Tour to Christian Sites

You will be welcomed and assisted at Cairo international airport by our professional representative who will also handle all the airport procedures such as passport control, customs formalities and help you in luggage area then you will be smoothly transferred to your hotel. Overnight in Cairo.

After breakfast, Proceed to the famous churches at old Coptic Cairo to see the Hanging Church, which is suspended on two towers of the old Babylon fortress; the Church of St. Barbara, the 4th century Church of Abu Serga (St. Sergius & Bacchus), as well as the Jewish Synagogue and Coptic Museum. Back to hotel and overnight in Cairo.

After breakfast, get excited by a religious tour to the Coptic Monasteries in the desert at Wadi Natroun. Notable among them is the Baramus Monastery, which was built at the site where Macarius the Great settled in 340 AD and is still inhabited by monks. Back to hotel and overnight in Cairo.

After breakfast, relish a tour to the Coptic Monastery of St. Antony and the Monastery of St. Paul, which lie at the foot of the Red Sea mountains in the Eastern Desert. St. Anthony was among the founders of Christian monasticism and St. Paul was one of the first hermits. The monasteries, founded in the 4th and 5th centuries, are both still occupied. Back to hotel and overnight in Cairo.

Breakfast, and move to visit the Church of the Holy Virgin with its three cupolas on the banks of the Nile at Maadi. Move on to the Monastery of St. Simon (Simeon) the Tanner, dramatically situated in the Mokattam Mountain, on the outskirts of Cairo. St. Simon was a 10th century saint whose faith is said to have moved this mountain. Back to hotel and overnight in Cairo.

After breakfast, Enjoy a trip to the recently built monastery of the celebrated martyr St. Menas at Maryut, near Alexandria. It is Built on the site of the 4th century shrine, which was the ‘Lourdes of the ancient world’, the site also comprises various excavated churches. Back to hotel and overnight in Cairo.

Enjoy an excursion to some of Cairo's Coptic Churches: see the 10th century Church of the Holy Virgin in Haret El Roum, the Coptic Cathedral at Abbassia area. Back to hotel and overnight in Cairo .

Breakfast, and transfer to Cairo International Airport for departure.

• Meet & assist upon arrival and departure
• All transfers to & from airport & hotel by a private air-conditioned van
• Accommodation in Cairo for 07 nights at 3 star hotel including daily breakfast
• All sightseeing mentioned (Private), including English speaking Egyptologist guide, entrance fees & transfer by a modern air-conditioned van.
• Portage when needed
• Free cell phone to help you to keep in touch with home & your tour operator
• All taxes & service charge
• Entry visa to Egypt for non-restricted nationalities

• Drinks & Meals except the included

• Prices are quoted in Euro and based on double occupancy. Also, prices are valid till 30/04/2010 except during Christmas, New Year’s Eve & Easter Feasts. Moreover; rates could be changed without prior notice, shall the government increase taxes.
• You must have a valid passport to enter Egypt. (You must have at least 06 months of validity beyond your scheduled return date.)