8 hours
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Overview
Explore historical sites in Cairo, Egypt, via the felucca ride. The tour starts with a visit to Nilometer, an old structure from the Arab conquest of Egypt. Then, we move on to Manial Palace Museum to discover different Islamic architectural styles and beautiful gardens. The tour ends with a visit to the city of the dead to check out ancient tombs and mausoleums before heading back to the river Nile to return to your hotel.
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There is not much to see...
Cindy_T, Jan 2023
There is not much to see in this tour. The best part was the felucca ride. We had to request the tour guide to explain more to us. We had 4 tours, this tour was the most expensive one but had nothing much to see. The admission on the two sites was only 140 EGP.
Great Guide
U29SRdavidc, Apr 2022
This was fantastic! The tour was wonderful, I especially enjoyed the felucca ride. Mohamed was a wonderful tour guide, very friendly, went at a good pace and didn’t rush us, and was very knowledgeable. The driver was very good as well.
Response from Host, Jun 2022
Thank you very much for choosing Sun Pyramids Tours. It has been a pleasure to serve you during your stay in Egypt. We appreciate your review as it encourages us to do better in the next upcoming years. Looking forward to helping you more through your next journeys all around the world!
Well-paced and easygoing tour of Cairo sites
tylerchr, Apr 2022
Our tour with Mohamed was delightful. He’s very knowledgeable about the sites we visited with him, and he worked with us early in the tour to rearrange our visits to better suit our schedule and the weather. Mohamed seemed to know interesting minor facts about each site and made sure to point out pieces of history we otherwise might have missed. He was easygoing and the tour well paced. Well recommended for any Cairo visitor.
Response from Host, Jun 2022
Thank you very much for choosing Sun Pyramids Tours. It has been a pleasure to serve you during your stay in Egypt. We appreciate your review as it encourages us to do better in the next upcoming years. Looking forward to helping you more through your next journeys all around the world!
Great tour guide and amazing full day
Timothy1012, Mar 2021
Nagwan Helal was our guide and was so amazing! She was very helpful and knew all of the best spots! Our lunch was so tasty. She was able to help us with so many things and we will definitely be booking with Sun tours again. The manial palace was very beautiful and the nilometer felt like you were in history. Abdelrahim was our driver and was very skilled as well.
Itinerary
Nilometer
The first monument to visit is the Nilometer .It’s situated in the southern tip of Roda Island. It is one of the oldest existent structures which dates back to the period just after the Arab conquest of Egypt. Its importance goes back to a time when measuring the rise of the waters of the Nile was closely related to the levying of taxes on agricultural lands. Taxes were levied only when the waters of the Nile had risen to a certain designated level, which would irrigate the land during flood season.
2 hoursAdmission IncludedManial Palace Museum
Then moving on to visit the remarkable Manial Palace of Prince Mohamed Ali Pasha “King Farouk’s uncle”. He had it designed in a style integrating European Art Nouveau and Rococo with many traditional Islamic architecture styles including Ottoman, Moorish, Persian, creating inspired combinations in spatial design, architectural and interior decorations, and sumptuous materials. The residence compound, composed of five separate and distinctively styled buildings, is surrounded by gardens planted with rare tropical plants collected by the prince on his travels along a small branch of the Nile.
2 hoursAdmission IncludedCity of the Dead (Northern Cemetery)
Then, Ending the tour with a visit to the City of Dead or Cairo cemetery which contains a vast area of tombs and mausoleums, some of them are dating back the Islamic Conquest of Egypt at 642 AD. Many people take this area as their permanent home because of the country’s chronic housing crisis shortage. It’s interesting to go and see this area and how the people live there.
2 hoursAdmission IncludedNile River
Then head to the river to board a felucca, a traditional sailboat used on the Nile and other Mediterranean regions. As you float along the river, you’ll have lunch on board.
After this trip you will be transferred to your hotel
Note : For pick up / drop off form Cairo airport, Sphinx airport, New Administrative Capital, New Cairo, Helioplis, Badr City, Shorouk, Rehab, Obour, Sheraton Almatar, Sheikh Zayed city, Ring Rd, Mirage City, Meridian Airport or Madinty City will be for additional cost.
1 hourAdmission Included
Location
Address
Rhoda Island, Al Manyal Ash Sharqi, Old Cairo, Cairo Governorate 4240271, Egypt
Experience
Highlights
Inclusions
- Pick up services from your hotel & return
- Lunch
- All Fees and Taxes
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Private tour guide.
Exclusions
- Any extras not mentioned in the itinerary
- Tipping
- beverages and water during lunch.
Additional Information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Guide Languages
English
Portuguese
Japanese
Russian
Spanish
German
Italian
French
Cancellation Policy
A full refund will apply if you cancel more than 24 hours before the activity start time.
No refund is possible if you cancel less than 24 hours before the activity start time.