Zoser Hotel

... airport (through old Cairo downtown and to the new Cairo new building's and lots of constructions going on) to our hotel - Zoser.  Hotel Zoser is on the pyramid road, the same road that leads to the Pyramids as described by the guide ...

We arrive at 11:50 PM.  We are met by our guide and driver and, after passing through customs, we go to the Zoser Hotel (www.zoser-hotel.com), near the Pyramids of Giza for rest.  We arrived in Cairo late at night at about 1 or 2 in the morning. ...

... Cairo after breakfast on the train and continue our touring of Cairo and surrounding areas.  We have dinner and sleep at the Zoser Hotel.  I'm sure you can relate. Well, perhaps only partially. I'm sure you've all lost your work, whether it be ...

... 8217;s reign except that he sends military expeditions into the Sinai and commissions several construction projects throughout Egypt.  Zoser’s tomb is designed by Imhotep (d2600) who constructs six square, rather than rectangular, mastaba-like ...

... ; west over the Sinai peninsula and over the Suez canal, before landing in smog filled Cairo.    We returned to a better hotel in our now familiar neighborhood in central Cairo.  This time we stayed in the New Hotel on Adly street. It ...

... cut to just be large enough for the sarcophagus to fit through. The star attraction of Saqqara is the Step Pyramid of Zoser, the world's oldest stone monument and the first decent attempt at a pyramid.  Surrounding it is Zosser's pyramid complex, ...

... King Farouk for his fourth wife, apparently he built one for each of his wives. The palace was later converted to The Marriot Hotel. Day 2 Cairo Sightseeing Briefing with Tour Director and Guide for a pre-tour briefing.  At approx. 9:00am we set off ...

... / lion statue that had his nose lopped off by a Sufi fanatic in 1378. We went on a supposedly 'complimentary' tour from our hotel and realised we had been stung again when the driver took us to some stables where they hired out camels and ...

... at the Hotel President, a place that is an excellent example of why you should never believe the photos that you see on a hotel website.  The positive feature of this place was that it was located in the Zamalek district of Cairo, a clean, safe and ...

... back to Cairo where you are at leisure. Perhaps take an optional excursion to visit the Coptic Museums and hanging church? Hotel: Conrad. (BB) DAY 9 - WED - CAIRO SIGHTSEEING Your tour comes to an exciting climax today with a tour of the riches of ...

... of Ramses II. On to Imhotep Museum and Saqqara. Imhotep was the man who designed the temple, etc. at Saqqara. The pyramid of Zoser is the first pyramid and it is a step pyramid . Later builders refined this into the smoother type that most of the ...

... visited nearby Saqqara with the oldest existing pyramid to have been built (2600 BC!).  One day we took a cab from the hotel to visit Coptic Cairo, Citadel and eventually the Old Bazaar where we walked amidst the maze of alleys and shops. We also ...

... 7 full days of site seeing) and stop no. 1 was a trip to see the 1st Egyptian Pyramid, the Stepped Pyramid of Djoser (Zoser) at Saqquara (Sakkara) which was about 5,500 years old and was built in the 27th century BC for the burial of the Pharaoh Djoser. ...

... added stoplights ten years ago, they would have a population of 28 million.  These streets are crazy.  So I walked out of the hotel and got ready to cross a street... only I couldn't do it.  It was that terrifying.  Since I have been ...

... Saqqara where the first pyramid in Egyptian history was ever built.  We were standing in front of the Step Pyramid of King Zoser! Even though we have been here with Karen a little more than two weeks ago, I was as eager to revisit this complex ...

... family.  She and the driver took us first to the Egyptian museum.  We did a brief chronological tour starting with Zoser and the Old Kingdom then moving forward to the Tutankhamun exhibits.  This museum is fun because it feels "informal" ...

... guide, Mervat. She was an excellent guide.   There was a huge original section of the temple that goes with Zoser.        We walked all the way around Zoser. What in the world was John thinking? There was a ...

... an "ugh" from both husband and wife. Day one: we hired a taxi driver in a beat-up old Lata for a day trip to Zoser's pyramid complex, pyramidal precursors to those in Giza by at least several hundred years. On the way to Zoser's the Lata sustained a ...

... get through the metal detectors, check in and head to the pool.  After a very colorful sunset, we enjoy a dinner buffet in the hotel restaurant.  We browse at the gift shop in the lobby where none of the items on the shelves mean anything to us ...

... 't any public transportation systems in Giza like buses or subways, just scary expensive taxis.  so we soaked up the luxury of our hotel the first day.  Saturday we got u[ at 7:00 and our guide for Cairo picked us up at 8:00.  the whole ...