Cave church Garbage City and Coptic Cairo Hanging Church
The experience
Overview
Visit the Monastery of Saint Simon, also known as the Cave Church of Zabbaleen. It is located in the Mokattam Mountain, a short drive through the so called “Garbage City’ – a large population of garbage collectors or Zabbaleen that live there and Coptic Cairo the hanging church , Abe Serga church , then back safely to hotel
Cairo · 2294 Cultural & Historic · typical ~3,138 EGP · 523 EGP · good value
Why this one
Highlights
- ✦Private tour
- ✦Hotel pickup
The fine print
What's included
- ✓Air-conditioned vehicle
- ✓Bottled water
- ✓private tour
- ✓hotel pick up and drop off
- ✓lunch (based on the tour options you’ve booked)
- ✓Qualified Egyptologist tour guide(based on the tour options you’ve booked)
- ✕gratitude
Stop by stop
Itinerary
- 1Cave Church
- 2Coptic Cairo
Good to know
Frequently asked questions
- How long is this experience?
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- Can I cancel my booking?
- Yes — you can cancel free of charge up to 24 hours before it starts.
- What's included?
- Air-conditioned vehicle · Bottled water · private tour · hotel pick up and drop off · lunch (based on the tour options you’ve booked) · Qualified Egyptologist tour guide(based on the tour options you’ve booked)
What travellers say
Reviews (22)
As soon as I got in the car, the driver said there was a free trial today. I said, "Thank you, but no thanks. Please go straight to the cave church." After I finished visiting the cave church, the driver said we were going to visit a free experience now. I said no, please go directly to the next church! Then the driver asked me what church? I said it was like the second stop on my trip - the Hanging Church.He replied that he didn't know my itinerary included the Hanging Church. So I asked him to call his company to clarify. He then made several calls. While he was on the phone, I sent a messag
Karim, our guide was friendly and full of information. Peter, our driver did a wonderful job through hectic conditions. A different side of the city of Cairo and worth experiencing. We did turn down (learned from previous tours) visits to oil and essence shop and papyrus shop which are less learning experiences and more pushy sales.
Very educational and interesting. Driving through garbage city was not a pleasant experience though, but only one road to get you to cave church
Unique experience that gives you the chance to see a kind of reality foreign to us Westerners, beautiful churches carved into the rock. I would recommend it to anyone interested in learning about a glimpse of Egyptian life. Our driver, before taking us to our destination, however, led us inside four stores with the aim of making us buy something: this thing was not requested and liked by us.
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“Karim, our guide was friendly and full of information. Peter, our driver did a wonderful job through hectic conditions. A different side of the city of Cairo and worth experiencing. We did turn down (learned from previous tours) visits to oil and essence shop and papyrus shop which are less learning experiences and more pushy sales.”
