You will be picked up from your hotel by our knowledgeable tour guide from Cairo Top Tours to begin your tour of the Egyptian Museum and Coptic Cairo. A transfer to the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities will occur. to take in the largest collection of ancient Egyptian antiquities and take a trip through the rich history of ancient Egypt The highlights of the more than 250,000 masterpieces on show, including King Tutankhamen's jewels, will be thoroughly discussed by your Egyptologist tour guide, the sole intact royal treasure found, which is a vast collection of gold and jewelry that was kept concealed under the sand for more than 3,000 years until the tomb's excavation in 1922, at which point it was relocated altogether to Cairo and the Egyptian Museum.
Your tour guide will take you on a tour of the Old Cairo District, where you will see the Salah El Din Citadel and the Alabaster Mosque of Mohamed Ali inside. The Alabaster Mosque is a unique example of Ottoman architecture in Cairo, as its design is a reinterpretation of the well-known Blue Mosque in Istanbul. The Citadel was established by Salah Edin and served as the center of Egyptian government from his reign until King Farouk's reign in the first half of the last century.
After stopping for lunch at a fine dining establishment, you will begin your well-known and highly anticipated tour of Coptic Cairo at the historic Roman fortress of Babylon. Here, you will be astounded by The Hanging Church, one of the main attractions of ancient Cairo. You will also see the church of St. Sergius, also called the Cavern Church, which was constructed above the crypt where the holy family spent almost three months and the well where they drank water. Lastly, you will go to the Ben Ezra Synagogue. Tradition has it that this is where the pharaoh's palace was, when Moses's basket was taken out of the Nile.
Follow our Cairo Sightseeing tours to learn about Islamic journeys across the city and discover the numerous artifacts from medieval Cairo, including the historic walls and mosques. The city's medieval madrasa, sails, and gates, as well as its ancient stone-paved alleyways that date back to the tenth century, are all worth seeing. The walk concludes with tea at Fishawy, the oldest cafe in Khan El Khalili, the old market.
Lunch and breakfast are included.
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