Day Tours Egyptian Museum, Old Coptic and Islamic Cairo

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Egyptian Museum, Old Coptic, and Islamic Cairo Tour A historical, cultural, spiritual tour. Actually, your Egypt day tours will give you an insight into the Coptic history, Jewish history, and Islamic history in Cairo. You will visit the Oldest Church in Cairo, and the Holy Family church. Your guide is going to deliver some sort of explanation about Ancient Egyptian History and Ancient Egyptian Religion in comparison with modern Egyptian History. Meanwhile, your Cairo day tours will include the Egyptian Museum with its various collections from the pharaonic antiquities, sculptures, jewelry, mummies, and papyri. Also, with Egypt tours, you will visit Cairo Citadel and the Alabaster Mosque of Mohamed Ali Pacha. The Roman fortress, the Coptic Churches of Old Cairo, especially Abu Serga Church, where the holy family stayed about 3 months.

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1 Day trip in Egyptian Museum, Old Coptic and Islamic Cairo

The tour to the Egyptian Museum, Old Coptic, and Islamic Cairo starts upon meeting with an archeologist guide at the hotel lobby. Your first stop will be one of the oldest parts of Cairo: Old Cairo and Coptic churches close to the Roman Fortress. Start Cairo attractions with Old Cair. It is one of the oldest parts of Cairo, hosting such facilities as the Coptic Museum, Roman Fortress, Coptic Churches, and Islamic Mosques. The Hanging Church is among the oldest churches in Old Cairo; it is famous for its unique architectural style. Abu Serga Church: It was built on the ruins of the ancient Roman fortress of Babylon and is the most important point concerning the church. It was constructed over the remains of the ancient Roman fortress of Babylon and the most important point regarding the church. Then visit Ben Ezra Synagogue-the oldest Jewish synagogue in Egypt-although it was built on the remains of a Coptic Orthodox church. At the end of your tour to Old Cairo, you will be heading to see the Old Mosques in Cairo and the mosques of Islamic Cairo. Start with Cairo Citadel, or the Citadel of Saladin, which is a medieval Islamic fortification on the Mokattam hill in Cairo, built by Saladin between the years 1176 and 1183 AD. Constructed in the beginning of the 19th century by Muhammad Ali Pasha, the Ottoman ruler, the Alabaster Mosque was actually one of Egypt's tourist attractions in Cairo, so King Fuad ordered a full restoration for the mosque in 1931, to be completed under King Farouk in 1939.

Lunch: Take your lunch meal at a local restaurant before going to your last stop.

In the afternoon, after lunch, visit the Grand Egyptian Museum, which is home to a vast collection of artifacts spanning millennials of ancient Egyptian history. Actually, the Grand Egyptian Museum is very famous for the huge collection of treasures found in Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings in Luxor. At the end of your tour to the Egyptian Museum, Old Coptic and Islamic Cairo, we drive you back to your hotel as part of your Egypt trips.