Coptic Cairo

 Start  your day tour to ” Coptic Cairo”

where you will visit the ” Hanging Church” which is dating back to the 3rd Century AD and was dedicated to Virgin Mary, It’s called “Hanging” because of its location above the gatehouse of the ancient Roman fortress “Babylon” .

 Then visiting ” Saint Sergius and Bacchus Church” which is believed to have been built on the spot where the holy family rested at the end of their journey into Egypt. 

Then, visiting the ” Jewish Synagogue of Ben Ezra” which gained its importance from its Geniza (Store room) was found during the 19th century containing a treasure of abandoned Hebrew secular and sacred manuscripts 

 And ending Coptic Cairo tour with a visit to one of the marvelous Coptic buildings in Cairo, The Monastery of St. Simon the Tanner or “ The Cave Church” which is located in el Mokattam hills area near the  Zabbaleen slum or  Garbage City which is Cairo’s largest informal garbage collectors settlement, where garbage recycling is central to its population’s economy. The Monastery of St. Simon the Tanner is the largest and it has an amphitheater with a seating capacity of 20,000.This church is the largest church in the Middle East. It is named after the Coptic Saint, Simon the Tanner, 

Your day trip finishes with a drop-off back at your Cairo or Giza hotel.