Half Day Tour to the Cave Church and the Garbage City in Cairo

Enjoy a Half Day Tour to the Cave Church of St. Simon the Tanner and the Garbage City in Cairo to discover one of the most fascinating rock-cut monasteries in the history of Coptic Cairo. Visit the Garbage City, which has a population of garbage collectors who work in recycling at Al-Moqattam Hills with our Cairo Half Day Tours.

Price : 40.00 $

4 Hours

Cairo

Egypt

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Enjoy a Half Day Tour to the Cave Church of St. Simon the Tanner and the Garbage City in Cairo to discover one of the most impressive rock-cut monasteries in the history of Coptic Cairo. Saint Simeon's Church and Monastery, also known as the Cave Church, is located in Mount Mokattam, southeast of Cairo, in the area known as the "Garbage City" due to a large number of garbage collectors or scavengers living in the area. Visit the Garbage City at Al-Moqattam Hills with our Cairo Half Day Tours.
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Itinerary

Half Day Tour to the Cave Church and the Garbage City in Cairo

Cairo Top Tours guide will meet you anywhere in Cairo or Giza to begin your Cairo Half Day Tours and today you will have the chance to have one of our most enjoyable Cairo Day Tours, you will be transported by an air-conditioned private vehicle to the area known as Al-Moqattam Hills to start your Half Day Tour to the Cave Church of St. Simon the Tanner, who was also known as the shoemaker and he became famous after the miracle of moving the whole hills from its original place as our personal Egyptologist guide will go through the details of this miraculous occurrence, the Monastery of St. Simeon al-Dabbagh in Al-Muqattam, which is considered one of the most important and ancient antiquities of ancient Egypt, as it represents a rare architectural masterpiece that is unparalleled, and is a tourist destination visited by Egyptians and foreigners from various countries of the world.

Visit the Garbage City in Cairo which is considered one of the largest places for recycling garbages and refining its ingredients to be re-used in other industries. The area is unique and incomparable with any other tours to Egypt, the Monastery is a masterpiece of art as it has been cut into the rocks of the mountain with very skillful detail. after finishing your Cairo Trips and before being transferred back to any requested drop-off location in Cairo or Giza.

We have made a great variety of Egypt excursions that you can book from, the most budget tours in Egypt if you're having a 1-day layover in Cairo to have a direct trip from Cairo airport to pyramids from our range of day tours from Cairo airport or if you have enough time to try our Egypt Tours Packages. You can browse our website for the best of Egypt tours and Egypt day trips along with the Shore excursions in Egypt which we can handle perfectly to make your Cairo day trip from Alexandria port easy and fun. Travel from Cairo to Siwa Oasis as our Egypt day tours also offer Cairo transit tours and the best-organized tours from Cairo airport.

Included Items

Transport services from Giza or Cairo hotels and return by Cairo Top Tours.
Your transfers are done by an exclusive air-conditioned vehicle.
All entrance fees to all the sites as listed within the tour itinerary are covered.
Accredited English-speaking tour guide.
Free Bottled water aboard the vehicle during all our Cairo Half Day Tours.
Shopping tours in Cairo. (upon request).
Any service charges and taxes of Egypt Day Tours are included during the Half Day Tour to the Cave Church and the Garbage City in Cairo.

Excluded Items

Any extras not mentioned in the itinerary.
Tipping is not included during all Egypt Tours.
Personal expenses.
Prices do not apply during Christmas and New Year tours in Egypt or Egypt Easter tours.

Price Table

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FAQ

01. Is Egypt considered a safe destination to travel?

Egypt is rated as the eighth safest country to travel all over the world, according to the ranking of the safest countries. So definitely yes, Egypt is safe. you can travel safely to all the tourist attractions this beautiful country has to offer. You can comfortably explore all the Egyptian cities like Giza, Cairo, Luxor, Aswan, Alexandria, the Red Sea beach destinations like Sharm El Sheikh, Hurghada, Marsa Alam, Dahab, and many other destinations like the Egyptian Oases of Bahariya, Frafra, Dakhla, and Siwa, as well as all the places where medical tourism is practiced.

02. When it is most recommended time of the year to travel to Egypt?

Egypt mostly enjoys a desert climate which is hot during the summer season. Temperature can go up to 45 degrees Celsius during July and August, so winter season is the best time to visit Egypt during the high seasons while the entire world is enjoying the Christmas and New Year, Egypt during the coolest months of the year is still considered warm enough that you can enjoy swimming in the Red Sea best resorts, not to mention how nice it is during Easter holidays. Simply, the best time of the year to visit Egypt starts from the month of September to June.

03. How was Cairo Top Tours born?

Cairo Top Tours is a company specialized in organizing travel packages in Egypt, holidays, excursions, and Nile cruise tours since 2012. Our business spread over the past 4 years as we are ranking from the top #10 tour companies in Cairo based on the TripAdvisor rating with more than 255 excellent reviews.

04. Why you should book with Cairo Top Tours?

Cairo Top Tours' professional team consists of a young motivated group of specialists in flight reservations, Egyptologists, tour leaders, and tour consultants. We are like "artists" on the internet and on the ground since we started in the travel business. Thanks to our experienced team of tour operators, which will save you a lot of hassle, time, and you are going to save a lot of your money too rather than the difficult search for specialized travel offers.

05. Where do the offers come from?

We provide you with the best deals among numerous things to do in Egypt and Jordan, vacation packages, and hotel accommodations according to your schedule. We always analyze travel offers and pay particular attention to the quality of service, not just price. Furthermore, we recommend you browse our trips that our website offers as we have a wide diversity of tailor-made itineraries in Egypt. Our many years of experience help us determine when and where to find a special offer that suits every taste and schedule.

06. Are the offers reliable and can they be booked?

Our offers can be booked at the time of communication. If the price or availability of an offer changes, this will be sufficiently reported. Since the best offers often have limited availability, in order to take advantage of the special offers, you must be particularly quick to join a group tour that will give you the chance to reduce the cost of your tours in Egypt.

07. How are the prices of the special offers determined?

Cheap prices have always been available on the internet, for example, for some destinations and hotels, there are discount coupons that allow a reduction in the tour price. In the case of flights, these may be last-minute offers or even multi-leg flights. Even as a result of errors in the booking system, we can find flights at the lowest prices and will organize the accommodation with the best hotels in Cairo, Luxor, Aswan, the Red Sea, the Western Desert, Nile cruises, and even the finest equipment during your camping Egypt desert safari trips.

08. Where is our location?

Our main office is located in Giza Al Ahram Street, while our representatives are in Luxor, Aswan, and everywhere in Egypt to meeting and assisting you through your tours in Egypt.

09. Our Specialities:

We manage tours to Egypt and book the accommodations and the domestic flight tickets as well as the Nile cruise boats cabins and compartments aboard the sleeper train, usually included within the tour pricing that will be mentioned below our offers and tours in terms of the number of travelers. We do not usually book international flight tickets except when requested by the clients just to ease the process of booking and make sure that everything is according to the schedule of the specifically requested itinerary.

10. How can I book?

You can directly access our website cairotoptours.com to book, request quotes, and view our offers. If you prefer, you can contact our Reservations Office on +2-02-33770025 from 07:00 AM till 03:00 PM GMT or WhatsApp us at +2-0100-527-6083 24/7. In both cases, you will be assisted by our expert team of tour operators and you will find all the information you need to make your reservation quick and smooth. To facilitate your search, we recommend you search for what experience you would like to do in Egypt in the Google Search Box and write the URL cairotoptours.com to limit the results that appear and make it easier to navigate through our numerous offers and categories.

11. How can I pay?

You can use different purchase methods. - Credit card: by entering the details of your credit card on the payment link provided ONLY by your personal tour consultant from Cairo Top Tours. - Bank transfer: if you are booking your holiday at least 30 days before the departure date. In this case, the bank transfer must be made within 2 working days of purchase. - By phone: this option only applies for last-minute bookings on the same day or the day before and works only with the day tours, half-day tours, and activities that are not more than one day tour.

12. Why are there no more places available for this trip?

It can happen when only a few seats are available and many customers book the offer at the same time. But remember, you can always ask to join a group tour if available, this option will guarantee the reduction of the tour pricing as we mostly deal with private guided tours to assure the highest quality of service.

13. Why is travel proportionally more expensive for one person?

The proportionately higher prices for people traveling alone (Solo Travelers) mostly result from the higher overnight-room costs, as normally almost all hotel rooms are structured for 2 people who can each assume half of the overnight costs. This also applies to flat-rate travel. The hotels would not benefit from offering a reduction to solo travelers when the rooms could be occupied by 2 persons at a normal price. During the low season, some hotels lower the prices as a reason for the decreased demand since they have a large number of beds when the demand is not too high.

14. Why is the cost of travel different at different times?

Prices vary throughout the year depending on the offer and request. During the summer and especially during the holidays that are considered high seasons like the Christma and New Year holidays, Easter holidays, and special events such as sports championship or destinations that are very popular and recent. Therefore tour operators can demand higher prices according to the increasing cost of accommodation and/ or implementation.

15. Can I change the travel date? Why does it sometimes not work?

Most trips can also be booked for a shorter or longer period. However, if, for example, your departure time is changed, trips lasting 5 or 10 days will not be possible, that’s why we always request the flight details before proceeding with the booking, just to make sure the last suggested itinerary is fit for both the traveler and the operator.