Cairo Tour

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

0 Day / 9 Hours from $85.00

Overview

In a one-day tour, you will move through Egyptian history from the time of the pharaohs at the Grand Egyptian Museum, with around 100,000 artifacts on display, which also holds the most important treasure ever found in the world, the tomb of Tutankhamun. Then finish your experience among Islamic architecture by visiting the Salah El-Din Citadel and the Muhammad Ali Alabaster Mosque, and experience Cairo local life in Khan El-Khalili Bazaar.

What's Included

Pick up and Drop off
All Transfers by modern air conditioned private car
Expert Egyptology tour guide speaks your languages
Entrance fees for all sights mentioned in the itinerary
Bottled water
snacks
Wifi on board
Lunch
All taxes

What's Excluded

Extra ticket like pyramids inside and solar boat
Personal needs
Tipping - recommended

Itinerary

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

Start with

The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), also known as the Giza Museum, is a major archaeological museum located near the Pyramids of Giza.
Overview:
*Location:
Approximately 2 kilometers from the Giza Pyramids, on the outskirts of Cairo

*Size:
It is anticipated to be the largest archaeological museum in the world, with around 100,000 artifacts on display. 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 encompasses the Babylon Fortress, the Hanging Church, the Greek Church of St. George, and many other Coptic churches and historical sites. According to Christian tradition, the Holy Family visited this area and stayed at the site of the Church of Saints Sergius and Bacchus (Abu Serga). Coptic Cairo was a stronghold of 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.