Cairo Trip Overview
Full day tour to the Egyptian Museum, Coptic Cairo and Islamic Cairo to learn more about ancient Egyptian culture, Christianity and Islamic time.
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Duration: 7 to 10 hours
Starts: Cairo, Egypt
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours
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Full day tour to the Egyptian Museum, Coptic Cairo and Islamic Cairo to learn more about ancient Egyptian culture, Christianity and Islamic time.
Itinerary
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Stop At: The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, Midan El Tahrir Geographical Society Building, Cairo 11511 Egypt
the Egyptian Museum. Where you can see a rare collection of 5000
years of art which is considered the largest and most precious collection of Egyptian art in the world. Over 250,000 genuine artifacts are presented,
including an exhibit dedicated to Tutankhamen collection of treasure, gold and
jewelry which was enclosed in his tomb and his mask 110 KG
of pure gold.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Hanging Church (El Muallaqa, Sitt Mariam, St Mary), Shar’a Mari Girgis Street, Cairo 11511 Egypt
the Hanging Church of 3rd century which was built of the 2 towers which
remains from Babylon fortress Church of
Abu Serga, where you can see the holy
crypt, Ben Ezra Synagogue for Jewish.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Cairo Citadel, Salah Salem St, Cairo 11511 Egypt
constructed by Salah El Din in 1183 AD to protect Cairo from the danger of Crusaders.
After that visit Mohamed Ali
Alabaster Mosque which was designed by the architect Yousif Boushnaq an Ottoman
architecture who came specially from
Istanbul and built this great mosque for Mohamed Ali, the ruler of Egypt
(1805-1849) who ruled Over 45 years. It is the same design but smaller like blue
mosque of Sultan Ahmed.
Duration: 2 hours
