Private Day Tour to Giza Pyramids, Sphinx, Coptic Cairo and Saint Simon Church in Cairo
Cairo, Egypt
Trip Type: Private Sightseeing Tours
Duration: 8 hours
Egypt is not the only Pharaonic civilization, but it also combines several of the most important civilizations of the Islamic civilization and Christianity. Visit three pyramids and ancient Egyptian churches in one day.
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Egypt is not the only Pharaonic civilization, but it also combines several of the most important civilizations of the Islamic civilization and Christianity. Visit three pyramids and ancient Egyptian churches in one day.Your guide will meet you at hotel lobby and will transported by air-conditioned coach to start your full day tour. Prepare to visit the Great Pyramids - Cheops, Chephren and Mykerinos, and have a close-up look at the Sphinx.
Then move on to start your tour to visit the Coptic area of Cairo, where you can see the church of Abu-Sergah and St. Barbara, the hanging church and the old Jewish synagogue-Ben Ezra.
Your guide will then take you to Moqatem to visit the important church Simon the Tanner (fl. 10th century), also known as Saint Simon the Shoemaker (Sam'ān al-Kharrāz), who is the Coptic Orthodox saint associated with the story of the moving the Mokattam Mountain in Cairo, during the rule of the Muslim Fatimid Caliph al-Muizz Lideenillah (953-975) while Abraham the Syrian was the Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria. Simon the Tanner lived towards the end of the tenth century and many Coptic Christians in Egypt, who were also engaged in handicrafts. Saint Simon worked in tanning, a craft known there till this day.
The tour ends here and you will then be transferred back to your hotel.
Then move on to start your tour to visit the Coptic area of Cairo, where you can see the church of Abu-Sergah and St. Barbara, the hanging church and the old Jewish synagogue-Ben Ezra.
Your guide will then take you to Moqatem to visit the important church Simon the Tanner (fl. 10th century), also known as Saint Simon the Shoemaker (Sam'ān al-Kharrāz), who is the Coptic Orthodox saint associated with the story of the moving the Mokattam Mountain in Cairo, during the rule of the Muslim Fatimid Caliph al-Muizz Lideenillah (953-975) while Abraham the Syrian was the Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria. Simon the Tanner lived towards the end of the tenth century and many Coptic Christians in Egypt, who were also engaged in handicrafts. Saint Simon worked in tanning, a craft known there till this day.
The tour ends here and you will then be transferred back to your hotel.
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