Itinerary
Albatros Tours guide will pick you up from the hotel lobby, Drive you to the part of Cairo where mostly Coptic Christians live and is also place of worship (churches) of early Christians (Copts). The area is conveniently located served by metro line and is rather calm and quiet and Hassel free
You will visit:
1) COPTIC MUSEUM
The Museum building is paved with mosaics and decorated with elegant mashrabiyyah screens from old Coptic houses, It is the world’s finest collection of Coptic religious and secular art. The icons and textiles are particularly interesting, and there are also splendid examples of stonework, manuscript, woodwork, metalwork, glass, painting and poetry.
2) AL-MUALLAQA CHURCH
The Hanging Church, is one of the oldest Christian places of worship in Egypt. It was built on top of one of the old fortress gatehouses . Dedicated to Virgin Mary and properly known as Sitt Mariam, or St. Mary.
3) MONASTERY & CHURCH OF ST.GEORGE
One of the few remaining circular churches in the Middel East. The interior is a bit gutted from past fires, but the stained glass windows are bright and colourful.
4) CHURCH OF ST.SERGIUS
This is supposedly one of the places where the Holy Family rested after fleeing from King Herod. This little church, dated from the 10th century, was the most important pilgrimage spot in Old Cairo for visiting Christian tourists.
5) BEN EZRA SYNAGOGUE
This Synagogue is one of the oldest in Egypt. Set in a shady garden, it was built on the site of 4th century Christian church, which the Copts had to sell in the 9th century to enable them to pay taxes to Ibn Tulun for the construction of his mosque. The synagogue, named after a 12th Rabbi of Jerusalem, Abraham ben Ezra, was severely damaged by Arabs after the 1967 war with Israel, but it has been almost completely renovated.