Tour Islamic landmarks in Cairo including Salah El Din Citadel, Mohamed Ali Mosque, El Rifai Mosque, El Sultan Hassan Mosque, Al-Azhar, El Hussein Mosques, and make sure to stop by the Khan Khalili Bazaar in Cairo.
Tour Islamic landmarks in Cairo including Salah El Din Citadel, Mohamed Ali Mosque, El Rifai Mosque, El Sultan Hassan Mosque, Al-Azhar, El Hussein Mosques, and make sure to stop by the Khan Khalili Bazaar in Cairo.
- Cairo Citadel - A Sun Pyramids Tours representative will collect guests from their hotel at 10:00 am and transport them to the Citadel of Salah El Din in Cairo. Here, visitors will explore the Mohamed Ali Mosque, renowned as one of Cairo’s most stunning mosques. It is also referred to as the Alabaster Mosque due to its exterior walls being clad in…
- Cairo Citadel - A Sun Pyramids Tours representative will collect guests from their hotel at 10:00 am and transport them to the Citadel of Salah El Din in Cairo. Here, visitors will explore the Mohamed Ali Mosque, renowned as one of Cairo’s most stunning mosques. It is also referred to as the Alabaster Mosque due to its exterior walls being clad in Alabaster Stone.
- Al-Rifa’i Mosque - The tour continues with a visit to the prominent Al-Rifa’i Mosque, situated opposite the Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan, which dates back to around 1361. Architecturally designed to complement the older structure, this mosque was part of a 19th-century initiative by Egypt’s rulers to link themselves with the esteemed past of Egypt’s Islamic history while modernizing the city.
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Mosque and Madrasa of Sultan Hassan - Guests will visit one of Cairo’s largest mosques, the El Sultan Hassan Mosque, also known as
Madrasa El Sultan Hassan, established by Sultan Hassan in 1356 A.D. The mosque was designed to house schools for all four Sunni schools of thought: Shafi’i, Maliki, Hanafi, and Hanbali. - Al-Azhar Mosque - The tour proceeds to Al-Azhar Mosque in Cairo, also known as the mosque of the most resplendent. Commissioned by Al-Mu’izz li-Din Allah of the Fatimid Caliphate for the newly founded capital in 970, its name is believed to honor the Islamic prophet Muhammad’s daughter Fatimah, a revered figure in Islam, known as Az-Zahrā, the shining or resplendent one. It was the first mosque established in Cairo, a city now nicknamed “the City of a Thousand Minarets.”
- Al-Hussein Mosque - The tour then moves to Khan El Khalili Bazaars, famous for their exquisite brassware, copper, perfumes, leather, silver, gold, antiques, and more.
Conclude the day tour with a visit to El Hussein Mosque in Cairo, a revered mosque believed to be the burial site of the head of the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson. At the end of the tour, the guide will return guests to their hotel in Cairo.
Note: Pick-up/drop-off from Cairo airport, Sphinx airport, New Administrative Capital, New Cairo, Heliopolis, Badr City, Shorouk, Rehab, Obour, Sheraton Almatar, Sheikh Zayed city, Ring Rd, Mirage City, Meridian Airport, or Madinaty City will incur an additional cost.

- Private tour guide
- All transfers by a private modern air-conditioned vehicle
- Pick up services from your hotel & return
- All taxes & service charge
- Entrance fees to all the mentioned sites
- Lunch
- Bottled water during your trip
- Private tour guide
- All transfers by a private modern air-conditioned vehicle
- Pick up services from your hotel & return
- All taxes & service charge
- Entrance fees to all the mentioned sites
- Lunch
- Bottled water during your trip
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- Any extras not mentioned in the program
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- Tipping
- beverages and water during lunch.
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- Any extras not mentioned in the program
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- Tipping
- beverages and water during lunch.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.