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Cairo & Giza day tour
The Citadel and Muhammad Ali Mosque
A private trip from your Cairo or Giza hotel: Citadel of Saladin and Mosque of Muhammad Ali.
- Length
- Half day, about 3 to 4 hours
- Tour type
- Private, just your group
- Pickup
- Your hotel in Cairo or Giza
- Guide
- English-speaking Egyptologist
The tour journey
Your day, step by step
Times are estimates; traffic and your hotel's location change them. Drive times are from map routing without traffic.
- 9:00approx.Pickup
- 9:15approx.1VisitCairo Citadel: history, hours and tickets →
The fortress on the Muqattam hills and its view over Cairo.
- 10:45approx.Visit
The mosque inside the Citadel, known as the Alabaster Mosque.
- 11:15approx.Drop-off
Included
- Pickup from your hotel and return
- All transfers by private air-conditioned vehicle
- Private English-speaking Egyptologist guide
- Entrance fees to the sites in the program
- Bottled water
- All taxes and service charges
Not included
- Any extras not mentioned in the program
- Tipping
Book this day
Request this tour
Send your date and group size for The Citadel and Muhammad Ali Mosque. We reply with the price for your day and confirm the pickup from your hotel.
Approx. $64 per personEstimate; confirmed with your quote
- Private, just your group
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Change or skip a stop: just ask
- Free cancellation up to 24 hours before
Nothing to pay with the request. To book, a 25% deposit by card or PayPal; the rest in cash on the day. Payment and cancellation
Before you go
Guides for this day
What can you see in Cairo in 6 hours?A half-day tour, one cluster of nearby sites, or a two-hour felucca sail or quad ride; check last entry.
Coptic Cairo or Islamic Cairo: which half day?Churches and a synagogue, or the Citadel and the mosques: what each side holds and how to see both.
Egyptian site names and spellings: Saqqara or Sakkara?Saqqara or Sakkara, Khufu or Cheops: the double names on tour pages and tickets, matched.
Best things to do in CairoMuseums, the Citadel, Coptic and Islamic Cairo, the bazaar, the Nile and the evenings.
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