My kids LOVE a hotel breakfast.
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