Half Day Tour Islamic Cairo

A representative will pick you up from your hotel at 10:00 AM and transfer you to the Citadel of Salah El Din in Cairo where you visit Mohamed Ali Mosque that has been considered one of the most beautiful mosques in Cairo. It is also known as the Alabaster Mosque because its outer walls have been covered by Alabaster Stone.

Then, you will visit another big famous Mosque, Al-Rifa’i Mosque. The building is located opposite of the Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan, which dates from around 1361, and was architecturally conceived as a complement to the older structure. This was part of a vast campaign by the 19th century rulers of Egypt to both associate themselves with the perceived glory of earlier periods in Egypt‘s Islamic history and modernize the city.

Proceed to visit the biggest mosque in Cairo which is El Sultan Hassan Mosque that is also known as 'Madrasa El Sultan Hassan' that was founded by Sultan Hassan in 1356 A.D. The mosque was, for example, designed to include schools for all four of the Sunni schools of thought: Shafi’i, Maliki, Hanafi and Hanbali. Then, drive to Al-Azhar Mosque in Cairo which is also known as the mosque of the most resplendent. Al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah of the Fatimid Caliphate commissioned its construction for the newly established capital city in 970. Its name is usually thought to allude to the Islamic prophet Muhammad’s daughter Fatimah, a revered figure in Islam who was given the title Az-Zahrā, meaning the shining or resplendent one. It was the first mosque established in Cairo, a city that has since gained the nickname "the City of a Thousand Minarets".

End your day tour by a visit to El Hussein Mosque in Cairo. This is a hallowed mosque believed to be the burial site of the head of the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson.

At the end of the tour our guide will transfer you back to your hotel in Cairo