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Pharaonic Village
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#10 of 58 things to do in Giza
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12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Monday
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Tuesday
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Wednesday
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Thursday
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Friday
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Saturday
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Sunday
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
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Temporarily Closed the pharaohs cruising restaurants Imagine going to a place a few miles from the center of Cairo, Egypt. Where Egypt's entire history and art comes alive! Such a place exists in the Pharaonic Boat, on Jacob Island in the Nile.
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  • Sakiat Mekki • 9 min walk
  • El Mounib • 9 min walk
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Abdul Mohsen A
8 contributions
Amazing and relaxing river tour
Jun. 2021 • Solo
It has two parts. The tour by river is amazing and the river area has many birds with good green landscape a palace to relax while on boat; I like it It is amazing . It is also good for kids. The second part which are supposed to be museums are really nothing and wasting time and money, most of them are just photos with some words from Wikipedia.Do not waste your time searching for those many fake museums.
Written 28 July 2021
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essamhk
Saudi Arabia545 contributions
Need major changes and improvements
Jun. 2021 • Couples
The village is an excellent idea to show the tourists a taste of the great history of the pharaones in Egypt. The one good thing is the boat ride where you see a small model of the great kingdom, however the rest of the program need major change and improvements such as : - the 5 museums - the various igift shops - the 9D movie - the maze. Specially the last 2, the 9D movie very old small room not air-conditioned poor movie resulation and the most important is the subject of the movie (Terrified lady being slotterd by an electrical saw) can you believe showing such a movie to families and kids???? The so called maze is a very poor wood structure.

It could be improved by applying these changes since the idea of the village is outstanding.
Written 25 July 2021
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Carlos A
9 contributions
Not as I expected
May 2021
I went there a lone and I thought it will be more historical area but it wasn’t but I had fun it wasn’t bad experience
Written 15 June 2021
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Rebecca D
Launceston, UK27 contributions
Interesting but many museums closed
Apr. 2021 • Family
When you buy a ticket you have to choose between various different options, we chose the tour plus three museums as we were interested in visiting the tomb of Tutankhamum, the mummification museum and the Nubian life museum. Unfortunately at this point they didn't tell us that most of the museum's are currently closed and the only ones you can visit are: Daily life, Heritage, Islamic, Mohamad Ali and President Nassar museums. These are mostly very heavy on written information and not very interesting for young children.
Children under 5 are charged 60LE despite it not being on the list of prices. The river cruise was interesting, and we learnt some things from the village tour but it was a bit spoiled by constantly being taken into shopping areas and encouraged to purchase various things.
Written 8 April 2021
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SADEK
Nice, France420 contributions
interesting and educational place
Dec. 2020
The Pharaonic village contains museums beside the cruise tour to see some examples of the occupations was hold for the people at the pharaonic time like the producing perfumes, burdi and fishing ..etc .. it was very interesting and educational place, and there is a small market with hand made things nice for gifts
Written 27 December 2020
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Mama Kim’s Travel Rescue
San Bruno, CA153 contributions
MUST SEE!!!!! King Tut's Tomb, Karnak Temple, Ancient Egyptian Village
Oct. 2019
History lovers dream!

You can walk through a life size replica of Karnak Temple with its original paint job. The original temple is now the color of the desert sand and has many broken and missing objects. The replica has exterior and interior paint, colored hieroglyphics, sculptures, and rows of undamaged ram sphinxes.

You can also walk through the home of both an ancient nobleman and a peasant, complete with costumed actors.

The Nile River boat ride around the island is a must see!!! Employees dressed in costume literally re-enact scenes from ancient Egyptian life. For example, farming (with live oxen), boat building, honey making, fishing, brick making, pottery making, sculpting, perfume making, etc.

I was mesmerized watching a recreation of the Biblical scene of Pharoah's daughter retrieving baby Moses from the actual Nile River.

You can walk through a recreation of King Tut's tomb, with the items in their exact original location. I have been to King Tut's tomb in the Valley of the Kings and seen his tomb items at the Egyptian Museum. But walking down the infamous stairs to the tomb and seeing it just like Howard Carter did was exhilarating.

There are 22 mini-museums: King Tut's Tomb, Cleopatra, Islamic, Coptic, Nasser, Napoleon, Nubian, etc

I don't see any need to book an online guided tour. All of the museum exhibits have signs in English. And you can Google anything you want to know more about. Except for the fact that you will then have a safe ride back to your hotel.
Written 10 March 2020
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simonsimons .
Hurghada, Egypt58 contributions
Something to do, but better for youngsters or first time Egypt visitors
Feb. 2020
If you have never been to Egypt and wnat to understand some of the history, then this could be worth a visit. We were three English people on a break who have lived in the country for a minimum of 15 years.

We all said we had got something out of the time here, but those coming to Egypt for the first or maybe second time would get more.

The time and investment in creating the attraction has provided something that is very commendible and there is a good chance to learn about many, many different aspects of the country, it's history, and it's people through the ages.

A number of ticket options are availabe offering a choice of museums and collections to visit so there is something for all tastes. Guides were all very friendly and passed information to us in a good way - easy to understand and listen to.

Give yourself 3-4 hours if you do want to make a visit.
Written 2 March 2020
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Robert B
Puyallup, WA15 contributions
Interesting and we'll done.
Feb. 2020
A nice recreation of village life in ancient egypt. A pleasant and informative way to spend an afternoon. Much bigger than I expected and quite well done. It's not like going to the pymairds or the Egyptian museum, but it is educational. Great if you have kids.
Written 20 February 2020
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Riana L
Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa14 contributions
A all in one
Sep. 2019
Awesome to spend with kids - very much to do and see - kids friendly. The boat cruise is very relaxing - well thought through
Written 11 February 2020
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CuteBlondeSilva
Amman, Jordan106 contributions
Worth to visit
Dec. 2019 • Friends
It was nice , clean,well organized village that tells you a lot about egypt History , full of museum and status that has a big history behind it. Our Nada was so professional and kind ... worth to visit
Written 26 December 2019
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