Cairo Cave Church Monastery St Simon Garbage City Private Tour
- 2 hours
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- 3 languages
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
Cairo is packed with iconic attractions—so many, that most travelers miss its more off-the-beaten-track offerings. Visit three unique sights related to the city’s Christian minority during this two-hour private tour. Travel through “Garbage City,” home to Coptic trash collectors, see where the Virgin Mary is believed to have appeared, and visit the cave-dug monastery of Simon the Tanner. Air-conditioned transportation and admission tickets are included. Relax with front-door pickup and drop-off from any Cairo hotel Listen to in-depth explanations from your own personal guide Skip the tourist track and explore the city’s more unusual attractions Private tours ensure a personalized experience
Inclusions
What's included
- Qualified Egyptologist tour guide(based on the tour options you’ve booked)
- Hotel pick up and drop off
- Bottled water
- private tour
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- Egyptian traditional lunch (based on the tour options you’ve booked)
Itinerary
driver or guide will pick you up from hotel to start your tour to one o hidden place Formally known as St. Simon the Tanner Monastery, Cairo’s vast Cave Church pays tribute to a miracle St. Simon (also written St. Samaan or St. Simeon) is believed to have performed. The city’s Coptic Orthodox Christian garbage collectors (Zabbaleen) dug the church out of the Mokattam mountain during the 1970s.
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Reviews
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Know before you go
- Pickup
- Pickup is included for everyone.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Operated by
- Hesham Egypt tour guide
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
How it compares in Cairo
- Its from-price is 88% below the median of the 10229 experiences we list in Cairo.
- It is shorter than most of them.
- By number of reviews it ranks 345 of 10229.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Cairo
Cairo is Egypt's sprawling capital on the Nile, where the Pyramids of Giza meet medieval mosques, busy bazaars and the treasures of the pharaohs.
On the western edge of the city, the Pyramids of Giza and the Great Sphinx rise from the desert plateau, with the step pyramid of Saqqara and the ruins of Memphis further south. Cairo's great museums, the Egyptian Museum on Tahrir Square and the vast Grand Egyptian Museum beside the plateau, hold artefacts spanning thousands of years.
Top-ranked sights in Cairo: Egyptian Museum (Museum of Egyptian Antiquities), Saqqara (Sakkara), Khan El-Khalili.
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