Unusual 4 hours Tour Garbage & City of the Dead, St Simone church
Description
In this tour you will explore an area known as "Garbage City, " which is a slum settlement at the base of Mokattam Hill on the outskirts of Cairo, and inhabited by the Coptic Christians, Within the Garbage City seven churches and chapels are hidden within a series of caves. While walking the chaotic streets of Garbage City, you will st Simone or the cave church,enjoy the beautiful sculptures made very recently and describes the holy Family journey to Egypt, & then you will explore the City of the Dead, where the deceased take up residency among the living.
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pick you up from or drop you off to your hotel in Giza or Cairo
The village is notable for having nearly every space of it covered in garbage, including the streets and rooftops of the settlement. an area known as "Garbage City, " which is a slum settlement at the base of Mokattam Hill on the outskirts of Cairo, and inhabited by the Coptic Christians, a community of garbage collectors who make their living collecting and recycling 17, 000 tons of garbage produced by Cairo's 20 million residents. These mountains of garbage are the result of the Cairo Metropolitan Area having never established an efficient garbage collecting system.
One of the best religious and historical places you may visit and enjoy the beautiful sculptures made very recently and describes the holy Family journey to Egypt and the blessings given to it. Cut in Mokkatam mountain on the edges of old Islamic Cairo city.
the City of the Dead, where the deceased take up residency among the living. It is a Muslim Cemetery with multiple tombs. A fair number of these tombs are occupied by families who either wish to stay near their deceased relatives or have squatted there in order to escape poverty.Cairo's huge necropolis is a sacred place for Egyptians. Also known as the City of the Dead, it contains tombs that date back to the time of the Mamluks, who ruled Egypt for over 250 years before the Ottoman conquest in 1517, as well as the shrines, mosques and mausoleums of early Islamic leaders such as Imam al-Shafi
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- Wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(31)
Abdul was an absolute standout—deeply knowledgeable, genuinely passionate, and incredibly accommodating from start to finish. When friends urged us not to miss the Civilization Museum, we asked if he’d be willing to adjust our plan, even though it wasn’t part of the original itinerary. Without hesitation, he made it happen. Inside the museum, he brought history vividly to life with infectious enthusiasm. And just when we thought he’d already gone above and beyond, he insisted on still taking us to the City of the Dead because he didn’t want us to miss a single highlight. We couldn’t have asked for a better experience.
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Excellent tour, very interesting parts if Cairo not seen by many tourists. Wish our guide wanted to spend more time at the City of the Dead, but he seemed a little nervous about it. He was a very nice guy otherwise.
Thank you so much for your time to review us and hope to serve you again here in Egypt But I need you to understand that you spent enough time at the city of the dead and there are some places there. It’s not safe to wait there a lot because of the lease security there.
Highly recommended. Abdul has been a good guide and has given us explanations to everything we have asked
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The tour is highly recommended. Abdul is an excellent guide. He provides interesting information about the history of Egypt and the locations visited. He gave us a lot of useful tips for other planned visits and our stay in Cairo.
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We had a great morning with Haitham. The tour was very complete. We were picked up on time right outside our hotel. Haitham was very accommodating on the tour, he adapted to our desires. He gave us a lot of information about what we were observing. PS: thank you again for the candles;)
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I loved our guide, he was so knowledgeable, informative and such a nice person, Hitham was definitely the best guide we have had to date in Egypt and made this tour memorable, loved our time. Would highly recommend doing any tour with him, even though we were doing garbage city his knowledge on Alexandria, pyramids and history surpassed the actual guides we had for those tours and we learned more about those places by just chatting to him than when we actually visited. Thank you Hitham you are the best
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You get to see parts of Cairo that you wouldn’t venture into by yourself. There were just two of us on the tour and our guide Haitham and the driver were very accommodating. Haitham is very knowledgeable and was able to answer all our questions.
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Abdullah was friendly, courteous and ON TIME. Garbage City is a unique spot not on everyone's radar, but it is fascinating. We also visited the Cave Church and drive through the City of the Dead. Visited a perfumery and a papyrus museum, all were interesting in their own right. I would recommend this tour if you seek the unusual.
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The guide was amazing and is such an interesting tour! He had lot of fun and we went through the garbage city inside the car. Highly recommend it!
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The tour with Tamer was excellent. He explained all the historical parts of the places we visited, but also the monuments we passed along the way. In the city of the dead we went down to see the tomb of a prince and it was quite interesting to see the architecture and how they are restoring the place. Thanks, Tamer!
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