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Half Day Private Tour to visit the Coptic Quartet of Old Cairo
Cairo, Egypt
$89
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
Overview
Your professional guide will take you from your hotel in Cairo or Giza to start a private visit to Coptic and Islamic Cairo. Highlights include the Hanging Church and Ben Ezra Synagogue, both significant historical sites.
- 🏛️ Visit the Hanging Church, dating back to the third century.
- ✡️ Explore Ben Ezra Synagogue, the oldest Jewish temple in Cairo from the 9th century AD.
- ⛪ Discover the Church of Abu Serga, built on the crypt where the Holy Family hid during their time in Egypt.
- 🏰 Tour the Castle of Salah al-Din, constructed in 1183 AD on the hills of Moqattam.
- 🕌 See the Alabaster Mosque of Mohammed Ali Basha, located inside the castle and considered Cairo's most important mosque.
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Half Day Private Tour to visit the Coptic Quartet of Old Cairo
Pickup included
Pickup included
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
Duration: 7 hours
- Qualified Egyptologist guide
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- Bottled water
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Private transportation
- Gratuities
- Lunch
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Church of St. Sergius and BacchusSaints Sergius and Bacchus Church is traditionally believed to have been built on the spot where the Holy Family, Joseph, Mary and the infant Jesus Christ, rested at the end of their journey into Egypt. They may have lived here while Joseph worked at the fortress. The church is of significant historical importance, and in fact, it is where many patriarchs of the Coptic Church were elected
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The Hanging ChurchThe Hanging Church is named for its location above a gatehouse of Babylon Fortress, the Roman fortress in Coptic Cairo (Old Cairo); its nave is suspended over a passage. The church is approached by twenty-nine steps; early travelers to Cairo dubbed it "the Staircase Church". The land surface has risen by some six meters since the Roman period, so the Roman tower is mostly buried below ground, reducing the visual impact of the church's elevated position
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Synagogue Ben EzraThe synagogues have included a geniza, or repository for abandoned or outdated documents containing the name of God, since Jewish teaching is that such papers had to be stored with reverence, and then eventually buried in a cemetery. The 11th-century building incorporated an unusually large geniza, "two stories high, more silo than attic – with a rooftop opening accessible from above
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Half Day Private Tour to visit the Coptic Quartet of Old Cairo
Cairo, Egypt
$89
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
How it works?
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You choose from 10,000+ experience gifts
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We deliver the eVoucher or the Physical box to the recipient
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