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Take a deeper look into Egypt’s massive cave church for Saint Simon in Cairo, passing by the Garbage City in Cairo and The City of the Dead. They aren’t really on the “must see in Cairo” itinerary but for off the beaten track sightseeing.
A tourist guide will pick you up from your hotel in Cairo to visit the famous Cave Church of St. Simon. Located in the nearby Mokattam Mountain, there are seven cave churches carved into the rock. The Monastery of St. Simon, also known as “The Tanner,” is the largest in Egypt and the Middle East and features an amphitheater with a seating capacity of 20,000.
This unique site is a must-visit for those interested in exploring a different side of Egypt.
Then, passing by the Garbage City in Cairo, where it’s located in a very local neighborhood that is called “Manshiyat Naser”, or “Garbage City in Cairo” as it’s better known as, a slum settlement located to the southeast of Cairo. Its inhabitants are affectionately known as “Garbage People”, because they have been sustaining themselves for decades as Cairo’s unofficial sanitation crew.
The Garbage People, comprising mostly Coptic Christians, first immigrated to Cairo in the 1930s in search of big city dreams and land under their feet. Being very poor, and without a solid plan, they got by whatever way they could: living in makeshift housing and recycling the city’s compostable waste products by feeding it to their pigs
Then passing through The City of the Dead, which is an Islamic necropolis and cemetery below the Mokattam Hills in southeastern Cairo. Have lunch in a local restaurant and then head back to your hotel.
| # | Discount group | From adult | To adult | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Group | 2 | 10 | 20% |
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