Discover Egypt: Alexandria to Aqaba
Alexandria (Egypt) to Aqaba (Jordan)
November 13-19, 2012
7 days / 6 nights on board

• Discover the charms of legendary and modern Egypt.

Itinerary

Arrival

Departure

Day 1 - Alexandria (Egypt)
Embarkation in Alexandria (Egypt) on Le Ponant from 5:00pm - 6:00pm.

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7:00pm

Day 2 - Port Said (Egypt)

3:30pm

7:00pm

Day 3 - Suez Canal (Egypt)
Without the waterway linking the Red Sea to the Mediterranean this part of the world would be an arid sandy desert inhabited by a few nomads. The town of Port Saïd was born out of a crazy yet ultimately successful project in the 19th century to build a canal. The Suez Canal slices through 162 km of desert and was inaugurated in 1869 in the presence of Empress Eugenie, then nationalised by Nasser in 1956. Riding around the town at the gentle pace of a colourful barouche, you can admire the colonial houses with their large balconies which have helped forge the reputation and charm of Port Said.

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Ain Soukhna (Egypt)  

Day 4 - Ain Soukhna (Egypt)
On the shores of the Red Sea, Ain Soukhna is the ideal gateway to explore the oldest Christian monastery in Egypt; St Anthony where 65 Coptic monks still live today. As a result of being so far away in the heart of the desert, the occupants escaped the troubles of the Arab conquest and continued their intellectual activities until the end of the 15th century.

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3:00pm

Day 5 -Sharm El Sheikh (Egypt)
Not far from here on the southernmost tip of the Sinai Desert, Sharm El Sheikh offers you a truly amazing undersea world. Nearby is the imposing St Catherine’s Monastery, a Greek Orthodox building enclosed by a wall built by Emperor Justinian in 527. The monastery stands on the Biblical site of the Burning Bush at an altitude of 5,000 ft. Today it is home to around 20 monks most of whom hail from Mount Athos in Greece. The icon collection is quite exceptional illustrating over 1,400 years of history.

12:00pm

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Day 6 - Sharm El Sheikh (Egypt)

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19:00pm

7:00am

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Please contact us for cruise fares

Prices are per person, based on double occupancy and subject to fuel surcharge. View deck plan. 

Our fares include:

• Your cruise including all meals from dinner on the day of embarkation to breakfast on the day of disembarkation. 
• Welcome aboard and captain’s cocktail parties, gala dinner. 
• Mineral water, tea, filter coffee, white, red and rosé wines served with meals. 
• Evening entertainments and events, and/or organised shows. 

Our fares do not include:

• Flights and airport taxes 
• Transfers, day rooms and other services at arrival & departure, before embarkation and after disembarkation. 
• Optional shore excursions (sold on board) 
• Insurances. 
• Personal expenses, tips 
• Other drinks than mentioned ones 

**Ponant Bonus Fares:
Special Savings program off published cruise-only fares for select voyages, in all stateroom and suite categories. Ponant Bonus fares are capacity controlled, subject to availability and may change at any time without notice. Ponant Bonus could decrease or be closed for specific stateroom and suite categories or entire cruise.

Ponant bonus fares represent savings from the published fare and may not be combined with certain other promotional offers. Some cruise credits may not be combinable.       The bonus fares represent our best available rate at time of booking.

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