Itinerary

1. Cairo Citadel

   • A tour representative will pick you up from your hotel in Cairo and start one of our Cairo, Giza Tours.
   • Transfer to the Citadel of Salah al-Din, built under the order of Saladin between 1176 and 1183 to protect the city from European attacks. Today it is one of the main tourist attractions of Cairo. It offers privileged views of the city, where you will see the view of all of Cairo, as you will visit Mohamed Ali's "Alabaster Mosque", which is considered the largest to be built at the beginning of the 19th century by the ruler of Egypt (1805-1849) who ruled Egypt over 45 years & it is built in Turkish style.
   • Then move to Ahmed Ibn Tulun Mosque, one of Egypt's most important and oldest Islamic monuments, built 1142 years ago. It includes the first spiral minaret erected in the sky of Egypt. It is also considered one of the hanging mosques built on a rocky peak called "Shukr" on Mokattam Mountain.
   • Then move to visit Old Cairo.
   • Visit Babylon Fortress, known as the Wax Palace of Babylon Castle, is an ancient fortress located in the city of Cairo in Egypt. The fortress is considered one of the largest fortresses witnessed by the Roman civilization in Egypt and is one of the largest fortresses built by the empire, as well as the center on which the city of Fustat was built. Then move to visit fascinated, built wonders such as the Hanging Church built in the 3rd and beginning of the 4th century. Also, in the Basilica style.
   • The Hanging Church of Cairo rises majestically on the ancient tower of the fortress of Babylon. With an interior full of symbolism and icons, it has become one of the most visited monuments of the most magnetic city in Egypt. And no wonder, with an essence that mixes Roman, Egyptian and Babylonian architecture, it becomes a place where legend and history blur.
   • Then move to visit the church of St. Sergius and Bacchus has a special place among the other Coptic churches because it is linked to the path of the Holy Family during their escape from King Herod to the land of Egypt. According to Christian belief, the church's name is attributed to both Saints Sergius and Bacchus, who were martyred in the region of Rusafa in Syria.
   • No one can be in Coptic Cairo without visiting the Ben Ezra Synagogue in Cairo, called El-Shamieen Church, and now located behind the "Hanging Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary".
   • Visit Amr Ibn El-Aas mosque, the first mosque built in Egypt. After that transfer to important mosques and high places of worship for the Islam faith in Cairo. With 80 percent of its population as Islam, see amazing architecture built here with Islamic Cairo Tour. Appreciate the Islamic Cairo Tour with its artistic mosques built for worship
   • Then move to visit the important church Simon the Tanner (fl. 10th century), also known as Saint Simon the Shoemaker (Sam'ān al-Kharrāz), is the Coptic Orthodox saint associated with the story of the moving the Mokattam Mountain in Cairo during the rule of the Muslim Fatimid Caliph al-Muizz Lideenillah (953-975) while Abraham the Syrian was the Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria. Simon the Tanner lived towards the end of the tenth century, and many Coptic Christians in Egypt engaged in handicrafts. Saint Simon worked in tanning, a craft known there to this day. This profession involved other crafts that depended on the process, from when Simon carried several titles related to skins: Tanner, Cobbler, and Shoemaker.
   • You will continue to explore our representative will accompany you to El Azhar. Have the chance to visit and enjoy the first Islamic University. Next is a mosque in Bab Zuweila, the Al Mouayyed Mosque. Badr Al Dein Al Gamal supervised the construction of the mosque.
   • Then walk the road to another Islamic mosque, The Al Hussein Mosque and the unique Islamic house Beit El Sehimy. The trip continues to a Fatimide Mosque, the Al Hakam Mosque. Before the tour of Islamic Cairo is over, have the final stop at the mosques that Gawhar El Sakaly supervised while constructed, the beautiful Bab al Fetouh and Bab Al Nasr. After the trip, you will drive to Khan El Khalili Bazaar (if there's enough time), one of the most famous and oldest bazaars in the Middle East.
   • I will drive to Khan ElKalili Bazar (if there's enough time), one of the most famous and oldest bazaars in the Middle East. The bazaar is loud, crowded, colourful, and exciting, full of goods and shiny baubles. You can find the typical tourist trinkets here, but don't let them distract you from the genuinely fine shopping to be found here.
     You will be transferred back to your hotel.