Islamic Cairo Major Sights Tour

4.5

based on 8 reviews

| Cairo, Egypt

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Pickup available

Duration

4.5 hours

Wheelchair accessible

Audio guide

Live guide

Local guide
All taxes, fees and handling charges
Bottled water
Transport by air-conditioned coach
Hotel pick-up and drop-off

Drinks
Food and drinks, unless specified
Gratuities (recommended)
Entrance fees

Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Wheelchair accessible
Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Travel back in time to the glory days of Islamic Cairo, and see some of the medieval and Ottoman city's greatest religious monuments, on this 4-hour private guided tour. Admire ancient mosques and madrasa, medieval Citadel's walls and gates, and a lot more. .Greet your private guide at the main...

Duration 4 Hours and 30 Minutes
Private Tour

1
Mosque of Muhammad Ali
As you may enter working mosques, please dress modestly – long, loose clothes that cover arms and legs – and wear shoes that are easy to remove: women should also bring a scarf to cover their hair. Please note that a few sites close to the public at 5pm. You'll...
- Duration 30 Minutes•
- No Admission Ticket Required
2
Passage Inside Salah Al Din
As you only have 2-5 hours for this tour, you'll admire most of the sites from outside: either choose 3 to 4 monuments to visit or ask your guide for recommendations.From the citadel, you'll see the Mosque of Sultan Hassan, the Refaie Mosque, the Giza pyramids (if it's not foggy),...
- Duration 30 Minutes•
- No Admission Ticket Required

Mosque and Madrasa of Sultan Hassan

Pause for a while to absorb the full scale of the Giants: Sultan Hassan & Refaie religious archaeological complex, built at the middle of the fourteenth century.

Duration 30 Minutes•
Admission Ticket Not Included

Mosque of Ibn Tulun

Stroll through the Alabaster mosque of Muhammad Ali Pasha, Cairo's best-preserved & most iconic, most beautiful mosque, to the al-Nasir Muhammad mamluk Mosque. Enjoy a feast of historic religious & military architecture as you admire the monuments inside this great fortress.

Duration 30 Minutes•
No Admission Ticket Required

El-Refaey

You'll finish your tour with a couple of Cairo's better-known mosques: the Mosque of Abu Dahab (the father of Gold. A wealthy ottoman army leader who once "or more than once" threw gold over the poor as means of charity, hence his name), and the 10th-century al-Azhar Mosque, home to...

Duration 30 Minutes•
No Admission Ticket Required

Mosque of Amr Ibn Al-As

Your final stop is the notorious downtown: you may wish to enjoy lunch or a non-alcoholic drink at one of the famous Restaurants and Cafes of this lively vivid buzzing Cairo City Center (the Paris along the Nile) Downtown, Cairo.

Duration 30 Minutes•
No Admission Ticket Required

Citadel of Saladin

The Citadel of Cairo or Citadel of Saladin is a medieval Islamic-era fortification in Cairo, Egypt, built by Salah ad-Din (Saladin) and further developed by subsequent Egyptian rulers. It was the seat of government in Egypt and the residence of its rulers for nearly 700 years from the 13th to...