NMEC & Old Cairo Luxury Day Tour

This NMEC Old Cairo Tour pairs one of Cairo's newest museums with some of its oldest streets. The National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, opened in the historic Fustat district, covers seven thousand years of Egyptian life in a single, well-paced set of galleries textiles, everyday objects, and jewelry sit alongside its main draw, the Royal Mummies Hall, where twenty pharaohs and queens rest in specially designed display cases.

From the museum, the day moves to the Citadel of Saladin, a 12th-century fortress crowned by the 19th-century Muhammad Ali Mosque, whose pale alabaster walls give it its local name, the Alabaster Mosque, and whose terraces offer one of the best views in the city.

The final stop is Khan El Khalili, the market that has occupied this stretch of Cairo since the 14th century, where a guide can point you toward the coppersmiths, perfume blenders, and jewelers still working the traditional way rather than for tourists. Lunch, at a restaurant along the way, breaks up a day that moves from museum displays to a living, working part of the city.