Wants to please.
Hussein works hard to make sure his guests are happy with his services. He is a knowledgeable historian, explaining the historical relevance of the various pieces in the Egyptian Museum. In addition, he explains the development of Islam at the Citadel.
Visit to Citadel, Coptic Cairo
I realized long after booking that the Egyptian Museum and Khan El Khalily were on the day trip that I also booked with Viator - unfortunately, Viator was not able to make any changes. Fortunately, when I contacted the Tour Agents, they were extremely kind enough to agree to making changes to the tour. Our Guide, Mahdy, arranged a visit to Coptic Cairo and the Pharoanic Village to replace the sites that we had done the previous day.
Mahdy is extremely knowledgeable and explained the history to us, taking us to St George's Church, The "Hanging" Church as well as the Synagogue of Ben Ezzra.
We then proceeded to the Citadel of Salahaldeen and the Mosque of Mohamed Ali (not the boxer!). From the citafel, you could virtually see the whole of Cairo, which is no doubt the reason that the Citadel was built here!
A visit to the Pharoanic village followed - this is not to be missed - thanks to the Ragab family, one is now able to visit a mockup village that explains the life and traditions of the ancient Egyptians - after taking a boat ride around the island with a guided tour explaining the ancient royalty as well as the ancient gods.
On the island, one is again taken on a guided tour and then have free time to browse or shop.
Our tour ended with a fabulous lunch of battered fish and calamari, with a variety of salads and rice.
samar mostafa an amazing guide
We did a half tour of the Egyptian museum. Samar was amazing. Escorted me though the entire museum seeing much and many of the highlights while discussing the history and where the artefacts were from and where they discovered them. The museum is quite large which houses the royal mummies. I learned allot of Egyptian history.
I would defiantly like to return but I would not go again in summer, the museum had no air conditioning which meant a sauna was cooler. Samar was amazing.