Classical Cairo Citadel, Old Cairo And Khan El Khalili Market

In the morning. Your  tour guide will be pick you up from your hotel in Cairo to visit the highlights of Cairo. Start your tour and We will head to the first stop in our tour

Citadel including Mohamed Ali Mosque

Saladin began building a castle on top of the Muqattam Mountain in a place known as Qubbet el-Hawa. However, he did not complete it during his lifetime. It was completed by Sultan Al-Kamil bin Al-Adil. The first person to inhabit it was King Al-Kamil, who made it his royal residence. It remained so until the reign of Khedive Ismail.

The Mosque of Muhammad Ali, or the Alabaster Mosque, is one of the famous historical mosques in Cairo. It was built by Muhammad Ali Pasha between 1830 and 1848 in the Ottoman style, similar to the Sultan Ahmed Mosque in Istanbul. It is sometimes called the Alabaster Mosque because of the frequent use of this type of marble in covering its walls.

Old Islamic Cairo

The fastest full tour to visit most of the landmarks of Al-Muizz Street and the monuments around it on foot, if you have a car, start by parking it in the study garage and walking west to Al-Azhar Mosque and the monuments around it, or start the tour from Al-Azhar Mosque, then head north to Al-Hussein Mosque and from there to Al-Gamaleya Street until you exit Bab Al-Nasr, then head west and enter Bab Al-Futuh and head south on Al-Muizz Street until you reach Sayyida Al-Nafisa Square. The direct distance of this tour is approximately 8 km, which can be covered on foot, not counting the time taken to visit each landmark, in approximately an hour and a half. As for the short tour to visit the landmarks of Al-Muizz Street, it starts from Bab Al-Futuh to Bab Zuweila or vice versa, and the direct distance of this tour is approximately 2.5 km, which can be covered on foot, not counting the time taken to visit each landmark, in approximately half an hour.

Khan El Khalili Market

It has a great tourist attraction for visitors to Cairo and Egypt in general. It is characterized by the presence of markets, bazaars, shops and popular restaurants, as well as the large number of tourists and the familiarity of its residents with them. The old “Khan El Khalili” neighborhood is 600 years old, as it is considered one of the oldest markets in Egypt and the Middle East, and it still maintains its old architecture since the Mamluk era.

After finishing your day tour. You will be transferred back to your hor hotel in Cairo.