Egyptian Museum and Citadel and old Cairo

4.9 (4 Reviews)
Cairo, Egypt
From: $24,99
4.9
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Duration

Full day

Tour Type

Daily Tour

Group Size

10 people

Languages

English, Espanol, Francais, Italy

About this tour

Visit Egyptian Museum in downtown and see Tahrir square and visit Saladin Citadel and Mohammad Ali  🕌 Mosque and you visit Coptic  ⛪️ churches in old Cairo

Note: Our tour includes transportation in a comfortable, air-conditioned vehicle and the services of a friendly and knowledgeable tour guide to ensure you get the most out of your experience.
Please note that lunch is not included in the package but can be added during the booking process. Entry tickets to attractions are also not included but can be added as well.

We recommend to add the services from booking form if you need it.

 

Private car + tour guide 

Single person : 65 $
2 person : 45 $
From 3 to 6 people; 30 $

From  7 to 35 people: 25 $
Child from 6 to 12 Y 25 $
Child under 6 Y: free

Entry fees per person:  27$

Lunch per person: 10$

Highlights

  • CITADEL
  • The citadel of Salah El Din was built on the Mokattem hills the preliminary work commenced in 1173
  • the citadel like the Syrian strongholds among Salah EL Dine been brought up the citadel was not only a fortress but a regular fortified Town but containing palaces mosques 🕌 civil dwellings workshops stables and even cattle pens
  • Egyptian rulers long used the citadel as a place and a seat for government and as administrative center for long period
  • Mohamed Ali gave special attention to the citadel he built the Gawhara Palace to serve as a private residence for himself he also constructed the department of justice and the mint and the depot for state archives and more over he established a factory more than 1000 workmen were employed which produced about 750 Rifles a month
  • all within the walls of the citadel and he built Mohamed Ali mosque ( Alabaster mosque)
  • OLD MUSEUM
  • the antiquities were first housed and exhibited in a building in Boulac 1891 the collections which had already reached an important in number were transferred to Giza finally in1902 they were moved to the building which they now occupy so Cairo City is today the most important center of research that new science which came to birth in 1822 when Champolion deciphered the Egyptian hieroglyphics finally during the last century the veil lifted and we can say today that reading hieroglyphs is no longer a secret
  • OLD CAIRO COPTIC CHURCH ⛪️
  • Abu Serga Church
  • This Church is dedicated to the Saint Abu Serga it lies in the Roman fortress of Babylon the history of comprised from scanty records it was probably one of the Churches of the Roman garrison built in their fortress
  • HANGING CHURCH
  • It takes the shape of basilica and it has a wooden roof in the shape of Noah’s Ark it consists of the following Entrance. The Nave. 2 passages, the three Sanctuaries it has about 120 icons on the walls represent to the victims inside there are 2 passages southern and northern eastern passage separated by 8 columns from the navy in the middle of the southern passage is a door which leads to small Church inside the church there is a baptistery

Included/Excluded

  • Transportation in private car
  • Pickup from door to door
  • Tour Guide
  • Bottle water
  • Lunch
  • Entry Tickets
  • Tipping

Durations

8 hours

Languages

English
Espanol
Francais
Italy

Tour's Location

Cairo, Egypt

Bulk discount (by Percent)

Bulk discount adult
# Discount group From adult To adult Value
1 For 2 persons 2 2 41.6%
2 For 3 to 5 persons 3 5 58.3%

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Egyptian Museum and Citadel and old Cairo
Juan
27/08/2024

Tour

Muy bien, bonita experiencia
Egyptian Museum and Citadel and old Cairo
Norocel Vasile
15/08/2024

Vacanță Egipt

Este un loc super, il recomand cu mare încredere pentru cupluri care vor să își facă o vacanță de vis
Egyptian Museum and Citadel and old Cairo
amalia Patrika
06/08/2024
Awesome Tour. The service was very nice
Egyptian Museum and Citadel and old Cairo
Anıl Abat
06/08/2024

Engineering Manager

This tour is an excellent way to gain a comprehensive understanding of Cairo's ancient history and rich cultural heritage. I highly recommend this tour for first-time visitors to Cairo. I enjoyed with the tour-guide and the service is very nice with good price

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