Day Tour to the National Museum and Coptic Cairo

Day Tour to the National Museum and Coptic Cairo

Egypt Tour Packages representative will pick you up from your hotel at 8:00 AM for an amazing day tour covering the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization,the Coptic and the citadel of Salah el Dein .

The Museum of Egyptian Civilization:

 It is worth visiting for the marvellous collection of artifacts that date back to various eras including the Pharaonic, Roman, Greek, Coptic, Islamic, and Modern.The National Museum of Egyptian Civilization is a museum located in the city of Fustat, Cairo. The museum contains fifty thousand artifacts that tell the stages of development of Egyptian civilization, in addition to a display of the achievements of the Egyptian man in various fields of life from the dawn of history until the present time. It also contains models, photographs, manuscripts, oil paintings, artistic artifacts, and antiquities from the Stone Age, Pharaonic, Greco-Roman, Coptic, Arab, and Sudanese civilization. And the modern era. The museum site overlooks a natural lake, Ain Al-Sira Lake.

The most important feature of the Museum of Civilization is the hall that was specially designed to display the mummies of the Pharaonic kings and queens of Egypt, which creates for the visitor an atmosphere similar to the Valley of the Kings area where these royal mummies were found in a manner befitting their status. 22royal mummies of 18 kings and 4 queens from the 17th dynasties until Twentieth Dynasty. Perhaps the most important and famous are the mummy of King Seqenenre Taa II, King Thutmose III, Queen Hatshepsut, King Ramesses II and King Ramesses III.

Lunch will be visiting to Cairo

Salah el-Din Citadel:
It served as Egypt's seat of government till the 1860  Cairo Citadel is a magnificent fortress. It was constructed during Salah ad-Din reign. The construction work started in 1176 and was completed in 1182. Then pay a visit 

Old Cairo:

Visit Old Cairo to see major attractions such as the Hanging Church, the Ben Ezra Synagogue, the Church of St. Barbara, and the Church of Abu Serga, one of the oldest Coptic churches in Cairo

Mohamed Ali Mosque:
It was constructed between 1830 and 1848, the mosque was named " The Alabaster Mosque" because most of the walls were made of pure alabaster. The mosque is a replica of the Blue Mosque in Istanbul

Lunch will be served in a Local restaurant in Old Cairo

Khan El Khalili Bazaar:
No visit to Cairo is complete without a stop at Khan EL Khalili bazaar; one of the most famous and oldest bazaars in the Middle East. Transfer to your Hotel after the Tour