Memphis
- Address: Mit Rahina Village, Cairo
- Hours: Open daily 8am - 5pm (except during Ramadan)
- Admission: Museum admission: 25 L.E.
ATTRACTION Keywords:
Cultural Experience,
UNESCO Heritage Site,
Monument - Historical
Memphis Reviews
We've found 258 Memphis reviews from Viator.com travelers and members: what they loved, what they liked and what they think could be improved. It's all here to help you make the most of your next trip.
Review by Robert C, June 2011
Doing what: Private Tour: Giza Pyramids, Sphinx, Memphis, Sakkara
A great way to get your bearings in Cairo. Our guide was very knowledgeable. Shared lots of interesting information not just about the stuff on the tour but also about life in present day Egypt. Lunch was great but a bit rushed. Perhaps less time spent in Governmental controlled stores would help.
Review by John g K, May 2011
Doing what: Private Tour: Giza Pyramids, Sphinx, Memphis, Sakkara
Khaled Lotfy and his driver were the best.South Sinai took excellent care of us and they arranged the camel rides and I learned more about world history on this trip than I did in college!!
Review by Alan H, February 2011
Doing what: Private Tour: Giza Pyramids, Sphinx, Memphis, Sakkara
excellent tour guide
Review by Shie H, February 2011
Doing what: Private Tour: Giza Pyramids, Sphinx, Memphis, Sakkara
Very informative guide and helpful. Did not pressure us to go into "factory" stores.
Review by Katie S, United Arab Emirates, February 2011
Doing what: Private Tour: Giza Pyramids, Sphinx, Memphis, Sakkara
Great tour. Saw a lot in one day! We were aware of going to the "carpet museum" or "paper museum" it's a sales scam, and a waste of time - just tell your guide you don't want to go.
Review by Deborah Anne J, February 2011
Doing what: Private Tour: Giza Pyramids, Sphinx, Memphis, Sakkara
My tour guide Ahmed was incredible and personable and informative, and the Tour itself was so amazing with seeing all the Pyramids etc. Amazing!
Review by KEVIN B, February 2011
Doing what: Private Tour: Giza Pyramids, Sphinx, Memphis, Sakkara
Great day out, guide was brilliant, well worth the money.
Review by Don L, February 2011
Doing what: Private Tour: Giza Pyramids, Sphinx, Memphis, Sakkara
Very good day. We had a wonderful time. The guide was extremely good.
Review by Jusvant L, February 2011
Doing what: Private Tour: Giza Pyramids, Sphinx, Memphis, Sakkara
Nana, our guide, was great, again fantastic knowledge of the subject. It's such an amazing sight, I am so glad we could we had a chance to see Sakkara and Memphis really gives you a deeper insight on the development from pyramids to the tombs in Luxor.
Review by Karen, February 2011
Doing what: Private Tour: Giza Pyramids, Sphinx, Memphis, Sakkara
Fantastic.Our Egyptian guide was excellent. Highly recommend.
Review by Lesley M, February 2011
Doing what: Private Tour: Giza Pyramids, Sphinx, Memphis, Sakkara
Enjoyed this tour very much also tour guide very obliging and friendly, excellent information. Driver good also.
Review by Vijay D, February 2011
Doing what: Private Tour: Giza Pyramids, Sphinx, Memphis, Sakkara
Tour could have been better if Viator makes sure that the local tour agency that they are working with are reliable and trustworthy. In our case we felt cheated by the tour GUIDE and to some extend by Viator.
Some highlights were,not showing Sphinx internally, walking away after a short explainations.Not showing entrance to Khafre and mentioned it was closed (while it was not). Tour without proper explanation from tour guide is not worthy as we pay a lot in international currency . This makes one feel cheated. What he did was arranged a camel ride and told us that we should pay him later which was thrice the normal price.We found that camel ride and ticket can be bought at ticket office together. We found out above after going once again to the Pyramids. He took us to the perfume factory which was not included in tour and we had to pay $80 for a very small bottle of perfume which was four time the cost. So the question is should one relay on tour guides!! or what Viator can do to improve service and avoid such guides as we had to go once again to see the pyramids. Managing on our own was more convinient and satisfactory. It was total waste of money in first instance. It was a private tour but we felt forced.
Review by MikeN, February 2011
Doing what: Private Tour: Giza Pyramids, Sphinx, Memphis, Sakkara
DO NOT TAKE THIS TOUR with this company. All they want to do is get as much money out of you as humanly possible. They'll even set it up so that they take you to their friends/families' shops to trap you into buying stuff when they tell you you're going to the bathroom. If you don't believe us, take the tour. When you end up at a carpet factory and a paparus shop, then you'll see we're telling you the truth. These people are unbelieveable! Given the very crappy service they provided, they'll tell you that you NEED (not should) give them VERY LARGE TIP as this is expected given they only work off of tips! They complained that the company pays them too little to live on. As if we had the word "Idiots" written on our foreheads!! Also, be mindful if you're a female. They are very demeaning toward women. It may just be cultural (of Egyptians), but either way, it's not pleasant at all. This tour guide made it such an unpleasant experience, we don't recommend anyone visiting Eygpt in general. Honestly, this is the worst place in the world we have ever visited, and we are very well-traveled.
Review by Patricia A, January 2011
Doing what: Private Tour: Giza Pyramids, Sphinx, Memphis, Sakkara
I've done many tours world wide and this was simply "OK". My problems were similar to what many of the other lower reviews ran into: too much shopping, which I cut short, dumped at sites with little information outside of the van and pretty much on my own and feeling rushed. I'm use to guides who walk around with you and that was not the case here. The guide's knowledge seemed very mainstream and something that anyone who has watched TLC or Discovery Channel shows would know already. I was also annoyed by the very high pressure while shopping. I know the shopping/kick back game and don't mind some but I resent being pressured to buy $700 earings even after I said I wasn't interested - multiple times. The guide hung out with her friends at the shops and sites and I ended up waiting for her several times while she finished up smoking and chatting. Be aware that "lunch" does not include any drinks, even water. That was a surprise for me and I think extremely cheap on the part of Viator. I think I could have enjoyed the day as much, if not more, by simply hiring a car and driver and going on my own. I certainly didn't learn anything.
Review by Andrew R, December 2010
Doing what: Private Tour: Giza Pyramids, Sphinx, Memphis, Sakkara
A very good experiencethe guide and the driver were both excellent. The guide pointed out the main features without any unnecessary elaboration about the sites and knew exactly where to go and what to see. Having come of a Nile Cruise it was a great way to end my trip to Egypt
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