Private Full Day Tour to Giza Pyramids, Sphinx, Citadel and Old Cairo

Sightseeing  :  Egypt  :  Nile Valley  :  Cairo  :  Private Sightseeing Tours

This is the private tour you have been looking for to visit the Plateau of Giza, its pyramids and Sphinx (ancient Egypt), and Coptic Old Cairo with its churches and synagogue (Christian Egypt), and finally the citadel of Saladin with its mosques (Islamic Egypt)With a private qualified Egyptologist tour guide in your private, modern a/c van (WiFi on board) you will start your tour from your hotel at 8am to head for Giza plateau for visiting the Great Pyramid of Cheops, the Pyramid of Chepren, the Pyramid of Mycerinus, the panorama area where you can take great pictures and also start your adventure on a camel around the pyramids, the Queens' small pyramids, the Valley Temple of King Chephren and the Sphinx.

Then you will move to Coptic Old Cairo to visit the Roman Fortress of Babylon (1st century A.D.), the Hanging Church of Virgin Mary (3rd century A.D.), the Church of Abu Serga (4th century) with the Holy Family Crypt, the Jewish Synagogue of Ben Ezra (9th century).

Then proceed to the citadel of Saladin (12th century) that was built to protect Cairo against potential crusades, and remained the residence of the ruler of Egypt till the middle of the 19th century. Inside the citadel you will visit the Alabaster Mosque of Mohammed Aly (19th century) representing the Ottoman style of architecture, the Mosque of Ibn Qalaoun (14th century) representing the Mameluk style of architecture, and the panorama area for a wonderful view of Islamic Cairo.

At the end of the tour you will be transferred back to your hotel.