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🏛️ Cultural & Historic4.4(7)· 📍 Cairo, Egypt

Private Coptic Cairo Tour | Hanging Church & Old Cairo

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Private Coptic Cairo Tour | Hanging Church & Old Cairo
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Duration
3-6h
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Cancellation
Free 24h before

Overview

Coptic Christians have a long history in Cairo. Go deeper into their world with a private guide on this half-day tour. First, visit historic Coptic Cairo, including the Hanging Church and Abu Serga, where some believe the Holy Family stayed. Then, discover the gigantic Cave Church (St. Simon the Tanner Monastery), carved out of rock by the city’s garbage collectors during the 1970s. Entrance fees are at your own expense.

How this compares

Cairo · 5282 Cultural & Historic · typical ~4,081 EGP · 1,255 EGPgood value

Highlights

  • Private tour
  • Hotel pickup

What's included

  • Bottled water
  • Tour guide
  • tipping
  • All Fees and Taxes

Itinerary

  1. 1
    Coptic Cairo

Frequently asked questions

How long is this experience?
3-6h
Can I cancel my booking?
Yes — you can cancel free of charge up to 24 hours before it starts.
What's included?
Bottled water · Tour guide

Reviews (7)

4.4
★★★★
Based on 7 verified reviews
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Aage_A
★★★★★
Feb 2025

We were on a guided tour of Coptic Cairo and its churches. Our guide was Dalida Sarhan, and she was exceptionally skilled. She had great insight and spoke with great empathy about the churches and the neighborhood. She was also a great communicator for my son, who afterwards thought it had been a fantastic trip. Can only be recommended.

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andreys
Mar 2024

There is a lot to see in this tour, but the guide was awfull. She was late, not so good in language skills and only the very basic knowlege on the subject

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Gaurav_S
★★★★★
Feb 2024

A lovely morning exploring the historic Coptic Churches of Cairo … Rana was a very friendly and knowledgeable guide, and very flexible in letting me have quiet time for prayer and reflection in the churches. The transportation was very comfortable, and the story of “Garbage City” (which I had not heard of) fascinating. A fantastic experience, highly recommended!

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Anita_B
★★★★★
Nov 2023

We visited the places we wanted to see. They ticked every box on my wish list. Nothing was too much trouble. Darida and Omar made us feel welcome and safe and they were both very knowledgable and passionate about the places we visited and they ensured that we got as much out of it as we could. They knew the answers to all of our questions straight away. I wouldn’t hesitate in recommending these guides they were superb. I am a travel vlogger and they will appear in my vlog in the next few weeks so if you want to see them in action my channel is Designs by la mer. At the end they were kind enoug

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Roberta_L
★★★★★
Feb 2023

Oh boy, Dalita was so fun, knowledgeable, pleasant, anxious to share her city with us. We learned so much and felt that her only goal was to open our eyes to the Coptic world.

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Daniel_L
★★★★★
Jan 2023

Very interesting and underrated tour! You'll get to see another side of Egypt. Our tour guide Mahmoud was very friendly and flexible. He helped us to take a lot of good photos as well. Highly recommended!

1,255 EGP/ per person
4.4(7)verified reviews
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Oh boy, Dalita was so fun, knowledgeable, pleasant, anxious to share her city with us. We learned so much and felt that her only goal was to open our eyes to the Coptic world.
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