Cairo City Tour: Explore Saladin Citadel, Great Alabaster Mosque, and Coptic Buildings

Experience the rich history and architectural wonders of Cairo on a city tour. Visit Saladin Citadel, Great Alabaster Mosque, Coptic buildings, and enjoy a break at el Azahar Park.

Duration: 6 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Cairo Citadel - Explore the magnificent Citadel of Saladin Al Ayouby. This renowned fortress invites visitors to step back in time, exploring palaces, museums, and the stunning Alabaster Mosque. As you climb its ramparts, enjoy a sweeping view of Cairo’s lively streets and the Nile River. Dive into Egypt’s majestic history and experience the charm…
What's Included
  • Bottled Mineral Water
  • Main Entrance Fees (If price option selected)
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Air Conditioned Private vehicle
  • Tourism Police Permission
  • Tax and handling charges
  • Egyptologist tour guide
  • Fuel surcharge
  • 1 Day Tour
What's Not Included
  • Optional Activities or Tickets
  • Any other Meals or Beverages
  • Tipping
  • Anything not mentioned above
Additional Information

At 8:00 a.m., the Egypt Tailor Made tour guide will accompany guests in an air-conditioned vehicle to explore the Citadel of Saladin Al Ayouby. Constructed in the 12th century, this citadel was designed to protect Cairo from the Crusaders. It served as the residence of the king and his government in Egypt, and the magnificent Alabaster Mosque of Mohamed…

Location
Cairo Citadel
Salah Salem St
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Andresn6143qj
Jul 19, 2025
Cairo City Tour - It was a very pleasant and informative day with Hend. Timings were all good and customized to the group. Communication was easy and everything was punctual.
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Karama8084ki
Jul 17, 2025
Great for women traveling solo! - I did quite a bit of research on what your company to hire for my 16-hour layover, especially traveling as a solo female. I was recommended Egypt Tailor Made by another traveler, and it was the best decision! During my one-day layover, Ms. Heba took me to see coptic Cairo, the pyramids and The Sphinx, Egyptian Museum, Khan el Khalili Bazaar, plus lunch and seeing how papyrus paper is made. She has a degree in Egyptology and was extremely knowledgeable at every stop of the tour; i learned so much!! She even provided me with information about the city while we drove from one point to the next. I could not have seen even half of this without Ms. Heba, plus she took so many fun photos of me throughout the day, and it helped to have somebody who speaks the local tongue to help you find the best dessert in town. 10/10 would recommend!
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Ajhr_ajhr
Jul 14, 2025
A morning cairo Islamic and coptic tour followed by Khan Al Khalli market . - My tour guide Heba was excellent. We started at the citadel, very interesting pointing our history and key features. Best photo points and views. Onwards to the coptic cave churches via garbage city, in interesting to say least route to church. Again details history, views gems of information. Lastly we did daytime tour of Khan Al Khalli market area . This was really good tour Heba pointed our key features, views each location and historic details. I would recommend this tour and do with Heba.
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Nixnix27
Jul 6, 2025
First solo trip and crated lifetime memory - The most amazing experience! I will highly recommend this agency they were prompt in responding and took great care of me and my tour guide Heba was excellent. She took me to local places as I wished she was excellent. Right from my pick up to drop off as well 2 day tour was absolutely fantastic. I covered everything mentioned on the list and more. Thank you Heba for the wonderful and informative trip. I am definitely coming back with my family
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Marie_v
Jul 2, 2025
Fantastic visit!!! - Great visit with Sabry who gave me a lot of information and facts about the Citadel, the Mosque, the Church, the market but also about Cairo, its past and present history. Well organised and with a great driver. Highly recommended!
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Srickman11
Jun 24, 2025
AWESOME DAY IN CAIRO - Egypt Tailor Made was an AMAZING and EXCELLENT tour company. We worked with them on several tours in Aswan, Cairo, Luxor, and Alexandria - they were competitively priced and offered an outstanding service. We had Heba for tour guide for our Cairo day tour. Egypt Tailor Made worked with me to customize our tour to do exactly what I wanted and more. For our tour, we went to Coptic Cairo (and saw the Hanging Church, Crypt, Babylon Fortress, St. George's Church, and Ben Ezra Synagogue, Gayer-Anderson Museum, the Citadel, Alabaster Mosque, Mosque of Al-Nasir Muhammad, the Bazaar, and El Moezz Street. They even picked us up from the airport and were waiting for us when our flight from Hurghada arrived. The driver was also excellent; the car was clean, newer, and with working air. They also gave us water during our tour day. Our guide, Heba, was outstanding and you couldn't ask for a better guide - while in Coptic Cairo - she added St. George's Church and Ben Ezra Synagogue to our itinerary which wasn't supposed to be included. When we were at the Citadel, she added the Mosque of Al-Nasir Muhammad, which also wasn't supposed to be included. All three of those sites were well worth a visit. She even offered to take us to a 3rd mosque at the end of the day - but we were too tired and ready to get back to the hotel from the long day. At the Bazaar, she negotiated an excellent price for me for 2 t-shirts from a vendor who wanted to charge me $25 for the shirts (she got them for $6 total!) She even hunted through the Bazaar for a Bastet alabaster statue that I wanted - and found a wonderful shop for us. This day tour was THE BEST & one of our best days in Egypt! So many posts say to get our of Cairo and Cairo is not good- don't believe it - with a good guide - it was AMAZING and I honestly wished I had another day or two to see more of the sites. So much to see and do! You shouldn't hesitate to use Egypt Tailor Made! 5 Stars!!!!
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Victor
Jun 15, 2025
Great Experience - This was a fantastic experience. Sabry is a great tour guide and very knowledgeable and friendly. He was open to answer our questions about all the sites we visited. Always added anecdotal information that further enriched the experience.
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626ritag
Jun 1, 2025
Day tour in Cairo with the BEST tour guy. - Our Sabry was EXCELLENT! The best your guide during our entire trip. Very knowledgeable, patient, met all of our family needs. Would highly recommend him and this site.
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Kz0499
May 30, 2025
Amazing day - Had an amazing day with Manar💕She is very nice, knowledgeable. Me and my family enjoyed the time that spent with her. This is day 1 for us in Egypt, our guide also provided us very useful advice about traveling in Egypt. And she also speaks very well English.
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Agazia2023
May 25, 2025
Great tour experience - Mrs Hind was very knowledgable and am excellent your guide. She was very flexible with our start time and schedule, and took us to extra locations that we wanted to see. If we were staying longer in Cairo, we would book more tours with this company.
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up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).