Private Full day to Coptic Cairo -Cave Church- Coptic Museum

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Duration:7 hours (approx.)
Location: Cairo, Egypt

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Egypt comprises of some of the most beautiful holy Coptic sites
visit the magnificent Saint Simon Church (Cave Church)
visit the "Hanging Church"
visiting "Saint Sergius and Bacchus Church"
visit The Church of St. George the Martyr
visit to the "Jewish Synagogue of Ben Ezra"
visit the Coptic Museum.

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1. Cave Church
Proceed to Moqatem for a chance to visit the magnificent Saint Simon Church (Cave Church), which is dedicated to the renowned shoemaker. While you admire the church's design and art-works, the professional Egyptologist will enlighten you about how Saint Simon played a vital role in moving the Mokattam Mountain. Apart from the architectural masterpieces, the heavenly vibes are sure to uplift you.
2. Coptic Cairo
Then going to "The Coptic Cairo" where you will visit the "Saint Sergius and Bacchus Church" that it dates back to the 7th or 8th century. Which is believed to have been built on the spot where the holy family rested at the end of their journey into Egypt. This whole area is a world famous destination for Pilgrims. Then The Church of St. George the Martyr, built into the walls of the Fort of Babylon and its remains could be Cairo’s oldest structures.
3. Hanging Church (El Muallaqa, Sitt Mariam, St Mary)
you will visit the "Hanging Church" which is dating back to the 3rd Century AD and was dedicated to Virgin Mary ,It's called "Hanging" because of its location above the gatehouse of the ancient Roman fortress "Babylon" .It contains 110 Holy icons depicting beautiful religious scenes.
4. Synagogue Ben Ezra
And ending this tour with a visit to the "Jewish Synagogue of Ben Ezra" which gained its importance from its Geniza (Store room) was found during the 19th century containing a treasure of abandoned Hebrew secular and sacred manuscripts
5. The Coptic Museum
End your tour by the treasury collection at the Coptic Museum.

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Posted By : Narelle_L
Amazing trip through the chaotic Cairo streets. Seeing the church built into the side of a mountain was great and wonderful acoustics. Garbage town was interesting. A very informative tour of Coptic Cairo. The museum had some great artefacts. I would recommend this tour.
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Posted On : 2024-03-28 12:19:51

Posted By : Narelle018
Excellent, informative private tour. Fantastic history lesson. Amazing driving through the chaos of Cairo traffic.
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Posted On : 2024-03-27 04:53:59

Posted By : itsallabouto
I enjoyed my tour with Manar and Azzat. Manar and Azzat were my guides to the Cave Church, the Hanging Church, the Coptic Museum, Coptic Cairo and the Synagogue Ben Ezra. Manar openly shared with me her vast knowledge of Egypt's history. I encourage you to book this tour through Travelish Tours. You won't be disappointed.
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Posted On : 2024-03-07 14:18:47

Posted By : U1993DQlawrencel
Great day out doing the Coptic Cairo tour with Manar. She provided insightful, comprehensive and interesting explanations on the various spots and churches we visited. Manar is very friendly, chatty and kept us entertained throughout the tour.

We were taken to a pretty cool local restaurant for lunch and thanks for showing us authentic Egyptian food!

Driver Mr Ahmed was also friendly and constantly held doors opened for us.

Thank you to Manar and Ahmed for the experience.
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Posted On : 2023-11-17 08:05:24

Posted By : Navigate03391478503
Manar, our tour guide, was professional and knowledgeable. She contacted us the night before and sent her photo so we could easily find her at our hotel. She again texted when she arrived. She helped us get coffee. She gave lots of background on every site we toured and even while we were driving to the site.
She was flexible—she added some sites on the tour that we requested. The included lunch was good and not like anything I would eat in the US.

Mahmoud was a safe and professional driver.

The church cave is magnificent. We were the only tourists there. The garbage city was interesting. The Coptic museum is interesting. I recommend you go on this tour.
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Posted On : 2023-09-29 04:26:02

Posted By : guillermogN6775HD
It was an incredible visit to very different places. St Simon Church and the garbage city vs. The hanging church, coptic museum and St Serge and ST Bachus Church. We learned a lot about Cairo's history and present.
Manar, our guide is a charming, informed and excellent tour guide.
We had enogh time in every site and enjoyed the explanations and comments of Manar.
Lunch was at a Koshary place, the food was great
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Posted On : 2023-09-08 16:22:49

Posted By : Gavin_Connolly
This was our second tour with Travelish Tours, and needless to say, another outstanding tour provided. The Cave Church is really fascinating place, we also saw the Virgin Mary's tree, and the well which she drank from, which was very interesting too. This tour was guided by Abla Saif, who was an exceptional guide, very knowledgeable, good fun, and she was very easy to talk to. The tour was organised from Mahmoud, who is just exceptional at planning and organising everything from start to finish. Don't hesitate to go with Travelish Tours, you'll not just get a good tour, but amazing people looking after you and great customer service with every experience!
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Posted On : 2023-05-02 22:08:13

Posted By : O3053IQrachelh
My family and I wanted to visit the Coptic section of Cairo while staying in the city, and we decided to go with this specific tour because the first stop was the Cave Church. Let me tell you, we were not disappointed. Our guide, Abanoub, was fantastic. He was very passionate about the history and traditions of the Coptic Church, and extremely knowledgeable about the art styles we encountered. Lunch was very nice as well. The only thing I wish we had more time to explore was the Coptic Museum. Abanoub did a great job showing us the most important artifacts, but it would have been nice to have more time to explore. Overall though, we had an amazing time. My family members mentioned over and over how glad they were we visited the Coptic sector throughout the rest of the trip.
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Posted On : 2023-03-01 22:35:54

Posted By : Dorairajan K
The company should not force people to provide reviews for their own benefit. We were continually harassed, video-ed without our explicit permission, to add review for their company. If the tour was good enough, we would leave a review ourselves. The lunch was provided from a road-side stall. When we pay for premium service, we expect one. The company was cutting-corners.
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Posted On : 2023-01-20 14:15:18

Posted By : Marianela_A
We did the coptic Cairo tour with Manar Nabil and driver Abdallah. Manar knows a lot about coptic art (she´s majoring on it), so you can rest assured that she has knowledge in the subject and explains with great detail. Plus, she really loves it!
I would recommend doing this tour, specially if you want to see a different side of Cairo.

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Posted On : 2021-10-18 20:36:47