Fatimid Islamic Cairo Day Tour

Highlights

Leistungen

Ablauf

1. Your tour guide will pick you up from your hotel, where you will begin your day tour. The Museum of Islamic Art in Cairo is the largest Islamic museum in the world, as it includes a variety of Islamic art from India, China and Iran through the arts of the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, Egypt, North Africa and Andalusia.

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2. It is the most important mosque in Egypt at all, and one of the historical strongholds for spreading and teaching Islam. It is also one of the most famous ancient mosques in Egypt and the Islamic world. Its construction dates back to the beginning of the Fatimid era in Egypt The mosque is the second oldest continuously existing university in the world after Al-Qarawiyyin University.

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3. The street includes 221 Islamic monuments, and it is a street that represents the heart of the old city of Cairo, which was developed to be an open museum of Islamic architecture and antiquities. With the emergence of the city of Cairo during the era of the Fatimid state in Egypt, Al-Moez Street arose. The layout of the city was permeated by a main street extending from Bab Zuweila in the south to Bab Al-Futuh in the north parallel to the Gulf. It was called the Great Street. And the spiritual of the city, and combines the arts of Egyptian, Ottoman, Andalusian and Byzantine architecture in mosques, fountains, kottaib, takaya and houses.

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4. The Qansuh Al-Ghouri Agency is an agency or hotel that was established during the reign of Qansuh Al-Ghouri in the year (909 AH - 1504 AD.) on Muhammad Abdo Street, off Al-Azhar Street. The agency consists of a rectangular open courtyard, surrounded on all sides by rooms on five floors. Its main facade is located on the south side, and it has the main entrance to the agency. The first floor is accessed by a stone staircase. On the first floor there are about 30 holders, and on the three upper floors there are 29 houses. It is believed that the carriers of the ground and first floors were used as stores for merchants, and it is believed that most of the visitors to this agency were also merchants. Finally at the end of the tour our representative will transfer you to your hotel.

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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 63% above the median of the 10229 experiences we list in Kairo.
• Its length is typical for the group.
• By number of reviews it ranks 248 of 10229.
• 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.

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