Get beyond the basics and explore the holy sites, atmospheric neighbourhoods, and historic streets of Islamic Cairo on a full-day guided tour with an experienced guide.
Stroll the cobblestones that line one of the city's oldest streets, and visit the stunning mosques and religious schools in the historic El Darb El Asfar quarter.
Learn about traditional crafts as you walk Al Darb Al Ahmar, and take in the breathtaking architecture at Al Moez Street the richest street in the world that covered the majority of Islamic history periods.
Every corner of downtown Cairo has a story to tell. It's our job to help tell those stories, and give you a private local Cairo experience you won't soon forget. On this private Cairo tour, you'll discover icons of both ancient and modern history, finished up with a dinner of local delights.
you'll experience Cairo the way locals do and see the city from their perspective.
We'll start our Cairo tour at New Opera Square in Zamalek, winding our way through Cairo's ancient and recent history, emerging, fittingly, at Old Opera Square near Attaba.
From the city's most beautiful bridge spanning the Nile, we'll head towards Liberation Square, which hosted many events during the 2011 Egyptian Revolution and is a significant landmark in the city's modern history.
In addition to the beautiful 19th and 20th Century architecture featured in downtown Cairo, our walking tour will allow you to check out modern artwork in the form of graffiti. Typically, this graffiti expresses locals' views towards the Revolution and various political parties. In this area, every corner has its own story to tell, with most intersections featuring a statue of an important historical figure. Not to worry - your local guide will help fill in any gaps to give you a better context for what you're seeing.
To cap off your priavte local Cairo walking tour, we'll indulge in a local dish: Koshary, in an authentic local restaurant. Koshary is a mix of rice, pasta, lentils, fried onions, and chili sauce, and is one of our faves. You'll also have the chance to try Egyptian falafel and ice cream before the night is through, giving you a full taste of local life here, in just four short hours!
Get ready, get set, for an experience of a lifetime!
The Giza Plateau is a formation of three pyramids, where a father, son, and grandson constructed their afterlife tombs and mapped their journeys to the afterlife. It's still a bit of a mystery as to how the pyramids were constructed and how long they took to complete, but there's no question that the pyramids still represent the pinnacle of ancient Egyptian architectural accomplishments. The whole area, really, continues to hold many secrets yet to be uncovered, making the pyramids one of the most alluring and inviting places in the world. Our job is to help you tick off that bucket list item, and then some, with a half-day tour to the pyramids that's going to prove to you why everyone reveres this site so much.
What sets our Pyramids tour apart from the others is that we beat the tourists and arrive at the Giza Plateau well before the crowds and that ruthless midday sun. We also treat you to a local lunch! Pyramids, Sphinx, and lunch? Oh my!
Our day starts by seeing the guardian of the necropolis, the Sphinx (you know, the one with the missing nose!), which stands in front of the second Pyramid of Khepren. We will enter the Giza Plateau from the Sphinx Gate to beat the crowds to the site, and after seeing the Sphinx, we'll walk to the mysterious great pyramid of King Cheops, where you can marvel at the sheer size of the construction, and try and formulate your own theories as to how it was built.
Our private Pyramids tour continues to the second Pyramid of Giza, which is the second largest and the only pyramid that still carries part of its original casing. From there, we'll continue to the third and the smallest of the Giza Plateau pyramids. And no visit to the Pyramids of Giza would be completed without stopping at the panoramic view point where you get to see the all the pyramids of Giza in the one spot (and take a photo like the ones you see in travel books - free of tourists! Well, almost...)
Leaving the amazing pyramids behinds, we'll head back out to the streets of Cairo and stop by a local restaurant for lunch. We'll be treating you to Koshary, a dish of rice, pasta, lentils, fried onions, and chili sauce, and a favourite amongst young local Egyptians.
After lunch, we'll drop you back off at one of our starting points, where you can carry on your day (although we're pretty sure the Pyramids will have already been the highlight of the day!).
It is a unique religious tour of Cairo in which we will visit all three religious sites located next to Each other.
The visit will start by visiting the Babylon fortress built during Roman Period & stepping into St. George Church which was built on top of the fortress Towers, also will visit the Hanging church and continue to Saint Sergius church to see the cave where the holy family lived for almost 3 months.
Next to that we will visit the Jewish Ben Ezra synagogue which was built during the 10th century it's importance comes from the thousands of Geniza documents that had been found there. Then the tour will end by visiting the Islamic mosque of Amr Ibn ElAss, the first mosque in Egypt and Africa.
Join us on a special guided tour to visit one of the few remaining old Gates of Cairo Wall, which was built during the Fatimid period and is known as Bab Zewila. From the top of the wall, you will enjoy a breathtaking view of old Cairo. Afterward, you will continue the tour by visiting the tent market (khayamya), where you can shop for handmade special products.
The tour will then take you to the notorious Khan al-Khalili bazaar, where you can experience the classic Egyptian markets. Here, you will find a wide range of goods, from traditional clothing to jewelry and souvenirs. Enjoy bargaining with the vendors and discovering unique items to take home as a memory of your trip.
Drive by a modern air-conditioned vehicle to Wadi El-Natrun, the actual birthplace for Christian monasticism. Basically, there were about 50 monasteries, only 4 have survived into modern times. Begin your trip with Deir al-Baramus which is the oldest of the surviving 4 monasteries, and in many ways the most isolated, then proceeds to Deir Anba Bishoi whose body is still in the monastery. End your trip visiting Deir El-Suryani which is the smallest and most compact of the 4 monasteries.
Old Cairo is renowned for its antique churches. Al Moallaqa (the Suspended church) was built on the remains of the Roman fortress of Babylon. It was built at the turn of the IV century.
A wood carving represents Jesus Christ entering Jerusalem. It houses about ninety rare icons of basilican style. The Abu Sega Church, which dates from the IV century AC, was used by the holy family as a shelter on their escaping from King Herod. Virgin's church is one of the modern churches and has an especial importance after news spread of the appearance of the Virgin Mary on one of its tombs.
The Coptic Museum includes the finest collection of Coptic art and antiques in the world, including illuminated manuscripts, icons and textiles.
Memphis is one of the oldest cities, which was the capital of ancient Egypt throughout the old kingdom.
It includes the Temple for embalming the Sacred Apis Bull, which shows the various steps of embalming and the Alabaster Sphinx that dates back to the old kingdom.
Sakkara is the oldest Ancient Egyptian cemetery. It lies at a desert plateau, southwest of Cairo.
Discover the best mosques in Cairo and spend the finest spiritual times in Islamic Cairo as well as enjoy the beauty and splendor of Islamic architecture.
Cairo is called the city of a thousand minarets with its marvelous collection of mosques which back to many different Islamic eras, tour will cover the pearl of Islamic monuments the Mosque & School of Sultan Hassan which was built during the Mamlouky period, on the other side ElRefaei Mosque, built as per request of Khoushyar Haneem mother of Khedive, the mosque has tombs of most of Allawi royal Family such as khedive Ismail, his mother the founder of the Mosque, other royal members and most importantly the last king of Egypt, King Farouk, & the Iranian Shah Mohamed Reda Bahlawi.
Then continue the tour to explore the mosque of the 03rd Capital of Egypt (AlKataaya ) Built by Ahmed Ibn Tulun with it's specially designed mineral where you can explore the city from the top.
Spiritual visits are those that encourage souls to keep surviving, today's tour will be to the religious Christian sites that were blessed by the Holy Family during their running away Journey to Egypt from Roman persecution.
The visit will be to St.Sergis Churches where you will see the cave where the holy family stayed for almost 3 months & the Well where they got the water, also we also see the Hanging church, which was built on top on Babylon Fortress in the 10th century.
Then will drive to Virgin Mary Church in Maadi which was the last stopping spot for the Holy Family before sailing to upper Egypt. The site is known for the floating bible that is still preserved.
