Coptic Cairo Tour: Cave Church of Saint Simon and Old Cairo churches | 4 hours

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  • Mobile ticket
  • Offered in: Arabic, Russian, English, Italian, Spanish
  • All Transfers by Private A/C latest Model Vehicle
  • Private tour
  • Bottle Water
  • Hotel/port pickup and drop-off
  • Guide (Optional)
  • Lunch (Optional)
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Overview

Visit El Mokattam Mountain Cave Church, or the Monastery of St Simon, on a private tour that also explores the magnificent churches of Coptic Cairo. You’ll see some of Cairo’s most important Christian sites, including the Saints Sergius and Bacchus Church, the Church of Saint Barbara, and the Hanging Church, while going beyond sightseeing for a glimpse of ‘garbage city,’ a fascinating Cairo neighborhood that most visitors overlook entirely.

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  • Coptic Cairo

    As Per Requested time Pick up from the Hotel by Your guide to Start your Half day tour to Old Cairo that Also known as Coptic Cairo which is mean Christian Cairo it has been Recognized as a holy place because some of the locations there has been visited by the Holy Family where the spiritual impact of their presence is most felt still; though their stay was brief, for the Governor of what was then Fustat enraged by the tumbling down of idols at Jesus’ approach sought to kill the Child. But they took shelter from his wrath in a cave above which, in later years, the Church of Abu Serga (St Sergius) was built. This and the whole area of the Fort of Babylon is a destination of pilgrimage not only for the Egyptians but for Christians from around the world. An air of piety and devotion pervades the whole district there.

    1 hour

  • Church of St. Barbara

    Saint Barbara Coptic known in the Eastern Orthodox Church as the Great Martyr Barbara, was an early Christian Lebanese and Greek saint and martyr. Accounts place her in the 3rd century in Heliopolis Phoenicia, present-day Baalbek, Lebanon. There is no reference to her in the authentic early Christian writings nor in the original recension of Saint Jerome's martyrology

    30 minutes

  • Hanging Church (El Muallaqa, Sitt Mariam, St Mary)

    The Hanging Church is named for its location above a gatehouse of Babylon Fortress, the Roman fortress in Coptic Cairo (Old Cairo); its nave is suspended over a passage.[2] The church is approached by twenty-nine steps; early travelers to Cairo dubbed it "the Staircase Church".[2] The land surface has risen by some six metres since the Roman period, so the Roman tower is mostly buried below ground, reducing the visual impact of the church's elevated position

    30 minutes

  • Synagogue Ben Ezra

    his was the synagogue whose geniza or store room was found in the 19th century to contain a treasure of forgotten, stored-away Hebrew, Aramaic and Judeo-Arabic secular and sacred manuscripts. The collection, known as the Cairo Geniza, was brought to the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England at the instigation of Solomon Schechter. It is now divided between several academic libraries, with the majority being kept at the Cambridge University Library.

    1 hour

  • St Simon the Tanner Monastery

    s the Coptic Orthodox saint associated with the story of the moving the Mokattam Mountain in Cairo, Egypt, during the rule of the Muslim Fatimid Caliph al-Muizz Lideenillah (953–975) while Abraham the Syrian was the Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church

    1 hour

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Additional Info

  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Specialized infant seats are available
  • Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers
  • Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

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4.6

102 reviews

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Amazing tour experience!

Published on Feb, 2025

We had the most AMAZING experience during this Coptic Cairo tour! Our tour guide Adahm (I believe is the spelling) was incredibly knowledgeable about every place that we visited. Both him and the tour driver were soooo kind and had us laughing a lot! However, we were mostly amazed by their hospitality! They both treated us like friends/family rather than customers. We were truly surprised by how amazing the entire tour/experience was! I will definitely rebook again when I return to Egypt with my family

A great experience!

Published on Feb, 2025

We had an incredible experience on this tour! Unfortunately, I got sick on the tour and our driver and tour guide took me to get food and kindly offered to bring me to the pharmacy. They made sure we had a great experience and were extremely knowledgeable of Egypt’s Coptic history

A spiritual journey

Published on Jan, 2025

Thank you Myrna for such an engaging and enriching experience. Not only were you so knowledgeable about the sites we visited, you also were a very enthusiastic and captivating storyteller....not to mention a patient picture taker of a solo traveler! I appreciate your giving me the time and space to pray and reflect at the holy sites we visited. You made possible for this tour to be a spiritual pilgrimage as well.

Great tour Great guide!

Published on Jan, 2025

Very interesting and informative! Khalaf is a lovely and knowledgeable guide. You can clearly tell that he has a passion for the subject. I highly recommend this tour.

Interesting tour on the...

Published on Dec, 2024

Interesting tour on the historical background and sites of Christianity in Egypt, especially on the Coptic Christian community.

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