Egyptian Museum, Islamic Cairo and Old Coptic Cairo
Meet your tour guide in the morning at your accommodation.
Drive to the Egyptian Museum, famous for its antiquities dating back some 50 centuries from Egypt's Pharaonic period, including the fabulous treasures of King Tut.
Continue to Islamic Cairo, beginning with the 12th-century Citadel of Saladin. Within the walls of this medieval fortress is the Alabaster Mosque, built by Mohamed Ali on a site once occupied by Mameluke and Ottoman palaces.
Proceed to Christian Old Cairo, where the Romans constructed the fortress of Babylon. Built over the ruins of the two towers of this fortress is the Church of St. Mary, or El-Moallaqah, meaning overhanging or suspended, which is why it is most popularly known as the Hanging Church.
Visit the Church of St. Sergius, founded at the end of the 4th century. It stands on a crypt that is said to have sheltered the Holy Family during their flight to Egypt.
