Tour to the Egyptian Museum, Old Cairo and The citadel
In this tour, you are going to understand the ancient and modern culture, religion and most of the history of Egypt.
The Egyptian Museum:
The Egyptian Museum in Cairo it’s the most famous museum in Egypt as it contains the best monuments from the pre-dynastic period, archaic period, and the pharaonic era.
In the Egyptian museum, we are going to see also the mummies of the royal families and the animal mummies.
The museum also has the collection of the most famous king Tut Ankh Amen.
Old Cairo:
Old Cairo it’s known by the multi-religion complex because there is the first mosque in Egypt, about seven churches and the Jewish temple, so there is a collection of the three holly religion Islam, Christianity, and Judaism.
Al Fustat was built by the Muslim army leader Amr Ibn Al-Aas from about 1365 years ago; they took one year to make it; it was overlooking the Nile.
The Citadel:
The Citadel’s the biggest in Egypt; it built during the reign of Saladin; it relied on Muqattam hills to be the principal seat of government.
Now we would give you a brief idea about Cairo:
Cairo is the 4th Islamic capital in Egypt after Al-Fustat, Al-Askar, and Al-Qataie.
The Fatimid army leader Gawhar Al-Saqlabi built Cairo for the Muslims who were of Shia sect
So, it was built by the Fatimid army leader Gawhar Al-Saqlabi for the Muslims who were of the Shia sect, and it made in 969 AD.
There is a lot of places to visit here also there is a lot of activities, so don’t miss to do it like:
- Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
- Khan El Khalily bazaar.
- Food tour.
- The Islamic museum.
- Felucca in the Nile River.
- Dinner Nile Cruise.
- salah el din citadel
Overview
Tour to the Egyptian Museum, Old Cairo and The citadel
In this tour, you are going to understand the ancient and modern culture, religion and most of the history of Egypt.
Highlights
- The hanging church.
- Babylon fortress.
- St. George church.
- Abu Serga Church.
- St. Barbara church
- The Synagogue.
- The citadel.
- The mosque of Mohammed Ali.
- The police museum.
- The military museum.