Fatimid Islamic Cairo Day Tour

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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.

   2 hEntrée incluse

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.

   2 hEntrée incluse

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.

   1 hEntrée incluse

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.

   2 hEntrée incluse

Annulation

Annulation gratuite jusqu’à 24 heures avant le début de l’expérience, avec remboursement intégral.

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How it compares in Le Caire

• Its from-price is 63% above the median of the 10229 experiences we list in Le Caire.
• Its length is typical for the group.
• By number of reviews it ranks 248 of 10229.
• The operator lists free cancellation on it.

About Le Caire

Le Caire, capitale tentaculaire de l'Égypte sur le Nil : pyramides de Gizeh, mosquées médiévales, bazars animés et trésors des pharaons.

À la lisière ouest de la ville, les pyramides de Gizeh et le Grand Sphinx s'élèvent sur le plateau désertique, avec la pyramide à degrés de Saqqarah et les ruines de Memphis plus au sud. Les grands musées du Caire, le musée égyptien de la place Tahrir et le vaste Grand Musée égyptien près du plateau, abritent des objets qui couvrent des milliers d'années.

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

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