Highlights
- Live-streamed tour from the streets of Islamic Cairo
- See important monuments like the Hanging mosque of Al-Saleh Talaei, the Dome of Al-Ghuri, and Bab Zuweila Gate, Al-Muayyad Mosque and the world-famous Al-Azhar University Mosque
- Be privy to innumerable facts and stories on a highly interactive tour with a highly qualified local guide
Description
Travel back to the glorious days of Islamic Cairo, and see some of the medieval and Ottoman city's greatest religious monuments. Admire ancient mosques and madrasas, medieval city walls and gates, Ottoman-era houses, mausoleums, and markets.
Start your real-time online experience from the famous Bab Zweila Southern City gate of Cairo, and continue to explore the tentmakers market where the artisans do the quilting and patch-working by hand to make beautiful wall hangings, cushion covers and more. Then head to the Hanging Mosque of Al-Saleh Talaei facing Bab Zweila, the last Fatimid mosque to be built in Egypt in 1160 AD., to admire its intricate limestone facade with fine details.
Visit the grand portal of the Al-Muayyad mosque whilst listening to interesting stories about Al-Muayyad, after whom the mosque was named. Next, we cross the lively streets of the old market of El-Ghuria to the Al-Ghuri complex, which consists of a mosque, religious college, mausoleum and Sabil-Kuttab. Continue to the Dome of Al-Ghuri, famous for the Whirling Dervish Tannoura Show, before concluding our tour at Al-Azhar square, where we will see the famous Al-Azhar university mosque. Just opposite it, we will see the historical mosque complex of Abul-Dahab, which is made to look like the Istanbul Style of mosques.
About this experience
Instructions
- Please have a good internet connection and Zoom app installed on your phone or laptop.
- The instructions to join the meeting will be sent via email shortly after the booking.
Know before you go
- This tour involves walking to various places, at times the internet connection may be weak. However, we will attempt to minimize such disruptions.
- You can book this tour for USD 110 for upto 10 screens joining this activity with you from all over the world. You will see the option to book this experience as a private tour on the checkout page if it is available for that time slot.
- Since these are live tours, they may be subject to last minute cancellation due to inclement weather, Internet disruptions or other unforeseen circumstances.
Meet your Host
Muhammad Swefy
I am a local licensed tour guide, born and raised in the heart of Islamic Cairo and my passion is history, art, architecture and foreign languages. I have more than 15-years of experience in the field of guiding having received my guiding license in 2017. I am a fluent English speaker, enabling audiences to understand and interact without any language barrier.
From USD 110 / Group
Important Information
- Fully refundable in case of any cancellation upto 2 days before the tour.