Egypt : handbook for travellers : part first, lower Egypt, with the Fayum and the peninsula of Sinai . etween the Mokattam and the Gebel el-Ahmar. The Pyramids of Gizeh. Now that there is a good road from Cairo 1 tin- Pyramids of Gi-zeh, the excursion is generally made by carriage (20-25 fr.; a driveni I??• lir.; donkey, 2 hrs.). Travellers formerly crossed the Nile atOld Cairo and rode thence to Gizeh. The inspection of the Pyramidstakes 2 hrs. at least (p. 343), the whole excursion thus occupying 5 hrs.,so thai the traveller can return to Cairo in time for dinner. Those whointend spending a
Egypt : handbook for travellers : part first, lower Egypt, with the Fayum and the peninsula of Sinai . etween the Mokattam and the Gebel el-Ahmar. The Pyramids of Gizeh. Now that there is a good road from Cairo 1 tin- Pyramids of Gi-zeh, the excursion is generally made by carriage (20-25 fr.; a driveni I??• lir.; donkey, 2 hrs.). Travellers formerly crossed the Nile atOld Cairo and rode thence to Gizeh. The inspection of the Pyramidstakes 2 hrs. at least (p. 343), the whole excursion thus occupying 5 hrs.,so thai the traveller can return to Cairo in time for dinner. Those whointend spending a whole day at Gizeh should take provisions with them,Candles will also be required (and mai aesium wire is recommended), ifeller visits the interior of the Great Pyramid [see p. 356) or ofany of the other tomhs. A visit in Sakkara (p. 3711 combined with the excursion to Gizeh takes under ordinary circumstances tWO days, and, unless the traveller Is content to pa the night in a cavern, requires a tent and a dragoman,so that the whole expedition is somewhat troublesome and costly. Those. 1 , 4 i / u a H 7 of Cairo. THE PYRAMIDS OF GIZEH. 4. Route. 341 who do not care to ride the whole way send donkeys to Gizeh on theday before they start, drive thither early in the morning and dismissthe carriage there (the fare being hardly less than for the journey thereand back), and ride in the afternoon or evening along the outskirts ofthe desert to Sakkara, where the night is spent. On the following morningthe route leads by the site of the ancient Memphis and through palmgroves to the railway-station of Bedrashen. Railway thence to Bulaked-Dakrur, the station for Cairo, together with fares and the time occupiedby the journey, see p. 371. A visit to Helwan (p. 403) may also be combined with the last-mentioned excursion if the traveller crosses the river with his donkeynear Bedrashen, and passes the night in the hotel at Helwan. Cairo maythen be regained on the third day on donkey-back, or
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