- Historic
- 8 hours
- Accessibiliy
- Private
- cairo
- Tour guide
Description
Overview
Explore the great mosque of Mohamed Ali and the great citadel of Salah El Den
Discover Cairo’s Coptic,Jewish and Islamic traditions on a day cultural tour
What's include
- Door to door transfers from and to your hotel in Cairo
- qualified licensed driver
- All transfers by air-conditioned van
- expert tour guide
- lunch at local restaurant
- Bottled water
Highlights
Step into the sanctuaries of the city’s most important Coptic churches Visit a synagogue built where baby Moses was purportedly found
Itinerary
What To Expect
Today you will discover both the Islamic and Coptic Cairo,
Our expert tour guide will pick you up from your hotel on time,
Our first tour will be Ahmed Ibn Tulun mosque,
it is the oldest intact,functioning Islamic monument in Cairo,
it is also survives as a rare example of the era and architecture of the classical period of Islam,in the ninth and tenth centuries,for it was dominant in the Islamic world,
Then proceed to the mosque of sultan Hassan,which considered stylistically the most compact and unified of all Cairo monuments,
the building was constructed for sultan Hassan bin Mohammed in 1256 AD as a mosque and religious school for all sects,
Then you will visit the Refai mosque,
it is separated from the mosque of sultan Hassan by a pedestrian street,
Have your delicious lunch in local restaurant,
Then start our Coptic tour and visit the hanging church(the church of the virgin Mary) built into the walls of the water gate of the roman fortress,
it is possibly the oldest church in Egypt,dating to around the 4th century
Move to visit church of St.Sergius (Abu Serga)which legend has it is built atop one of the sites where the holy family rested on their flight from Herod,
Continue on this path brings one first to the Ben Ezra Synagogue,dates to the 9th century,
After the spiritual day tour drive back in comfort to your hote
