Islamic Cairo

Visit the 12th century Citadel built by Salahaldin for the defense of Cairo, you will also visit the Mohammed Ali Mosque a splendid towering mosque known as the Alabaster Mosque due to the use of alabaster for coating its interior and exterior walls. From the Citadel you will travel to Old Cairo where you will visit the Sultan Hassan Mosque the pearl of Islamic architecture and one of the most splendid Islamic monuments in Egypt. Continue to El Azhar Mosque which is part of the oldest Islamic universities in the center of an area full of the most beautiful monuments from 10th century.