Egyptian Museum, Citadel & Old Cairo Day Tour
About this tour
Cairo without the pyramids, which sounds like a strange idea until you spend a day doing it.
The morning is the Egyptian Museum on Tahrir Square — the old one, crowded and magnificent, where the labels are typewritten and a sarcophagus can be sitting in a corridor because there is nowhere else to put it.
Then the Citadel of Saladin, high above the city, and the Alabaster Mosque of Mohamed Ali inside it, before dropping down into Old Cairo and its Coptic churches.
Eight hours, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm, with entry fees, an Egyptologist guide, lunch at a local restaurant and a private air-conditioned car all included. There is usually time to add the Coptic Museum or a felucca on the Nile — ask when you book.
Itinerary
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Itineraries
Day 1 starts At 8:00 am Pickup from your hotel in Cairo or Giza By Best Egypt Holidays guide to Start your full day tour visiting the Egyptian Museum of antiquities. It displays the largest and most precious items of the Egyptian art in the world. It exhibits a rare collection of over 250,000 genuine artifacts that date as far back as 5000 years, including an exclusive exhibit dedicated to the Tutankhamen - A collection of treasures, gold, and jewelry that were buried in his tomb for over 3,500 years before they were discovered in 1920 when his tomb was excavated. Then visit The Citadel Of Cairo Where you visit The Alabaster Mosque of Mohamed Ali Pasha. Lunch is included in between visits at Local Restaurant Based on Full Meal for each Person but Beverages are not included Then visiting Old Cairo that 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 most felt still; though their stay was brief, for the Governor of what was then Fustat enraged by the tumbling down of idols at Jesus' approach sought to kill the Child. But they took shelter from his wrath in a cave above which, in later years, the Church of Abu Serga (St Sergius) was built. This and the whole area of the Fort of Babylon is a destination of pilgrimage not only for the Egyptians but for Christians from around the world. An air of piety and devotion pervades the whole district there. Also There you will be able to visit and Enter the Church of Abu-Sergah and St. Barbara, the hanging church, and the old Jewish synagogue - Ben Ezra Synagogue. Around 5:00 pm Transfer back to your hotel in Cairo there is possibility of entering any of the Coptic Museum or Felucca boat ride sailing on the Nile But this can be added in the middle of the booking process because it requires additional fees
Good to know
- iThere is possibility of entering any of the Coptic Museum or Felucca boat ride sailing on the Nile But this can be added in the middle of the booking process because it requires additional fees
✓What's included
- ✓Expert Tour guide
- ✓Lunch at Local restaurant
- ✓Bottle of Water
- ✓All Transfers by Private A/C Vehicle
×Not included
- ×Personal Items
- ×Tipping
- ×Any Optional tours
- ×Entry Fees
- ×All Taxes Services
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