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Half-Day Tour to Islamic Mosques, Cairo Citadel and Coptic Cairo
Cairo, Egypt
Giza, Egypt
$130.00
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
Overview
Visit some of Cairo's most important religious landmarks on this half-day tour from Cairo. Discover how the Christian Holy Family took shelter on the site of Saints Sergius and Bacchus Church, explore the Church of Saint Barbara, and see the gilded icons that adorn the Hanging Church. Enter a synagogue built where baby Moses was found. Enjoy visiting the largest citadel in the world and walk into the Alabaster Mosque of Mohamed Ali. Have a chance to visit the brilliant Islamic monument Sultan Hassan Madrasa. With door-to-door transport by an air-conditioned car.
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Half-Day Tour to Islamic Mosques, Cairo Citadel and Coptic Cairo
Pickup included
Pickup included
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
Duration: 5 hours
- Professional English speaking Egyptology Tour guide.
- Bottle of water during the tour.
- Pickup service from your Hotel by a private A/C. vehicle and return
- Available to drop-off Travelers at Cairo airport, 6th.Oct or New Cairo hotels with extra 10$USD p.p.
- Available to pickup Travelers at Cairo airport, 6th.Oct or New Cairo hotels with extra 10$USD p.p.
- Lunch is optional in this tour.
- Tipping to the guide and driver.
- Entrance fees to the mentioned sightseeing.
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Coptic CairoOur Egyptology guide will pick you up from your hotel in Cairo or Giza on time. Drive to Old Cairo that is also known as Christian Coptic Cairo which is among the most important locations visited by the Holy Family; where the spiritual impact of their presence is still felt. The first stop will be the Hanging Church, named for its location above a gatehouse of Babylon Fortress, which is one of the oldest churches in the world. Then you will get inside the Synagogue of Ben Ezra, where you will know more about the birth of Moses and Hebrew Culture and tradition. Enter the Church of Abu Sergah (St. Sergious), the whole area of the Fort of Babylon, a destination of pilgrimage not only for the Egyptians but for Christians from around the world. Also there you will have a chance to visit St. Barbara Church.
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Mosque of Amr Ibn Al-AsThen, we continue our day tour to Islamic Cairo that was founded in 641 A.D by the First Muslim leader Amr Ibn Elas. Over there in Islamic Cairo you will be able to visit and enter some of the mosques such as; Amr Ibn Elaas Mosque, which is the very first mosque built in Egypt.
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Cairo CitadelContinue, towards the Citadel of Salah El Din, built on famous hill Al Moqattam in Cairo, that was constructed for military purposes, for protecting Cairo from incoming threats. Since then, it became a residence of the king of Egypt for many centuries.
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Mosque of Muhammad AliStep inside the beautiful Alabaster Mosque of Mohamed Ali; built inside the castle in the 19th century. Take special photos from the Citadel panorama. Political event called "Massacre of the Citadel" happened in the Citadel in 1811, where Mohamed Ali, the ruler of Egypt (1805-1849) murdered Mameluke leaders in Qaser El Gawhara palace, and it's not currently opened for visits.
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CairoFinally you will be transferred back to your hotel in Cairo or Giza.
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Half-Day Tour to Islamic Mosques, Cairo Citadel and Coptic Cairo
Cairo, Egypt
Giza, Egypt
$130.00
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
How it works?
01
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You choose from 10,000+ experience gifts
02
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We deliver the eVoucher or the Physical box to the recipient
03
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Recipient books the experience and creates unforgettable memories!