(Day Tour To Islamic Cairo)
Our representative will pick you up from your hotel in Cairo or Giza to enjoy visiting first, Amr Ibn El As Mosque, the first mosque ever built on the land of Egypt in 642 AD (21 AH) by Amr Ibn El As, the commander of the Muslim army that conquered Egypt, the mosque is also known as Taj – Al Jawamie (Crown of mosques) & (the ancient mosque) , the mosque is said to have been built on the site of Amr Ibn El As Tent at Fustat, then proceed to visit Ibn Tulun mosque which was completed in 897 AD on Mount Yashkur, it considered the oldest mosque in Egypt surviving in its original form and one of the largest in the world, it also famous for its minaret, the only one of its kind in Egypt, it is modeled after the minarets of Samarra, with a spiral staircase around the outside, continue to Visit Al Sultan Hassan Mosque which is considered stylistically the most compact & unified of all Cairo monuments, it’s one of the master pieces of Mamluk architecture the façade is 76 meters long & 36 meters high, the cornices , the entrance portal, the burial chamber & the monumental staircase are particularly note worthy, after that visit Al Refa’ai Mosque which is located next to Al Sultan Hassan Mosque, after that visit Al Azhar Mosque which is considered one of the oldest operating universities in the world, the Islamic university in connected to the beautiful & historic Al Azhar Mosque, the mosque & university are named in the honor of Fatima Al Zahraa, the daughter of prophet Mohamed, from whom the Fatimid Dynasty claimed descent, Al Azhar mosque, the symbol of Islamic Egypt, continue to Al Hussien Mosque & ending your fantastic tour by visiting the most famous & oldest market in Cairo which included (spices , fruits, ivory, silver, gold, tissues, restaurants & café shops of local Egypt, then transfer back to your hotel in Cairo. |
