Full Day Tour Visiting Islamic Cairo
Tour Details:
- Duration: 1 Day
- Location: Cairo
- Availability: Available Everyday
- Pick up and drop off: Your Hotel
- Tour Type: Private
Spend your Full Day Tour Visiting Islamic Cairo
One of the fascinating excursions Cairo has to offer is the Islamic Cairo Day Tour, which offers endless magnificence of the medieval age. Islamic architecture is one of a kind, with its timeless intricacies and patterns, and one may spend hours marveling at a single piece of design in a mosque’s interior.
The Islamic Cairo Day Tour is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to explore local life and learn about Egyptian culture. Exploring Cairo’s most beautiful areas, including the Saladin Citadel and Mohamed Ali’s famous Alabaster Mosque, the Middle East’s most elegant Turkish-style mosque. Our Islamic Cairo Day Tour includes a visit to one of Egypt’s biggest and oldest mosques.
Full Day Tour Visiting Islamic Cairo
Itinerary:
After breakfast, we will pick you up from your hotel. Our adventure begins with a private local guide and an air-conditioned car. Saladin’s Citadel is a must-see (the alabaster mosque of Mohamed Ali, the Gawhara palace belonging to the same ruler, and the panoramic view of Cairo). We next go to the Ahmed Ibn Tulun mosque to visit the Tulunid mosque and Gayer Anderson’s museum.
Then it’s on to the historic Cairo’s Zwaila gate. View the Al-Moaied Sheikh mosque from the Fatimid era. We’ll go along Ghouria Street, where we’ll view the Ghouri complex and Wikala, Egypt’s fabric and cotton market. Egyptian pancakes and pizza for lunch at Khan El-Khalili. See the mosque of Al-Azhar.
Walk along Al-Mo’ez Ledin Ellah Al-Fatemi Street to see the Qalawon complex, the Sehaimi historic Islamic home, and the Nahaseen copper shops. In Khan El Khalili’s coffee shop “Al-Feshawy”, sip Egyptian tea. You have some free time to go shopping in the Khan El-Khalili market. You will be returned to your hotel.
Featured in this Islamic Cairo Day Tour:
- Saladin Citadel
- Ahmed Ibn Tulun Mosque
- Gayer Anderson Museum (not included)
- Bab Zwaila Gate
- The walls of the old Islamic Town of Al-Qahira
- Al-Moaied Shaikh mosque
- Al-Azhar mosque
- Bait Al-Suhaimi Ancient Islamic House
- Sharie Al-Muez (Al-Muez street)
- Khan El-Khalili Tourist Bazaar
