Extensive Cairo

Muhammed Ali Mosque

Day 1              

Arrival at Cairo International Airport.
You will be met by Global Connect Travel representative to assist you through Airport formalities.
Transfer to your chosen hotel.
Overnight at Hotel in Cairo.

Day2  

Tour to visit The Egyptian Museum of Antiquities, known commonly as The Egyptian Museum or Museum of Cairo, is home to an extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts. It has over 120,000 items, with a representative amount on display, the remainder in storerooms awaiting the opening of The New Egyptian Museum. The edifice is one of the largest museums in the region, allow your Egyptologist to introduce you to some of its’ highlights; the treasures of King Tut Ankh Amun, as well as statues of almost every Pharaoh that ruled Ancient Egypt one day.Then visit The Citadel of Cairo which is characterized by hundreds of mosques, tombs, and fortifications. In 1979, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization proclaimed Historic Cairo a World Cultural Heritage site, as "one of the world's oldest Islamic cities, with its famous mosques, and fountains" and "the new center of the Islamic world, reaching its golden age in the 14th century. After visiting The Citadel of Salah El Din in Cairo, you will visit Mohamed Ali Mosque that also known as the Alabaster Mosque. Followed by a visit to one of the most and biggest mosques in Cairo which is El Sultan Hassan Mosque, El Sultan Hassan, the son of the great Mamluk Sultan. Then visit Al-Azhar Mosque, was the official mosque which has the Friday prayers. It built by the Great Fatimid army leader and the builder of Cairo, Gawhar El Seqelly. Visit Al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah of The Fatimid Caliphate, El Hussein Mosque in Cairo. Khan El-Khalili & El-Moez Street.

Day3               

Breakfast at Hotel.
Start your tour visiting The Great Pyramids of Giza Cheops, Chephren & Mykerino. You will have a close-up look at The Sphinx that has the head of a human, the body of a lion that guards the pyramids and sometimes the wings of a bird. The driver will stop for lunch at local restaurant for 40 mints  (not included) Then you will visit The Step Pyramid  (Built for king Zoser) at Saqqara, it is considered an important part of the process of the pyramid evolution, which were made from the simple mastaba to its widely known form.
Back to your Hotel.
Overnight at Hotel.

Day4               

After breakfast at Hotel, you will visit The Old Cairo that is also known as Coptic Cairo; it has been recognized as a holy place because some of the locations there has been visited by The Holy Family where the spiritual impact of their presence is most felt still.
The Old Cairo includes The Amr Bin al-Aas Mosque, also called The Mosque of Amr. It was the Fourth largest mosque in the Islamic world. Was originally built in 641-642 AD as the center of the newly founded capital of Egypt, Fustat. It was an Islamic learning center long before El-Azhar Mosque. It could hold up to 5,000 students. The mosque is also known as Taj al-Jawamie (Crown of Mosques, al-Jamie'al-Ateeq (the Ancient Mosque) after visiting The Mosque of Amr, you will visit Saint Virgin Mary's Coptic Orthodox Church, The Church of Mother of God Saint Mary in Egyptian Babylon also known as The Hanging Church is one of the oldest churches in Egypt and the history of a church on this site dates to the third century. Is named for its location above a gatehouse of Babylon Fortress, the Roman fortress in Coptic Cairo.
Visit The Church of Abu Serga (St Sergius) is traditionally believed to have been built on the spot where The Holy Family rested at the end of their journey into Egypt. This and the whole area of the Fort of Babylon is a destination of pilgrimage not only for the Egyptians but for Christians from around the world.
In old Cairo, you will be able to visit St. Barbara, St. George Convent, St. George Church (Greek Orthodox), The old Jewish synagogue – Ben Ezra Synagogue, The Ben Ezra Synagogue sometimes referred to as The El-Geniza Synagogue or the Synagogue of the Levantines (al-Shamiyin) It is located on the site where baby Moses was found. This was the synagogue whose geniza or store room was found in the 19th century to contain a treasure of abandoned Hebrew, Aramaic and Judeo-Arabic secular and sacred manuscripts.
Last but not least, you will have the lunch on board cruising restaurant.
Overnight at Hotel.

Day 5              

Breakfast at Hotel
Transfer to Cairo International Airport for final departure.

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