Giza Trip Overview
Enjoy this tour, which includes The Egyptian Museum entry ticket, The Citadel of Saladin, The Mosque of Mohamed Ali and the Churches of Old Cairo & the Synagogue of Ben Ezra. The tour includes lunch.
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Duration: 6 to 7 hours
Starts: Giza, Egypt
Trip Category: Day Trips & Excursions >> Day Trips
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What to Expect When Visiting Giza, Giza Governorate, Egypt
Enjoy this tour, which includes The Egyptian Museum entry ticket, The Citadel of Saladin, The Mosque of Mohamed Ali and the Churches of Old Cairo & the Synagogue of Ben Ezra. The tour includes lunch.
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Cairo Governorate, Cairo Governorate
After a hotel pick-up, your Egyptologist guide will lead you to the Egyptian Museum. down town Cairo, .
You will then move on to The Citadel of Saladin & the Mosque of Mohamed Ali. Near the End of the Fatimid Caliphate (969 – 1178 CE), the Muslim ruler of Damascus struggled with the Crusaders over the Holy Lands & Jerusalem, so he sent one of his followers, Saladin, to control Egypt and to put an end to the Fatimid Caliphate, and to restore Egypt back to the Sunni doctrine of Islam. Saladin managed to do this, he became the Caliph himself (1174 CE), and decided to build a Citadel “fortress” to defend Cairo against any potential attacks by the Crusaders. The Citadel became the seat of the government for a very long time, until another Egyptian King, “Mohamed Ali”, decided to build a mosque and a mausoleum for himself, at (1831 CE),
The next stop will be at The Churches of Old Cairo & the Synagogue of Ben Ezra. Near the Roman Fortress,
you will be transferred back to you hotel.
Duration: 8 hours
