Cairo Cave Church Monastery St Simon Garbage City Private Tour
Description
Cairo is packed with iconic attractions—so many, that most travelers miss its more off-the-beaten-track offerings. Visit three unique sights related to the city’s Christian minority during this two-hour private tour. Travel through “Garbage City,” home to Coptic trash collectors, see where the Virgin Mary is believed to have appeared, and visit the cave-dug monastery of Simon the Tanner. Air-conditioned transportation and admission tickets are included. Relax with front-door pickup and drop-off from any Cairo hotel Listen to in-depth explanations from your own personal guide Skip the tourist track and explore the city’s more unusual attractions Private tours ensure a personalized experience
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driver or guide will pick you up from hotel to start your tour to one o hidden place Formally known as St. Simon the Tanner Monastery, Cairo’s vast Cave Church pays tribute to a miracle St. Simon (also written St. Samaan or St. Simeon) is believed to have performed. The city’s Coptic Orthodox Christian garbage collectors (Zabbaleen) dug the church out of the Mokattam mountain during the 1970s.
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Pickup Locations & Times
We pick up Cairo down town and Giza hotel only. 6th Oct city , new cairo , ring road ,nasr city , airport ( out of meeting point )
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Important Information
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(55)
We took this tour to see the Cave Church and Garbage City. Our driver, Raafat, was very nice and a great driver, which we appreciated. However, before the actual trip started, we were taken to multiple shops. We tried our best to refuse these stops as we just wanted to get to our destination, but we were taken anyway, which was a bit frustrating. Once we actually got on our way, the drive through Garbage City was a truly unique experience, and the guide we had at the Cave Church was incredibly informative. Overall, a good trip, just be prepared to firmly push back on the pre-tour and post-tour shopping if you aren't interested.
you partner asked to get scarf before enter the churhc you never mention about thankful to my driver as he dorp off at other hotel which we did that free for you
We booked super last minute but the agency was super communicative and flexible! Had a great tour of Cave Church, highly recommend going!
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Great tour by Selvia of the Coptic quarter. She was very knowledgeable about all the details and we’ve learned quite a bit from our time with her. Also good that we availed of a tour guide for our visit since this area is quite complicated to explore. Pick up and return was good and timely. Thanks.
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Raafat was very informative and helpful. He had a church guide give us a detailed tour of the beautiful cave church. Ride thru garbage city was was enlightening.
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Got more than I expected. Raafat was super friendly and we stopped at several shops in addition to Garbage city and the church.
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Very interesting to see some of how folks live and the church was amazing! Raafat was great. He gave me more than was actually included in the tour. Got to see a few shops in Giza.
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Our driver Raafat gave us a wonderful time in Cairo. He took us to reputable shops, we got wonderful things, with very friendly and non-intrusive people. We felt safe and in good hands at all times. I would give it 11/10 stars! We had half a day with Raafat & from the music in the car to his great, likable and funny way was just everything a dream! Thank you thank you for these wonderful memories! P.S.: everyone deserves a Raafat in his life 💕
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Raafat was extremely knowledgeable about the area and we talked about recycling and culture on the way to and from the Cave church. The tour with Magda at the church was also very informative!
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A fantastic tour. It was a last minute addition to our itinerary and what a score. Fady was so knowledgeable and engaged in sharing this knowledge. This tour is should not be missed. Everyone back home I shared this with was amazed by the pictures.
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A very intersting trip, both the garbage city and the cave church complex. Raafat is a very good guide!
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