TOUR TO EGYPTIAN MUSEUM, CITADEL AND OLD CAIRO

Spend the day visiting the Egyptian Museum, and then visit the Islamic monuments of Cairo, Salah El Din Citadel, and the Mosque of Mohamed Ali. Move on to visit the Oldest Coptic churches. Copts live throughout Cairo and all over Egypt, especially Upper Egypt But this is an old and holy place, to Jews as well as Copts.

Our tour guide will pick you up from your hotel in Cairo to visit the Egyptian Museum, the Museum of Egyptian antiquities, there are over 100,000 exhibits that could easily fill half a dozen museums this size, a unique storehouse of one of the oldest and grandest civilizations on earth. Then proceed to visit the Mosque of Mohamed Ali inside the Citadel of Salah El Din, a Turkish delight on the Cairo skyline. When touring this most conservative part of the city you should dress and act with decorum. Women should not wear short dresses or too-revealing blouses. Inside mosques you must remove your shoes, or shoe covers will be provided. Lunch will be served in a local restaurant. Continue driving to the area of Islamic Cairo, where you will visit Khan El Khalili then move on to visit the oldest Coptic churches, the Hanging Church, Church of Abu Serga, and church of St. Barbara. Later you will be driven back to your hotel in Cairo.