Pyramids of Giza &Sphinx - Citadel - Coptic Cairo Tour
Pyramids of Giza &Sphinx - Citadel - Coptic Cairo Tour
Pyramids of Giza &Sphinx - Citadel - Coptic Cairo Tour
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Our Guide will pick up from your hotel to start the tour to the Giza plateau where the only remaining wonder of the Ancient World, the legendary Pyramids of Giza still stands & the iconic Sphinx, Join your guide to a local restaurant to get your Egyptian lunch. then processed to Citadel of Mohamed Ali to be introduced to the Turkish designed mosque of Mohamed Ali (AKA Alabaster mosque)Then visit "The Coptic Cairo" where you will visit the "Hanging Church" which is dating back to the 3rd Century AD and was dedicated to Virgin Mary ,Then visiting "Saint Sergius and Bacchus Church".This whole area is a world famous destination for Pilgrims. Then The Church of St. George the Martyr, built into the walls of the Fort of Babylon and its remains could be Cairo’s oldest structures. And ending this tour with a visit to the "Jewish Synagogue of Ben Ezra" And possibly the mosque of Amr Ibn El-Aas. The oldest mosque in Egypt. After that Transfer to Your Hotel.
Itinerary
Pyramids of Giza
1 hours 15 minsAdmission Ticket Includedstart the tour to the Giza plateau where the only remaining wonder of the Ancient World, the legendary Pyramids of Giza still stands. Although it is 2,000 years older than any other wonder on the list.Great Sphinx
25 minsAdmission Ticket Includedwe will see the beauty of iconic Sphinx, the largest statue on earth with 72 meters in length and 23 meters high.Mosque of Muhammad Ali
45 minsAdmission Ticket Includedprocessed to Citadel of Mohamed Ali to be introduced to the Turkish designed mosque of Mohamed Ali (AKA Alabaster mosque)Coptic Cairo
1 hoursAdmission Ticket Includedyou will visit the "Hanging Church" which is dating back to the 3rd Century AD and was dedicated to Virgin Mary ,It's called "Hanging" because of its location above the gatehouse of the ancient Roman fortress "Babylon" .It contains 110 Holy icons depicting beautiful religious scenes. Then visiting "Saint Sergius and Bacchus Church" that it dates back to the 7th or 8th century. which is believed to have been built on the spot where the holy family rested at the end of their journey into Egypt. This whole area is a world famous destination for Pilgrims. Then The Church of St. George the Martyr, built into the walls of the Fort of Babylon and its remains could be Cairo’s oldest structures. And ending this tour with a visit to the "Jewish Synagogue of Ben Ezra" which gained its importance from its Geniza (Store room) was found during the 19th century containing a treasure of abandoned Hebrew secular and sacred manuscripts. And possibly the mosque of Amr Ibn El-Aas. The oldest mosque in Egypt.
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AUD 212.25
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