{"id":1227,"date":"2019-10-23T17:05:28","date_gmt":"2019-10-23T15:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alhamistravel.com\/?post_type=tour&#038;p=1227"},"modified":"2020-02-26T17:16:45","modified_gmt":"2020-02-26T15:16:45","slug":"cairo-to-abu-simbel-by-road-2","status":"publish","type":"tour","link":"https:\/\/alhamistravel.com\/tour\/cairo-to-abu-simbel-by-road-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Cairo to Abu Simbel by Road"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Witness the beauty and splendor of Egypt\u2019s past and present in this 8-day tour across road and rail. You\u2019ll begin your journey in Cairo, where you\u2019ll encounter the magnificent Pyramids of Giza \u2013 the last remaining of the original seven wonders of the ancient world. From Cairo, you\u2019ll venture onward via sleeper train, traversing a sea of sand overnight as you head south. You\u2019ll spend several days exploring ancient ruins and temples in Luxor, Aswan, and Abu Simbel before you return to Cairo to visit important Islamic and Christian historical sites.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:\u00a0<\/strong>Egyptian trains are designed and maintained according to standards of quality determined by the Egyptian Railway Authority. The sleeper train from Cairo to Aswan takes about 14 hours, and the journey from Luxor to Cairo takes about 11 hours. To reduce your travel time, you can\u00a0upgrade your trip package\u00a0for about $165\u00a0per person to travel by domestic flight instead (about 1.5 hours).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1232,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","destinations":[157,154,156],"types":[83],"months":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alhamistravel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tours\/1227"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alhamistravel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tours"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alhamistravel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tour"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alhamistravel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alhamistravel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1227"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/alhamistravel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tours\/1227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1231,"href":"https:\/\/alhamistravel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tours\/1227\/revisions\/1231"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alhamistravel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alhamistravel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"tour-destination","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alhamistravel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/destinations?post=1227"},{"taxonomy":"tour-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alhamistravel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types?post=1227"},{"taxonomy":"tour-month","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alhamistravel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/months?post=1227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}