Private Full-Day Walking Tour through Islamic Cairo

• Meet your guide at your Cairo hotel, and travel to the Old City in a private, air-conditioned van with WiFi on board. Start the day at the Mosque of Ahmad ibn Tulun, then continue on foot to Bab Zuweila, one of three surviving gates to 10th-century Fatamid Cairo. Trace a route down Muezz Street to Al Khayam Yah, where artisans have sewn ceremonial tents for weddings and celebrations since medieval times. Visit a series of religious landmarks: explore the 15th-century mosque-mausoleum of Circassian Sultan al-Mu’ayyad Shaykh, the moving Sabil-Kuttab of Tusun Pasha, and the Mosque of al-Azhar, which has been a center of Islamic theology for over 1,000 years. Dive back into modern life in Khan el-Khalili bazaar, where you’ll find aisles of colorful stalls overflowing with handicrafts, antiques and perfumes. Take in the hospital, madrasa and mausoleum built by Sultan al-Mansur Qalawun in the 13th-century and the madrasa-khanqah of Sultan Barquq. See the Old City’s Museum of Textiles and the Mosque of al-Aqmar, then visit Bayt al-Sihaymi to get a glimpse of daily life in an Ottoman Cairene household. End your walk at the northern walls and gates, then finish the day with return transfer to your hotel.

Meet your guide at your Cairo hotel, and travel to the Old City in a private, air-conditioned van with WiFi on board. Start the day at the Mosque of Ahmad ibn Tulun, then continue on foot to Bab Zuweila, one of three surviving gates to 10th-century Fatamid Cairo. Trace a route down Muezz Street to Al Khayam Yah, where artisans have sewn ceremonial tents for weddings and celebrations since medieval times. Visit a series of religious landmarks: explore the 15th-century mosque-mausoleum of Circassian Sultan al-Mu’ayyad Shaykh, the moving Sabil-Kuttab of Tusun Pasha, and the Mosque of al-Azhar, which has been a center of Islamic theology for over 1,000 years. Dive back into modern life in Khan el-Khalili bazaar, where you’ll find aisles of colorful stalls overflowing with handicrafts, antiques and perfumes. Take in the hospital, madrasa and mausoleum built by Sultan al-Mansur Qalawun in the 13th-century and the madrasa-khanqah of Sultan Barquq. See the Old City’s Museum of Textiles and the Mosque of al-Aqmar, then visit Bayt al-Sihaymi to get a glimpse of daily life in an Ottoman Cairene household. End your walk at the northern walls and gates, then finish the day with return transfer to your hotel.

• Local taxes

• Bottled water

• Welcome drink

• Lunch

• Professional art historian guide

• Hotel pickup and drop-off

• Private tour

• Transport by air-conditioned, Wi-Fi enabled minivan

• Gratuities