Our guide will pick you up from your hotel to start your private Coptic and Islamic Cairo Tour.
First of all, you will visit Citadel of Mohamed Ali to be introduced to the Turkish designed mosque of Mohamed Ali (AKA Alabaster mosque) which was designed by the architect Yousef Bushnaq, a Turkish man who came especially from Istanbul to build this great mosque for Mohamed Ali, it was begun in 1830 (finished in 1857) in the Ottoman style. You can see also the Gawhara palace of Mohamed Ali built by Mamluks and Ottmanian. Drive to Ahmed Ibn Tulun mosque (the third oldest mosque in Egypt. Then see The Gayer-Anderson Museum in Cairo houses the immense collection of artifacts from Asia and North Africa by Orientals, Gayer- Anderson. It was the venue of some scenes from the James Bond film, The Spy who loved me. Then going to "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 ,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. End your tour by the treasury collection at the Coptic Museum. Then Travel in comfort back to your hotel.