Old Cairo

The Old Cairo Tour with Golavita takes you to the magic of the Middle eras. Go through a giant gate called Bab El Futuh.

At this spot, your feet will touch historical tiles dating back to 953 BC, while the great historical architecture of old schools, governmental buildings, homes, etc. will surround you. You will be in the heart of a complete historical life. That makes you forget the current time, as if you are coming back hundreds of years magically.

It is not a normal tour. Especially, all around you are the same since the middle ages with perfect conditions. The shiny, colorful decorations of the Mamluks, Fatimid, and Ottoman eras will brighten your eyes.

Wonders of Old Cairo Attractions 

Go amid the giant sparkling pendants, valuable giant chandeliers, and mashrabiyas, while the smell of oriental incense comes from here and there.

The local handmade crafts shops dating back hundreds of years are lined with shiny, dazzling souvenirs. You can take from the magnificent history a piece from these shops. That is by buying a souvenir. 

You are in a complete dazzle in this atmosphere at El Moez Street and Khan El Khalili. It is a Fatimid and Mamlukan market. You will feel as if you are a Fatimid or one of the Mohamed Ali family wandering around your world.

The same atmosphere of the Aladdin movie, but with reality you will live in. Then, at a magnificent citadel that was the largest and strongest in the medieval ages, you will live as a historical hero/heroine. 

Fustat attractions 

Wander amid the giant corridors, rooms of soldiers, and the magic halls of Muhammad Ali rooms with vibrant, unique treasured decorations. It is the Citadel of Salah Al-Din. It was the seat of government from its construction in 848 BC until the family of Muhammad Ali.

In this great fortress that rises above the land charmingly with its incredible architecture, where you can wander amid amazing details of great history, living them magically, you meet Muhammed Ali Mosque.

This mosque has unique colorful decorations and shines at the highest spot in the citadel as a giant piece of jewelry. It was built all with alabaster. Also, the Green Mosque will take you to its magical architecture.

Actually, each historical mosque you enter takes you to the dazzling mystery decorations of the Middle Ages, including the Mosque of Sultan Hassan, Al Rifai Mosque, etc. 

In this citadel, you are in the heart of Fustat, the city that was the capital of Egypt in the Middle Ages, arriving at this unique fortress Babylon to pass through its giant gates, finding sacred steps, where you walk through them, touching the place where the Virgin Mary and Jesus walked. 

The Mystery of the Old Cairo Churches! Live a Tour with the Holy Family 

You arrive at the Church of Saint Sergius and Bacchus, known as the Church of Abu Sarja. Inside it is a holy well, where the Holy Family spent time around it.

How the gates of this Roman fortress, Babylon, takes you to these historical churches, and how a giant church appears as hanging, and that is why called Hanging Church?! What about the mysteries and secrets of this Jewish synagogue, called Ben Ezra Synagogue, and how Jews lived in Egypt?

The magic is that Ben Ezra synagogue includes Coptic decorations. All of that you will uncover with Golavita Egyptologist, who takes you to the depths of history until the events surround you. Can you imagine beginning a tour and finding yourself in the heart of historical eras, where to create your unique memories? Once you end it, you will come to the reality. 

Your tour in Old Cairo, amid the dazzling architecture and above the charming tiles paved from hundreds of years still going on, accompanies you at a gate and takes you amid shiny pharaonic treasures! How is that?!

Not that all, but you will also wander through different eras, meeting mummies of whom had built the majestic ancient Egypt, including Ramses II. You will meet the most important Pharaonic kings. It is the magic of the Museum of Egyptian Civilization, built in the heart of ancient Egypt. The marvelous historical monuments will meet you at each inch in Old Cairo, which is also called Misr Al-Qadima.