Hanging Church (El Muallaqa, Sitt Mariam, St Mary)
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- Address: Sharia Mar Girgis, Cairo
- Hours: Open Daily 9am - 4pm
- Admission: Free
ATTRACTION Keywords:
Cultural Experience,
Holy Place,
Religious Experience,
Church / Cathedral
Hanging Church (El Muallaqa, Sitt Mariam, St Mary) Reviews
We've found 58 Hanging Church (El Muallaqa, Sitt Mariam, St Mary) reviews from Viator.com travelers and members: what they loved, what they liked and what they think could be improved. It's all here to help you make the most of your next trip.
Review by RE H, April 2013
Doing what: Private Tour: Coptic Cairo, The Hanging Church, Abu Serga, Ben Ezra
Excellent tour with knowledgeable guide. Pickup and drop-off were punctual and the tour stops covered very well. The sights were far less crowded than many other Cairo tours. Thoroughly enjoyed by all of us.
Review by Jeannie C, March 2013
Doing what: Private Tour: Coptic Cairo, The Hanging Church, Abu Serga, Ben Ezra
The guide was very pleasant and knowledgeable. I enjoyed the tour.
Review by Chris, September 2012
Doing what: Private Tour: Coptic Cairo, The Hanging Church, Abu Serga, Ben Ezra
Interesting tour. Punctual guide.
Review by Carolyn F, July 2012
Doing what: Private Tour: Coptic Cairo, The Hanging Church, Abu Serga, Ben Ezra
A bit disappointing! The tour guide spent more time bragging about his knowledge and talking politics with friends along the way than telling me info. about the sites. He also took me to a lot of places to buy stuff ( no obligation to buy of course but....!)He seemed to discourage any activities that required being out in the sun any longer than the minimum. I would advise checking out the guides you arrange a bit more thoroughly!!
Review by Kay P T, April 2012
Doing what: Private Tour: Coptic Cairo, The Hanging Church, Abu Serga, Ben Ezra
This tour was wondeful. The guide was very friendly, helpful and extremely well informed about the history of the times, area, activites, and the items in the museum. Would recommend this tour and guide to everyone.
Review by Luiz R, January 2012
Doing what: Private Tour: Coptic Cairo, The Hanging Church, Abu Serga, Ben Ezra
The guide was kind and helpful. The best of the tour was the visit to the Coptic Museum.
Review by PETER B, August 2011
Doing what: Private Tour: Coptic Cairo, The Hanging Church, Abu Serga, Ben Ezra
Henry our guide is a Coptic Christian and so he brought an extra dimension to our tour. The tour was excellent, uncrowded and easily walked. The churches steeped in early christian history. Bravo Viator
Review by Gregory B, August 2011
Doing what: Private Tour: Coptic Cairo, The Hanging Church, Abu Serga, Ben Ezra
An extremely interesting and valuable tour to gain an insight into the history of this part of Cairo. Excellent guide and service, would highly recommend this to all.
Review by Stephen H, July 2011
Doing what: Private Tour: Coptic Cairo, The Hanging Church, Abu Serga, Ben Ezra
Tour guide Ans was very knowledgable, good tour, very happy .
Review by Athelstan B, June 2011
Doing what: Private Tour: Coptic Cairo, The Hanging Church, Abu Serga, Ben Ezra
Many thanks to our guide Shereif for making this segment of the trip both educational and enjoyable.
Review by John g K, June 2011
Doing what: Private Tour: Coptic Cairo, The Hanging Church, Abu Serga, Ben Ezra
The tour company's Khaled Lofty is the most expert and friendly Egyptologist in Cairo and the driver was superb, a must for Cairo traffic.
Review by Carol P, May 2011
Doing what: Private Tour: Coptic Cairo, The Hanging Church, Abu Serga, Ben Ezra
Good tour, just a shame that the guide was distracted and spent most of the time on his phone.
Review by William Y, May 2011
Doing what: Private Tour: Coptic Cairo, The Hanging Church, Abu Serga, Ben Ezra
Well guarded area, takes a few hours to go through the four or five areas (church, museum, original street- 18 feet below, another church). Well worth it to see that there are Christians still in Cairo (about 10% called Coptics) and that this area had great importance in history. Ties Cairo as the crossroads of the middle east. You will enjoy this tour.
Review by Ebony C, May 2011
Doing what: Private Tour: Coptic Cairo, The Hanging Church, Abu Serga, Ben Ezra
The tour covered the stated areas, but it would be better to have a Coptologist leading the tour to avoid filtering the narrative through the lens of Islam. Coptic history predates Islam of course and reversing the direction of influence could cause confusion for someone who doesn't know much about the history of Christianity in the region. Further, a Coptologist could provide a more detailed history of each site. In several instances we felt the tour guide could have had more precise answers or described the significance of certain artifacts beyond the captions listed under the objects themselves. For example, the distinctions between Coptic coffins and trunks to hold robes, hats, and other religious clothing. Also, the difference between a confessional and a storage space in the Coptic church. Do Copts have confessionals? And the circumstances in which new testament bibles were found. The Hanging Church was amazing and has a tremendous history behind it that is more interesting than the foundation less design of the building itself. Spending more time on the relics, designs, and icons, in the church would have been helpful. She was otherwise a pleasure to spend time with and certainly knows quite a bit about the history of Islam in Egypt and collaboration between Muslims and Copts (a timely reminder). I would love to take a tour of Islamic Cairo with her and no doubt others would enjoy it as well.
Review by Alan H, February 2011
Doing what: Private Tour: Coptic Cairo, The Hanging Church, Abu Serga, Ben Ezra
excellent tour guide 5 stsr tour
