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🏛️ Cultural & Historic4.3(4)· 📍 Cairo, Egypt

Half Day trip to Islamic Cairo & Mosque Of Ibn Tulun

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Half Day trip to Islamic Cairo & Mosque Of Ibn Tulun
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Overview

Experience a unique part of Cairo with a guided tour of the City of the Dead, an ancient cemetery that’s alive with life. Explore its crowded aisles of beautiful Islamic architecture with a local guide, and learn why so many Cairenes (around 500,000) are living alongside gravestones and mausoleums. This tour includes round-trip transport, as well as bottled water and snacks for your convenience.

How this compares

Cairo · 5197 Cultural & Historic · typical ~4,030 EGP · 2,410 EGPgood value

Highlights

  • Private tour
  • Hotel pickup

What's included

  • All transfers by a private air-conditioned vehicle
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Guide on site
  • Bottled water
  • Personal Items
  • Tipping

Itinerary

  1. 1
    Cairo
  2. 2
    Citadel of Saladin
  3. 3
    Al-Rifa'i Mosque
  4. 4
    Mosque and Madrasa of Sultan Hassan
  5. 5
    Mosque of Ibn Tulun
  6. 6
    Al-Azhar Mosque
  7. 7
    Cairo

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?
All transfers by a private air-conditioned vehicle · Hotel pickup and drop-off · Guide on site · Bottled water

Reviews (4)

4.3
★★★★
Based on 4 verified reviews
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Alex_D
★★★★★
Dec 2024

Thanks for a great and informative day Azhoma! Lots to see and take lovely pictures. It's a interesting tour. Thanks to the driver as well for patiently waiting too!

J
Janis K
★★★★★
Mar 2016

During my two weeks' trip around the country this was my best tour. You people are lucky if you get as a guide Reda ELGendy and the driver Hazim. Thank you guys !

A
Annette R
★★
Dec 2015

I could have definitely done without this. The guide was great and very knowledgeable. But it was very depressing and I felt constantly being asked for money because it is where the poorest of the poor live.

R
Ruediger_G
★★★★★
May 2017

Hoch interessant ! Zunächst scheute sich der insgesamt sehr freundliche ältere Führer, der stets Getränke und kleine Süßigkeiten zur Stärkung bereit hatte, wohl ein wenig, mir die Realität zu zeigen und wich etwas aus, dann kamen wir aber doch dorthin, wo die Menschen, die sich kein eigene Wohnung leisten können, in den Grabhäusern ihrer Verstorbenen auf dem Friedhof wohnen. Eine merkwürdige Atmosphäre zwischen Leben und Tod, aber sehr erlebenswert, zumal sich nur wenige Touristen dorthin verirren und man dadurch einen recht individuellen Eindruck des Lebens in Kairo bekommt. Mein freundlicher

2,410 EGP/ per person
4.3(4)verified reviews
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During my two weeks' trip around the country this was my best tour. You people are lucky if you get as a guide Reda ELGendy and the driver Hazim. Thank you guys !
Janis K
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