Resuming your Egypt Classic Tours schedule after breakfast. The Treasures of the Golden Pharaoh Tutankhamen, the only royal treasure discovered intact, and the largest collection of Egyptian antiquities in the world, can be found at the Grand Egyptian Museum, which your representative will pick you up from your hotel to take you to your flight back to Cairo, and start your day trip from the airport.
Following that, we will take you to the Saladin Citadel, which houses the Mohamed Ali Alabaster Mosque. Constructed on a high plateau, the citadel was used to garrison Cairo throughout the Islamic era because of its advantageous location. A bird's-eye perspective of Islamic Cairo is available, containing domes, minarets, and mosques that are hundreds or even more years old.
Continue your tour of Coptic Cairo to see the old Roman castle of Babylon and the Virgin Mary-dedicated Hanging Church, which is hanging over the city's historic bastions. Constructed in the 7th century, the official palace of the Coptic patriarchs was transformed into this building in the 11th century. See the St. Sergius Church, which has a crypt where the Holy Family resided for about three months, as well as the spring where they obtained their water supply. Next, we will go to the Ben Ezra Synagogue, which is purported to be the location of the pharaoh's palace where Moses' basket was taken from the Nile.
We will begin our Islamic Cairo tour after lunch, exploring the real walls and gates of this ancient city whose streets date back to the tenth century. The stroll concludes with tea at Fishawy, the oldest cafe in Khan El Khalili, Cairo's historic bazaar.
Enter the hotel and stay the night in Cairo.
Meals: Lunch and Breakfast