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Early in the morning
our representative will meet you anywhere to enjoy your Cairo Day Tour, we will meet you at your hotel, or anywhere to accompany you with an exclusive vehicle to begin your trip.
On this trip, you will visit the Citadel of Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi, which is the largest castle in the Islamic world. It was established during the reign of Sultan al-Nasir Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi at the hands of his minister, Baha al-Din.
Why was the Citadel of Salah al-Din built?
The castle was built to be a fortress for Egypt and the seat of government, many rulers of Egypt added to it a lot of construction from the Ayyubid period until the period of Muhammad Ali.
The first thing you will do in Salah El-Din Castle, Enjoy visiting Muhammad Ali Mosque is one of the most luxurious mosques in Egypt and was built by Muhammad Ali.
Muhammad Ali Al-Basha was neither Egyptian nor Turkish, but he was born in Greece, then he joined the Turkish army and became a commander there.
After that, Turkey sent him to Egypt because it was occupied by the French under the leadership of Napoleon. The Egyptians clung to him and considered him the savior, and he was chosen to rule Egypt because of the people’s love for him. Then Muhammad Ali died and a tomb was built for him in the castle, which you will see when you get there.
The second thing you will see in the castle is the National Police Museum and the exhibition of the most famous criminals in Egypt, the most famous of them are Raya and Sakina And many places and artifacts that you will see there in the Citadel of Salah al-Din
The land of the Nile Valley witnessed ancient civilizations, Pharaonic, Greek, Roman, Coptic, and Islamic. Egypt contributed to preserving all the Pharaonic antiquities from being lost, and Egypt to this day.
The National Museum of Egyptian Civilization is located in the land of Fustat, the first capital of Egypt after the Islamic conquest, in the south of Cairo.
The museum was built on an area of more than 135,000 square meters and is considered one of the largest international museums. The opening of the museum was in 2017. The museum shocked all visitors from all over the world.
Inside the museum, there are many antiquities and civilizations, as the museum contains 50,000 artifacts that are displayed in modern ways, explaining the development of the stages of Egyptian civilization. And of course, you must see there the Royal Mummies Hall, in which 22 mummies of ancient Egyptian kings are displayed.
after that, We will take you to have Lunch in a good quality restaurant, and at the end of this trip, you will Enjoy sailing down the river during the Felucca ride on the Nile.