Explore Local Markets and Bazaars from Cairo

Highlights

Leistungen

Ablauf

1. Your local guide will pick you up from your hotel in an A/C vehicle and take you on an authentic shopping tour. Explore famous places for handmade products, such as cotton institutes, leather shops, essential oil stores, and shops offering different stone carvings, jewelry made of silver, gold, and local stones, papyrus, shoes, clothes, scarves, and even carpets. Even if you're not interested in buying anything, it's a wonderful experience to see these products, all made in Egypt, and meet the people behind these different industries. These designs and products are an important part of Egypt's culture. Whether you want to take a piece of Egypt with you or just get a closer look at the country's offerings, this tour is perfect for you.

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2. Throughout history, the allure of pleasant fragrances has remained constant. From ancient times to the present day, people have been drawn to delightful scents. In ancient Egypt, cleanliness was highly valued, and in ancient Greece, wearing a sweet-smelling fragrance was believed to please the gods. Greek medical thinkers also practiced an early form of aromatherapy, using certain scents to enhance health and well-being. Despite the passage of time, the role of perfume as a means of personal enhancement and cultural expression has remained an important aspect of human society.

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3. The ancient Egyptians utilized papyrus for a wide range of purposes, including creating paper, baskets, sandals, mats, rope, blankets, tables, chairs, mattresses, medicine, perfume, food, and clothing. Undoubtedly, papyrus was a significant "gift of the Nile".

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Stornierung

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

Gut zu wissen

How it compares in Kairo

• Its from-price is 32% below the median of the 2673 tagesausflüge we list in Kairo.
• Its length is typical for the group.
• 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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