City of the Dead (Al-Arafa) Tours and Tickets

A unique blend of cemetery and residential neighborhood, Cairo’s City of the Dead is a fascinating place to explore. Visit its shops, tombs, houses, and mausoleums on a 4-hour, private tour for your group of up to 15 people. This guided experience includes round-trip hotel transport, and a trip to the Mosque of Ibn Tulun, one of the oldest mosques in the city.

Experience a unique part of Cairo with a guided tour of the City of the Dead, an ancient cemetery that’s alive with life. Explore its crowded aisles of beautiful Islamic architecture with a local guide, and learn why so many Cairenes (around 500,000) are living alongside gravestones and mausoleums. This tour includes round-trip transport, as well as bottled water and snacks for your convenience.

This private guided tour enables you to see some local sites in Cairo. Visit the Famous Cave Church of St. Simon in Cairo, passing by the Garbage City in Cairo and The City of the Dead.

Reveal the mystery of the Pyramids, feel the energy of special places, understand the philosophy of Sphinx, discover your unlimited abilities by driving a quad in narrow, crowded streets and the wide desert. Get adrenaline by climbing high above Cairo in the Mokattam mountains and enjoy other surprises. All in one day.

Explore historical sites in Cairo, Egypt, via the felucca ride. The tour starts with a visit to Nilometer, an old structure from the Arab conquest of Egypt. Then, we move on to Manial Palace Museum to discover different Islamic architectural styles and beautiful gardens. The tour ends with a visit to the city of the dead to check out ancient tombs and mausoleums before heading back to the river Nile to return to your hotel.

Meet your Egyptologist tour guide in your hotel holding a sign board of your name. Start your tour to see the famous mosque in Cairo which was built inside the biggest fortress in Cairo. Explore the mosque with your guide and and learn about how it was covered in alabaster stone and silver. Nest, head to the City of Dead to see some tombs and learn more about its history from your guide. Afterwards you will go directly to Al-Azhar park which one of the largest park in Egypt. Go up to the highest point of Cairo to see all of the city, before heading back to your hotel.

visit the Famous Cave Church of St. Simon in Cairo , passing by the Garbage City in Cairo and The City of the Dead. Private guided tour enables you to see some Local sites in cairo

See three of Cairo’s most atmospheric sights in just half a day on this fascinating tour of the Cave Church (St. Simon the Tanner Monastery), carved into Mokattam Mountain. You’ll pass by the area known as Garbage City, where struggling workers scrape together a living on mounds of stinking trash, and the City of the Dead (Northern Cemetery), where poor folk live among medieval tombs.

visit the Famous Cave Church of St. Simon in Cairo , passing by the Garbage City in Cairo and The City of the Dead. Private guided tour enables you to see some Local sites in cairo

In this tour you will explore an area known as "Garbage City, " which is a slum settlement at the base of Mokattam Hill on the outskirts of Cairo, and inhabited by the Coptic Christians, Within the Garbage City seven churches and chapels are hidden within a series of caves. While walking the chaotic streets of Garbage City, you will st Simone or the cave church,enjoy the beautiful sculptures made very recently and describes the holy Family journey to Egypt, & then you will explore the City of the Dead, where the deceased take up residency among the living.

Our guide will pick you up from your hotel by an air-conditioned vehicle to visit great landmarks from the Islamic civilization era.

Your Egypt Royal Tours - Tour guide will be waiting you. They will be holding a sign of Egypt Royal Tours, You do not need to look for them – they will be waiting for you and will find you. Start your tour visiting The Egyptian Museum which has more than 250,000 pieces display a rare collection of Egyptian art Over 5,000 years, as well as Tutankhamen room which has treasure, jewelry and gold’s which was enclosed in his tomb over 3500 years before it was discovered in 1920 when his tomb was excavated. After that, move to visit the Citadel of Salah El Din After that visit Mohamed Ali Alabaster Mosque which was designed by the architect Yousif Boushnaq, a Turkish man who came specially from Istanbul and built this great mosque for Mohamed Ali, the ruler of Egypt (1805-1849) who ruled Over 45 years, Then move to get your lunch in nice restaurant. Then you will go to see the City of the Dead which it is very big and old cemetery dates back to the 14th century AD. Finally move to your hotel.

visit the Famous Cave Church of St. Simon in Cairo , passing by the Garbage City in Cairo and The City of the Dead. Private guided tour enables you to see some Local sites in cairo

Sun Pyramids Tours tour guide will pick you up from your hotel by an air-conditioned vehicle to visit great landmarks from the Islamic civilization era.

our tour guide will pick you up from your hotel by an air-conditioned vehicle to visit great landmarks from the Islamic civilization era.