Private Coptic Cairo Tour | Hanging Church & Old Cairo
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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.
Cairo · 5282 Cultural & Historic · typical ~4,081 EGP · 1,255 EGP — good value
Highlights
- ✦Private tour
- ✦Hotel pickup
What's included
- ✓Bottled water
- ✓Tour guide
- ✕tipping
- ✕All Fees and Taxes
Itinerary
- 1Coptic 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)
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.
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
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!
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
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.
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!
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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.”





























