Inspiration from days gone by
Experience legendary Egypt through the eyes of detective Hercule Poirot from Agatha Christie's world-famous novels during this 10-day tour. Your adventure starts in the capital Cairo, the base from which you will discover treasures from Ancient Egypt such as the impressive Pyramids of Giza and the eponymous and iconic Sphinx.
Cruising down the Nile
You will fly to Luxor where you will board the luxury cruise ship the M/S Historia. Immerse yourself in elegance as the ship glides down the Nile via
Tips & Tops Round trip Egypt Agatha chase:
- Marvel with your own eyes at the oldest of the seven wonders of the ancient world, the Great Pyramid of Giza, still largely intact and said to have taken more than 20 years to build by dragging and lifting huge stones into place
- Visit the well-known Egyptian Museum with an array of antiquities, including mummies and artifacts of King Tutankhamun
- Luxor, the capital of the Pharaohs, is home to countless attractions such as the famous temples of Karnak, Luxor and Hapshepsut, the Valley of the Kings and the Valley of the Queens
- En route to both valleys are the Colossi of Memnon, no less than 18-meter-high stone statues each carved from a single block of sandstone
- Every day at 5 p.m., the famous suite 1201 in the Old Cataract Aswan Hotel is opened to visitors. Although all the furniture has since changed, the chandeliers are the same as when the novelist inhabited the suite. In 1978, one of the many adaptations of Death on the Nile, directed by John Guillermin, was partially filmed at the Old Cataract
