Islamic and Coptic Day Tour

Your Egyptologist will pick you up from your hotel, to enjoy the Cairo religious tour, visiting the most interesting religious sites in the city. Islamic Cairo Tour is one of the most remarkable tours in Egypt. If you are eager to know more about when and how Islam entered Egypt, how Muslims pray and fast, what are different architectural features of Mamluk and Ottoman style, you should pay a visit to these Islamic attractions. First you start your day with a visit to the two mosques of Sultan Hassan and Refaei known as the Pyramids of Islamic architecture. Though, they both seem from the same era but the fact is there are about 500 years in between. The mosque of Refaei is built by one of the royal family of Mohammed Ali, the founder of modern Egypt. It is marked by its richly decorated ceiling and housing tombs for the last Royal Family of Egypt members in addition to the grave of the last King of Iran "The Shah of Iran". Sultan Hassan Mosque and Madrassa was built in 1356 AD and it is marked by its style as it serves as a school for teaching the Four Sects of Sunni Islam. The arched ceiling of the main prayer hall is the most beautiful ever in Islamic architecture. Then, wrap your day tour by visiting Coptic Cairo or Old Cairo as called by the modern Egyptians. According to researchers, it was St. Mark who introduced Christianity to Egypt. To learn more about Coptic Cairo's rich history, check out neighborhood attractions like Hanging Church and that of Saints Sergius and Bacchus Church or the Cavern Church. You'll also find a significant Jewish monument, the Ben Ezra Synagogue which was a church converted to a synagogue. End of the tour, pay a visit to the Coptic Museum with all what it houses from the treasures of Christian Egypt brought from different monasteries and churches.