Giza Pyramids tickets and opening hours: a full guide
Entry to the Giza Plateau costs EGP 60 for Egyptian adults and EGP 30 for Egyptian students, and EGP 700 and EGP 350 for foreign visitors. Going inside the Great Pyramid needs a second ticket: EGP 100 for Egyptians, EGP 1,000 for foreigners.
An Egyptian adult pays EGP 60 to enter the Giza Plateau and a student EGP 30, according to the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities. Foreign visitors pay EGP 700, or EGP 350 for students. The area ticket does not let you inside the pyramids: the Great Pyramid has its own ticket on top.
Area entry ticket The area ticket lets you onto the Giza Plateau itself. For Egyptians it costs EGP 60 for an adult and EGP 30 for a student. For foreigners it costs EGP 700 for an adult and EGP 350 for a student. The ministry says this ticket does not cover the Great Pyramid, the Pyramid of Khafre, the Pyramid of Menkaure, the Tomb of Meresankh III or the Workers' Cemetery.
Going inside the Great Pyramid Entry to the Great Pyramid costs EGP 100 for an Egyptian adult and EGP 50 for an Egyptian student. Foreign visitors pay EGP 1,000, or EGP 500 for students. You need the area ticket as well. The ministry's pages do not publish separate prices for the Pyramid of Khafre, the Pyramid of Menkaure, the Tomb of Meresankh III or the Workers' Cemetery. For the Great Sphinx, its page says "private visits only plus site opening fees", with no price given.
Coming by car Vehicles pay to enter: EGP 25 for a car or taxi, EGP 50 for a microbus, EGP 75 for a coaster and EGP 100 for a bus.
Opening hours The ministry's Giza Plateau page lists the site as open from 8am to 4pm every day of the week. Its Great Pyramid page lists 7am to 5pm every day. The two pages do not agree, so plan to arrive in the morning and leave yourself time before 4pm. The ministry does not publish separate Ramadan or holiday hours on these pages.
Step by step 1. Decide what you want to see: the plateau only, or the inside of the Great Pyramid too. 2. Check whether the Egyptian or the foreign price applies to you, and the adult or the student price. 3. Buy the area ticket, and the Great Pyramid ticket if you want to go in. 4. If you come by car, budget for the vehicle fee.
What you will see The three pyramids were built for kings of the 4th Dynasty (about 2613 to 2494 BC). The Great Pyramid was built for King Khufu; the other two for Khafre and Menkaure, his son and grandson. Khufu's pyramid is the oldest and largest of the three, at an original height of 146.5 metres, and was the tallest structure in the world for 3,800 years. It is the last surviving wonder of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Inside, it has three chambers, and Khufu's sarcophagus can still be seen in the highest, the King's Chamber, reached through the Grand Gallery. Around the pyramids are smaller queens' pyramids, satellite pyramids, tombs of nobles and the temples linked by causeways.
The Great Sphinx was carved straight out of the bedrock during the same dynasty, and the evidence links it to the reign of Khafre. It sits next to Khafre's valley temple, with the Sphinx Temple in front of it.
Common questions Is there a price for Arab visitors or for residents? The ministry's pages list only two groups, Egyptians and foreigners. Do children pay? The ministry's Giza pages do not publish a child price or an age for free entry. Does the area ticket include the Sphinx? The Sphinx page lists no separate ticket for viewing it from the plateau, and gives "private visits only" for closer access.
Sources: Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, "Giza Plateau" (egymonuments.gov.eg/en/archaeological-sites/giza-plateau), "The Great Pyramid" (egymonuments.gov.eg/en/monuments/the-great-pyramid) and "The Great Sphinx" (egymonuments.gov.eg/en/monuments/the-great-sphinx).
Checked on 12 October 2026.