🏨 Cairo Day Tour: Salah El Din Citadel, Coptic and Islamic Cairo Activity

Cairo Day Tour: Salah El Din Citadel, Coptic and Islamic Cairo

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From $100.00

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Pricing Info: Per Person

Duration: 6 hours

Departs: Cairo, Cairo

Ticket Type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Free cancellation

Up to 24 hours in advance.

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Overview

Experience Cairo’s religious highlights, as you visit the city’s most important Coptic, Islamic, and Jewish places on a private tour from Cairo. Visit Salah El Din Citadel, constructed in 1183 AD, and Mohamed Ali Mosque, built inside the castle in the 19th century. Tour Old Cairo, and learn how the Christian Holy Family took shelter on the site of Saints Sergius and Bacchus Church. Enter a synagogue built where baby Moses was found. Walk through the beautiful Khan El Khalil Bazaars. Round-trip hotel transfers by an A/C vehicle included.

What's Included

bottle of water

English Speaking tour guide

Pick-up and drop-off by a private Air-conditioned vehicle.

What's Not Included

Entrance fees to the mentioned sightseeing.

Lunch is optional in this tour.

Tipping to the guide and driver.

Traveler Information

INFANT: Age: 0 - 5
CHILD: Age: 6 - 11
ADULT: Age: 12 - 120

Additional Info

Face masks required for travellers in public areas
Guides required to regularly wash hands
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Public transportation options are available nearby
Social distancing enforced throughout experience
Transportation vehicles regularly sanitised

Face masks required for travellers in public areas
Guides required to regularly wash hands
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Public transportation options are available nearby
Social distancing enforced throughout experience
Transportation vehicles regularly sanitised

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

Experience may be cancelled due to Insufficient travelers
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.

What To Expect

Cairo Citadel

Start your day at 8:00 am, where your tour guide will meet you at the lobby of your hotel in Cairo or Giza. First, visit the Citadel of Saladin which was constructed in the 10th century by the Sultan Saladin on the Moqattam hills in 1183 AD to defend Cairo from the armies of Crusaders.
After that visit Mohamed Ali Alabaster Mosque which was designed by the architect Yousif Boushnaq, a Turkish man who came specially from Istanbul and built this great mosque for Mohamed Ali, the ruler of Egypt (1805-1849) who ruled Over 45 years.

1 hours • Admission Ticket Not Included

Coptic Cairo

Next, head to Old Cairo complex where you will have a chance to spend some time to walk around and visit the surroundings Coptic and Jewish monuments. Start by visiting the Roman fortress; the Hanging church, which is one of the most beautiful churches in Christendom . The Hanging Church was built above Babylon Fortress, it was also a Seat of the Coptic Orthodox Pope of Alexandria until 1047. The hanging church also includes over 100 magnificent holly Icons from the 8th century till 18 century.

Ben Ezra Jewish synagogue is located on the site where Moses was praying during the time when Egypt was hit by a plague. Visit the Synagogue where the geniza that tells about the Jewish history in Egypt where found.

2 hours • Admission Ticket Free

Mosque of Amr Ibn Al-As

Mosque of Amr ibn al-As was the center for the newly born Islamic capital of Egypt el fustat. It was the first mosque in Africa.

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Khan Al-Khalili

Next, before you proceed back to your hotel, you will Stop at Khan El Khalili local market and Al Hussein Area where you can stroll around the old streets and have chance to taste some locally drinks on your own.
Finally, transfer back to your hotel in Cairo or Giza

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

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