Excellent tour, outstanding guide! - I thoroughly enjoyed this informative, personalized tour of the magnificent Cairo Opera House, with visits to several typical Egyptian artisan shops. Hassan was an excellent guide. He was friendly and knowledgeable and the tour was a terrific opportunity to ask him questions about Egypt and to get to know Cairo. The inside performance area of the Opera House itself was closed for Covid, but we were able to have a fine tour of the outside of the building and the beautiful grounds around it. The architecture is stunning. Next, we visited a jewelry shop, a papyrus shop (where I especially enjoyed observing how papyrus paper is made) and an essential oils shop for a demonstration. This private tour was very interesting, Hassan is an outstanding guide and it was an excellent introduction to Cairo!