OceanAir Travels Egypt · Al-Muizz Street, Khan el-Khalili
An Egyptologist meets you at the Bab al-Futuh gate and walks you down Al-Muizz Street, into Bayt al-Suhaymi, the Qalawun complex and Barquq, with zalabya and koshary on the way. Pick it for value: every entrance and the food are in one flat price.
OceanAir Travels Egypt starts this walk at Bab al-Futuh, the northern Fatimid gate, and works south down Al-Muizz Street. On the way: the Mosque of Al-Hakim, Bayt al-Suhaymi, the Ottoman merchant's house with its garden courtyard, the Madrasa of Sultan Barquq and the Qalawun complex, before Khan el-Khalili and the Al-Hussein Mosque. Three hours, all on foot.
It's the only tour on this site that includes the tickets for the Al-Muizz monuments. The unified ticket is EGP 220 per foreign adult and Bayt al-Suhaymi is a separate EGP 220, so the entrances alone come to EGP 440, about $8.50. Add the snacks (zalabya, the little fried dough balls, or halabessa) and a meal of koshary or Egyptian pie, and the $34 flat price looks fair. Two options: meet at the gate, or add hotel transfers from Cairo or Giza.
The catches are small. It's a shared tour, and the listing allows up to 50 travellers, though guests describe small groups. The meeting point is the gate itself, so if you skip the transfer option you get yourself there; Bab El Shaaria on Metro Line 3 is the nearest station, 10 to 15 minutes' walk, or take an Uber. Reviews are 4.8 from 65, and every recent Viator review gives five stars.
Meet your guide in front of the northern gate (1 Darb Al Keshta, El Gamaliya), or come by hotel transfer.
The Fatimid mosque by the walls, then the merchant's house with its mashrabiya windows and garden courtyard.
Down the street to the Madrasa of Sultan Barquq and the Qalawun complex with its hospital and mausoleum. Street snacks on the way.
Into the bazaar and the square by the Al-Hussein Mosque. The walk ends with koshary or Egyptian pie.
★★★★★Akram was a great guide - he was very knowledgable about the history of Islamic Cairo and showed us all the important monuments. He also offered to take pictures of me and my sister. The tour included entrance fees to mosques and other historical buildings and everything went very smoothly. We ended the tour with an excellent lunch of Egyptian pancakes!
★★★★★Good activity for arriving at 6:30am after a 10 hr flight w/ little sleep. We saw the area that wasn't included in our main 12-day trip.
★★★★★Looking around the architecture of old Cairo with a knowledgable guide was amazing. Would recommend to anyone looking to explore the city with local knowledge.
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Yes, all of them. That covers the Al-Muizz unified ticket (EGP 220 for a foreign adult) and Bayt al-Suhaymi (another EGP 220), which this is the only tour here to include.
Street snacks such as zalabya or halabessa, then a meal of koshary or Egyptian pie (feteer). A guest finished with what she called "an excellent lunch of Egyptian pancakes".
In front of the Bab al-Futuh gate, 1 Darb Al Keshta, El Gamaliya. Book the transfer option for hotel pickup in Cairo or Giza. Our Al-Muizz Street guide has a map of the street.
No, it's shared, with a stated maximum of 50 travellers. The price is the same per person whatever the group size.
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