Civilization Museum Old Cairo and Mohamed Ali Mosque Day Tour

Highlights

Leistungen

Ablauf

1. Start your tour in a comfortable air conditioned vehicle to visit the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, it displays several objects intend to take you on a journey through the ancient Egyptian civilization across various key historical phases. Starting with the predynastic and ancient Egyptian periods continue across the Graeco- Roman, Coptic, Islamic and contemporary modern time. NMEC is located in the heart of Al-Fustat, the ancient Islamic capital of Egypt and surrounded by many religious complexes. Now take a breath, you are ready to meet the pharaohs – those great Kings and Queens who ruled Egypt thousands of years ago. With the moving of 22 mummies, including 18 kings and four queens, from the Egyptian Museum, in an event termed the Pharaohs’ Golden Parade. The Royal Mummies’ Hall is designed to display the mummies of the ancient Kings and Queens of Egypt.

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2. Then proceed to visit Islamic and Coptic old Cairo, start your tour at Babylon fortress which was established by the Roman emperor Trajan in the 2nd century AD; Admire the Hanging Church, one of the oldest churches in Egypt

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3. Visit the Greek Orthodox Monastery & Church of St George.

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4. See Ben Ezra Synagogue which is located on the spot where Moses as an infant was left in the basket according to the temple traditions.

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5. Visit the Church of St Sergius & Bacchus which is built over a cave where the Holy family had taken shelter after run away to Egypt

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6. Visit Amr ibn Al’As Mosque, the first and oldest mosque built in Egypt and Africa.

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7. There is always time to take a panoramic photo stop in Cairo and the river Nile before you visit the Citadel of Saladin and Mohammed Ali Alabaster Mosque built in Turkish style, very similar to the Blue Mosque in Turkey. The Mosque was designed by the architect Youssef Boushnaq, a Turkish man who came especially from Istanbul and built this great mosque for Mohamed Ali, the founder of modern Egypt, who ruled Egypt and his family after him from 1805 till 1952.

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8. There is always time to take a panoramic photo stop in Cairo and the river Nile before you visit the Citadel of Saladin and Mohammed Ali Alabaster Mosque built in Turkish style, very similar to the Blue Mosque in Turkey. The Mosque was designed by the architect Youssef Boushnaq, a Turkish man who came especially from Istanbul and built this great mosque for Mohamed Ali, the founder of modern Egypt, who ruled Egypt and his family after him from 1805 till 1952.

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Stornierung

Kostenlose Stornierung bis 24 Stunden vor Beginn, mit voller Rückerstattung.

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How it compares in Kairo

• Its from-price is 210% above the median of the 2673 tagesausflüge we list in Kairo.
• Its length is typical for the group.
• By number of reviews it ranks 1117 of 2673.
• The operator lists free cancellation on it.

About Kairo

Kairo, Ägyptens weitläufige Hauptstadt am Nil: Pyramiden von Gizeh, mittelalterliche Moscheen, lebhafte Basare und Schätze der Pharaonen.

Am Westrand der Stadt erheben sich die Pyramiden von Gizeh und die Große Sphinx auf dem Wüstenplateau, weiter südlich die Stufenpyramide von Sakkara und die Ruinen von Memphis. Kairos große Museen, das Ägyptische Museum am Tahrir-Platz und das riesige Große Ägyptische Museum am Plateau, bewahren Fundstücke aus Jahrtausenden.

Top-ranked sights in Kairo: Egyptian Museum (Museum of Egyptian Antiquities), Saqqara (Sakkara), Khan El-Khalili.

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