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Coptic Cairo and Museum Half-Day Trip

Price Starting From : $45

4 Hours

Cairo

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Experience Egypt's Christian heritage during our Coptic Cairo & Museum Half-Day Trip. The tour shows visitors the chief attractions within Cairo's ancient Christian district which contains centuries of churches and monasteries and historical artifacts about early Egyptian Christian groups.

The first stop at The Hanging Church (Saint Virgin Mary Coptic Orthodox With its impressive design and substantial religious value it offers visitors an experience they will remember. At the Coptic Museum, you can find an extraordinary assortment of Christian antiquities including beautiful icons alongside handwritten texts and religious artifacts that showcase early Christian Christian intersections between Egypt Greek civilization and Roman civilizations.

Two stops include the historical Ben Ezra Synagogue which marks the presumed discovery location of baby Moses together with Saint Sergius and Bacchus Church an essential 5th-century pilgrim destination. A journey through these historic sites lets you learn about how multiple religious traditions formed the cultural and spiritual legacy of ancient Egypt.

Overview

Inclusion

All transfers are provided from your hotel and back by Cairo Top Tours.
Enters the sites mentioned in the itinerary above of your Cairo tours.
An exclusive car for transportation with air conditioning to move to Coptic Cairo and the Coptic Museum.
Your Old Cairo Tour is provided with a professional Egyptologist tour guide.
Free bottle of water during your Coptic Cairo tour.
Cairo shopping tours if you request.
Food stops upon request.
The prices include all the taxes and service fees.

Exclusion

Anything not included in the program for our trip to Egypt.
Tipping is not included in the cost of your Coptic Cairo Tour.
Personal expenditures during the visit to Cairo.
Drink something along with your food.
Prices do not include Egypt Easter tours or Egypt Christmas and New Year trips.

Itinerary

Get started with your amazing Coptic Cairo Tour and never miss this lifetime opportunity, even if it is a layover in Cairo, Egypt. You will be met by our tour leader and transported in the morning by an exclusive air-conditioned vehicle to the area of the Roman Fortress of Babylon to pay a visit to the Hanging Church of the Holy Virgin Mary - which is constructed suspended above two towers of the fortress. Constructed at the southern gate, this is also in basilica style.

Continue your tour to visit St. Sergius Church which honors the Roman soldiers Sergius and Bacchus, who were martyred in Syria for their Christian faith in AD 296. The Synagogue of Ben Ezra is your next visit in the same area of Al Fustat during your Cairo Day Tours, which is the oldest Jewish Temple in Cairo dating from the 9th Century A.D and occupies the shell of a 4th-century Christian church. Continue your tour by visiting the Coptic Museum, the home of the world's largest collection of Egyptian Christian artifacts as the museum offers a sweeping overview of the history of Egypt from its very beginnings right through to the modern day.

You'll then be driven back to your Cairo hotel with our representative upon the completion of your Coptic Cairo Tour.

Accommodation

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1 Person

$105 Per Person

2 - 3 Persons

$65 Per Person

4 - 6 Persons

$55 Per Person

7 - 10 Persons

$45 Per Person

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Yes, you can add the Islamic tour and our tour guide will take you to visit Islamic sites like Al Azhar Mosque, Al Hussien Mosque, etc...

When visiting the Coptic Museum, there is no set dress code. But as the museum is situated in a place of worship, it is advised that you dress politely and modestly, covering your knees and shoulders. This is especially crucial if you also intend to visit any neighboring churches or other places of worship.

Wear what you are comfortable in. Comfortable shoes or sneakers are recommended.

The Coptic Museum Cairo was started by a man named Marcus Simaika in 1908. The museum shows the history of Egypt from a long time ago to now. It was built on land given by the Coptic Church, with Pope Cyril V taking care of it.

Al-Muizz Street is a long street that goes from one big gate in the north to another big gate in the south of the city. It's almost one kilometer long and was built a long time ago by a famous person named Badr al-Jamali.

The museum has around 20,000 old things like old books, pictures, clothes, and wooden objects from a really long time ago, starting from a really long time ago.

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