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Full-Day Cairo Tour: Explore Egyptian Museum, Citadel and Old Cairo's Historic Churches
5.0
16 Ratings
Cairo
Admire artifacts from Ancient Egypt in the Egyptian Museum. Then visit Salah El Din Citadel, constructed in 1183 AD, and Mohamed Ali Mosque, built inside the castle in the 19th century. Tour Old Cairo, the site of a city that per-dated Cairo with many historic churches like the Hanging church.
Duration:
8 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities - The Egyptian museum in Cairo houses over 120,000 artifacts, including the contents of Tutankhamen’s tomb and most of the mummies that have been discovered since the 19th century. The museum’s exhibits span from the beginning of the Old Kingdom of Ancient Egypt (approximately 2700 BC) through the Greco-Roman period.The building consists of two floors. On the ground floor, you can follow the history of Egypt from the Old Kingdom up through the Greco-Roman period by turning left at the entrance and looping around the museum. This provides a good background for most of Egypt’s ancient history.
Visit the Egyptian Museum
See the Golden Mask
What's Included
- Entrance fees to major sites
- Private tour with a qualified Egyptologist guide
- Transport by air-conditioned minivan and private vehicle
- All taxes, fees, and handling charges included
- Lunch and snacks provided
- Complimentary bottled water
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
Additional Information
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
Location
The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities
Midan El Tahrir, Geographical Society Building
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Caropami
Feb 23, 2024
Complete - We had a great time, we saw the most important places in Cairo, the guide Monica was very good, friendly, smiling, with a lot of knowledge of the places, very attentive to all our requests and doubts, she tried very hard to make sure we had a good time! And everything was very well organized. The tour ended almost at 6:30. We had time for everything. Many thanks for everything! We would return happily!!
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Z5598fmerinp
Jan 21, 2024
The best time in Egypt with Marco! - My husband and I did three tours with Marco because we loved him so much as our tour guide! He was so knowledgeable about everything we could’ve wanted to know about ancient Egypt and all of Egyptian history.
Marco knows everyone at the tourist sites and can get you into all these unique places that you can’t get to alone or with another tour guide. He is truly unique and our time with him was so special. We will always remember him and our trip in Egypt because of his kindness and guidance.
We also worked with our driver Muhamed for all three tours. He got us everywhere super safely and promptly and was just so kind the whole time. He made our experience very comfortable and nice with his great smile. 😊
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Y6664smchrisw
Jan 20, 2024
Great Day in Old Cairo - What a fantastic day in Old Cairo. My guide Marco and driver Mohammed Ali were excellent. Marco listened very closely to my wishes and crafted a perfect day covering Christian and Islamic sites as well as the museum of civilization. I will definitely be booking another tour next time I am in Cairo.
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Ruhi_r
Dec 26, 2023
A day in Cairo - We had a wonderful day with our tour guide Marco Kyrillus who was amazing and had very good knowledge of the Egyptian History . He was very flexible and made sure he answered all our questions patiently . He also made sure we had good dinner !!! Thanks for wonderful private tour today , looked forward to booking more tours in the future too
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Clareax5597lf
Dec 23, 2023
Fantastic day exploring old Cairo and Civilisations museum with Marco - This was a really interesting tour, the Churches had a lot of history and it was great to see Old Cairo not just Giza. The Civilisation museum was also very impressive. A highlight was definitely seeing Ramses II and Seti I mummies!
Our amazing tour guide Marco organised a wonderful lunch at Abou Tarek who specialise in the national Egyptian dish which was delicious. He made the whole day go so smoothly and completely hassle free. Can’t recommend him enough, he is so knowledgeable about all the sites and facilitated a wonderful, fun, in depth tour of a lesser visited part of Egypt.
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Mala112
Dec 23, 2023
Marco brought Egypt history to life for us! - Can not praise Marco, our guide, enough. He is so knowledgeable and so honest and helpful. He made Cairo a pleasure to visit and see. Loved the entire experience. Our group got so much out of our time here.
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Jabsa2023
Dec 5, 2023
Fantastic day at Cairo - The trip has been fantastic! Both my guide and driver were extremely friendly, professional, and knowledgeable about every site we went to.
A definite recommendation from today’s experience.
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Jerome
Nov 21, 2023
Highly recommended! Marko and Badr! - 5/5! We got Marko (tour guide) and Badr (driver) for this trip. They didn’t give us a hard time and they were very helpful every step of the way. Marko was very knowledgeable regarding Egyptology and Badr was always on time whenever we had to go to the next stop. Highly recommended!!
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Dreamer68192980842
Oct 11, 2023
Marcos was the best guide ever! - Marcos was a wonderful guide. He was proficient in reading hyrogyphics and very accommodating. He bought us extra little things that didnt come with our package just because he wanted us to try it. He was kind and a good man. He knew soo much my brain couldnt hold all the knowlege he imprated to us.
He also takes great pictures!
My absolute favorite part was when he took us to see how papyrus was made. ::smiles::
If you book with this company ask for Marcos!
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Marilizeholtshausen
Oct 1, 2022
Unforgettable experience - We had a wonderful time visiting the Egyptian museum, Citadel, coptic Cairo and El Khallili Bazaar. Ebrahim was knowledgeable and explained all the history and more to us. We had a great time with him
And nothing was too much effort. Well organised tours and enough time to do and see everything. Ebrahim is an excellent tour guide and I would recommend him anytime!
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