Egyptian Museum, Cairo Citadel, Coptic Cairo and Khan El-Khalili Bazaar

At the time we mentioned, our expert tour guide will pick you up to start your tour experience.

Start with the National Egyptian Museum, one of the oldest and most important museums in the world. It was built in 1901 and mirrors ancient Egyptian history from the prehistoric period to the Greco-Roman period. It has 120,000 pieces of antiquities. It also holds the most important treasure ever found in the world: the tomb of Tutankhamun, discovered by Howard Carter in 1922 in the Valley of the Kings. The treasure collection includes more than 3500 masterpieces of antiquities.

Then drive to Old Cairo, or Coptic Cairo, which is a part of Old Cairo and encompasses the Babylon Fortress, the Hanging Church, the Greek Church of St. George and many other Coptic churches and historical sites. It is believed in Christian tradition that the Holy Family visited this area and stayed at the sites of the Church of Saints Sergius and Bacchus (Abu Serga). Coptic Cairo was a stronghold for Christianity in Egypt until the Islamic era, though most of the current church buildings in Coptic Cairo were built after the Muslim conquest of Egypt in the 7th century.

Then drive to the Cairo Citadel. It was built by order of King Saladin and was the largest fort and castle of the medieval period, covering 153,000 square meters. It was built between 1176 and 1183 CE to protect Cairo from the Crusaders, only a few years after Saladin defeated the Fatimid Caliphate. Saladin recycled the stones of the Giza Pyramids to finish as fast as he could. It served as the royal court from Al-Nasir Muhammad ibn Qalaoun until Muhammad Ali Pasha in 1807 CE. Muhammad Ali built two great palaces, Salamlik and Haremlik, and, between 1828 and 1848 CE, the Muhammad Ali Alabaster Mosque, one of the masterpieces of Turkish mosques in the world, perched on the summit of the Citadel.

After that, you will get your lunch at a good-quality restaurant.

Then drive to Khan El-Khalili Bazaar, a major souk in the historic center of Islamic Cairo. The bazaar district is one of Cairo’s main attractions for tourists and Egyptians alike.

After finishing, return to your start point.