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🏛️ Cultural & Historic5.0(38)· 📍 Cairo, Egypt

Private Tour in Cairo Citadel

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Private Tour in Cairo Citadel
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Overview

Built by Saladin during the 12th century and developed over time, the Cairo Citadel houses a wealth of mosques and museums. Your Egyptologist guide can tailor this door-to-door tour to your interests: as well as visiting the celebrated Alabaster Mosque (Mosque of Muhammad Ali), you might choose to visit the police museum, the military museum, or the Madrassa of Al-Nasir Muhammad. Please note: entrance fees are at your own expense.

How this compares

Cairo · 5282 Cultural & Historic · typical ~4,081 EGP · 2,460 EGPgood value

Highlights

  • Private tour
  • Hotel pickup

What's included

  • Air-conditioned vehicle
  • Private transportation
  • Bottled water
  • Qualified Egyptologist guide
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Entrance fee for Cairo Citadel - 10.00 USD per person
  • Lunch
  • Gratuities

Itinerary

  1. 1
    Citadel of Saladin
  2. 2
    Mosque of Muhammad Ali

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 · Private transportation · Bottled water · Qualified Egyptologist guide · Hotel pickup and drop-off

Reviews (38)

5.0
★★★★★
Based on 38 verified reviews
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barry
★★★★★
Jan 2026

Cairo is a city rich with history. But, too often viaitors jump from major attraction to major attraction without getting the context. Simone is a great guide, who provides that critical context, so you understand not just “what” you are looking at, but the historical “why” context. With 8 centuries of history, the Citadel has served numerous roles, and is also an incredible showcase of Islamic architecture. Upon Simone’s suggestion, we added a visit to the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization a unique museum housing the sarcophagi of 20 Egyptian pharaohs. I recommend this tour and, in par

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Rula_B
★★★★★
Apr 2025

The tour was great. They picked us up from the hotel and the tour took about 3 hours. The guide, Hoda, was very helpful and courteous. She explained everything and answered our questions. She spoke English well and clearly. She also gave us suggestions on other places to visit and resturants for authentic food. She was just great! The driver, Muhammad, was also great. I would definitely recommend this for others.

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mark_s
★★★★★
Apr 2025

Our guide robert was excellent with lots of knowledge and information, beautiful from the outside but Breath taking when you walk inside .

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Malik_C
★★★★★
Dec 2024

This experience is A1. If you are into learning about the history or architecture you should for sure book this

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Victoria_D
★★★★★
Jul 2023

Hoda was attentive, knowledgeable, friendly and informative. Our van was clean and comfortable. Good value!

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Dennis_M
★★★★★
Feb 2022

The Citadel is really awesome (in the true sense of the word) and a sight that really should not be missed while in Cairo. The Mohammad Ali mosque (also called the Alabaster Mosque) is fabulous and the views from the hilltop are great. Nour gave us a wonderful tour, providing a lot of terrific history and stories along the way. She was punctual and the driver was very good. Really glad we went on this tour!

2,460 EGP/ per person
5.0(38)verified reviews
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