Islamic Cairo Walking Tour: Khan el Khalili, Al-Azhar Mosque

A relaxing half day tour

Zizou was our tour guide and he was very knowledgeable of Egyptian history and culture. We saw the Al-Azhar Mosque where Zizou shared his knowledge of Egyptian history. Afterwards, we visited the Kan el Khalili bazar, where we had a chance to purchase souvenirs and see jewelry and perfumes. If you want to spend half a day on a tour I would recommend this one. And if you can get Zizou as your tour guide you’ll be in good hands.

A lovely day with Mr Zizou

An incredible day with Mr Zizou in Old Cairo. Zizou is extremely knowledgeable and gave us a detailed and interesting tour. We visited two mosques and walked around old Cairo. We had a lovely insight into life here and learned a lot about the history of the area and of Cairo. He was also kind enough to negotiate great prices on some brass items we purchased. Thank you!

Awesome tour with experienced guide

We were very lucky to be led by Zizou our guide and our driver Omar who drove us safely in the crazy traffic of Cairo. We appreciated the big cultural, historical knowledge and the very good English skills Zizou‘s. Though we are from a different cultural background we all have a lot to laugh about. TripAdviser offered a great tour.

Walking Tour

Zizou was a really monderful.and informative guide. Zizou knows so much about Egyptian history. I really recommend this tour.

Splendid way to immerse in the Egyptian Islamic culture

Exploring the historic neighborhood of Islamic Cairo was both educational and entertaining: you are literally walking through the open-air museum full of mosques, madrasas and Islamic cultural heritage. And entering Khan El Khalili bazaar is like entering a bee-hive of traditional craft shops. Overall a memorable, lively and colorful experience brought to life by our professional and knowledgeable guide Zizou. His knowledge on the Egyptian history is truly impressive. Thank you, Zizou!

A fantastic evening to start our trip to Cairo. Our guide was very informative, friendly and relatable.

A fantastic outing and a tour well appreciated. Our guide was wonderful. He made sure to tailor the experience to suit what we liked and were interested in.

Highly recommend this tour with Zizou!

Zizou is incredibly knowledgable. He’s also a wonderful storyteller. We stopped by the oldest hospital in the world and asked Zizou about a simple question about medical specialization. He responded with the most insightful story about medicine and innovation in Ancient Egypt. He balances a tourist’s point of view at all times and makes sure that he’s responding to questions with consideration to potential limitations or gaps in the individual’s knowledge. Cannot recommend Zizou enough!

Zizou is a super knowledge Egyptologist!

Zizou was the best tour guide we had while in Egypt! He is incredibly knowledgable and speaks English super well. Throughout our tour, Zizou continued to check in with us, adjusting the walk based on our feedback. He provided helpful guidance and insight regarding cultural norms that we would have never known without his transparency. We felt safe and comfortable the entire tour. Our driver, Issam, navigated the bustling streets of downtown Cairo with ease. Overall, a fantastic experience!

Greit experience in Cairo!

All perfect. The guide helped us with shopping in the Bazaar, and provided fantastic explanacions of the mosque. He is an expert historian of his country.

Visit of the market

We went for a half day tour according to our own requests and not the standard program, very good that the tour organiser had the flexibility to adapt to individual requests with very short notice. With the help of our excellent guide Zanaty we got an excellent insight on modern history of Egypt. With his support and patience, we also succefully negotiated through the labyrint of the market and got ourselves some really nice Egyptian artifacts

A great introduction to the history and culture of Cairo

A great introduction to the history and culture of Cairo. Our guide, Zizou, took us to the Mosque of al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah where we learned about its cultural and architectural significance. We also were given a history of Egypt; from its three periods of Egyptian civilization, Greek, Roman and Ottoman as well as French and British influences. . We learned the five principles of the Islamic Faith. We then toured the souk of Khan el-Khalili were Zizou guided us past the many vendors. We enjoyed freshly squeezed sugar cane and mango drinks as well as enjoyed coffee and mint tea. We then took a van to both an Egyptian perfume shop and cotton shop, upon our request. The tour was very flexible. Zizou was great! Even before he told us he had a masters degree (in I believe) Egyptian history, I thought he presented material far better than many of my post graduate training professors. He was knowledgeable, friendly, and proud to share his heritage. Ask for Zizou.

Highly recommended

This walking tour through Old Cairo was very interesting and enjoyable. Zizou was a friendly, helpful and flexible guide. Recommended

Fun, interesting and a great way to see the real Cairo.

I spent 3 days in Cairo and on the last day I did a walking tour to see the real Cairo. We did a couple of mosques, wandered around and chatted to people and then spent some time in the Bazaars. It's such a great way to see Cairo, my guide was really lovely and answered all my questions and explained lots of cultural, historic and religious things to me and I really loved it. However this is a 3 hour trip max, so think before you pay $99.

Unforgettable Walking Tour of Islamic Cairo and Khan el Khalili

I had a phenomenal time exploring Islamic Cairo and Khan el Khalili with Titto as my guide and highly recommend it to everyone visiting Cairo. From the moment the tour started, Titto's warm and personable approach made me feel welcomed and at ease. His passion for the local history and culture shone through in each fact and every story he shared, turning the walk through the historical areas into a captivating journey through time. Titto's knowledge is remarkable. He provided detailed explanation of the historical and cultural significance of each location, offering insights that I could never have gained from guidebooks. What set Titto apart as a guide was not just his expertise but also his ability to engage in enjoyable and meaningful conversations, answer any question thrown his way, and tailor the tour to my interests. By the end of the tour, I felt like I had seen the heart and soul of Islamic Cairo and Khan el-Khalili through the eyes of someone who loves and understands the city. It was an immersive cultural experience to remember. Thank you, Titto.

Excellent Tour

This was the second tour our family did with Zizou during our trip to Cairo. Zizou is very knowledgeable and goes the extra mile to ensure your tour goes beyond expectations. He is also very patient while answering our thousand and one questions. He always ensured our safety while walking beside vehicles and in the market. Again, Zizou personalized our experience by bringing us to reputable vendors for items we wished to purchase and even helped us bargain for the best price. He also managed to convince a papyrus vendor to stay open after hours, so we could buy some papyrus paintings.

Walking tour

My family, friend, and I did the walking tour of Cairo with Hosni on our first afternoon in Cairo. Hosni was very friendly and gave us good information about Cairo. It was helpful to have a guide to help with crossing and navigating the busy streets and learning how to handle overzealous vendors. I had purposely booked a walking tour, as I had read previous reviews about other tours taking you to papyrus, oil, cotton, etc stores and getting pressured to buy items. We were surprised when after our walking tour we were driven to a papyrus store. After the papyrus store, we were then told we would be visiting an oil store. We informed Hosni that we were not interested in anymore shopping and he happily took us to our hotel.

Islamic Cairo walking tour. Highly recommend!

Our guide, Hosni, was knowledgeable, fun, and an excellent guide. He treated each of us kindly and with patience and took good care of us throughout the day. He answered all of our questions and requests. We greatly enjoyed his service and his company. Omar was a fantastic driver, too!

Highly recommended tour of the Islamic sites in Cairo

Great overview of Islamic sites in Cairo. Mo was very knowledgeable and a great guide through the areas we visited.

Islamic Cairo Tour

Tour guide (Hosan) was very informative and patient. He explained everything in detail and gave us a hreat experience!

Great day with Zanaty

Our mosque and market tour with Zanaty was both educational and very enjoyable! We had a fantastic day and learned a lot, and he even helped us haggle a bit in the market. He took us to a great spot for mint tea as well! We would definitely recommend him to anyone!

Great tour

Mahmoud was excellent. He is knowledgeable, passionate, and personable Highly recommend this tour for anyone interested in Cairosl's history

Henry is the tour guys you need to know about the culture\historical places

The tour was amazing!! Henry, our tour guy was really knowledgeable, nice and patient. I highly recommend this tour (Ask for Henry) to know more about the culture, the historical places and the inside info about the markets ;) And when ask if you want to go to the papyrus museum say YES!!! because having a real one is the way to go.

Walking Tour Cairo

Zanaty is very knowledgeable and professional. An informative and interesting tour! Thoroughly enjoyed it and would highly recommend.

A fun day in Cairo

Zanetti speaks English well, explained the history of Egypt and Cairo. He helped navigate the market and workshops. He was patient and helpful in every way. Our tour lasted longer than planned as he helped track down goldsmiths on a Sunday which was very appreciated and overall a fun time! Highly recommend Zanetti and Deluxe Travel. The driver Omar was very polite and safe, the Deluxe Travel vans are nice.

Wonderful tour option to the Khan El Khalili Bazaar

This is an excellent tour for anyone interested in the Khan El Khalili Bazaar and getting a peek at some Islamic architecture. We took a few tours here in Cairo and I wish we had done this one first. Mo was our guide and he was exactly what a tour guide should be - professional, knowledgeable, and trustworthy. We did not always feel safe with the guides on other tours but we did not feel that way for a second with Mo - he communicated everything we did to us so we knew what to expect. Plus he gave us wayyyy more history of Cairo than other tour guides. He even took us to a couple of extra places so we could buy spices and a few other things we asked about. Could not recommend this tour more!! Highly recommend!

Awesome tour with great guide and driver!

What a truly awesome tour, all enhanced by my amazing guide Mo and driver Omar, who were both exceptional and first class: very friendly, knowledgeable and helpful. Both really excelled in ensuring that I got the most out of the walking tour, and the additional visit to the papyrus centre and carpet making centre were really interesting. Mo was so knowledgeable and informative about Egyptian history, and I learn’t so much. I loved this tour and highly recommend it.

Beautiful Experience in Cairo!

I enjoyed this tour! The tour guide, Mahmoud Badr, was enjoyable and insightful and made my time peaceful. He is knowledgeable and shares great information. I left the tour feeling inspired to learn something new about the beauty of Islam and this historic district in Cairo. The driver, Mahmoud Dia, is friendly and kind., and I enjoyed talking with him. The entire tour was terrific. This was a safe and pleasant experience! If you are visiting Cairo, I would recommend booking this tour!

Excellent Tour with Excellent Tour Guides Momound n Omar.

Mamoud n Omar were everything that customer service should be. I experienced one of the best tours with one of the best tour guides in all my travels. Mamoud was knowledgeable n patient. But what stood out for me was his deep love n respect for EYGPT, his culture n the history of Egypt with all its pharaohs, kings n the introduction of Muslin rellgion, Alexander the Great n so much more. Kudos to MaMoud n thank I for having him on your team. Last but not least what a team Omar the driver n Momoud made. Omar was so pleasant I felt so comfortable n I was a solo female traveler. Thank you Omar for helping me feel safe n yr great driving skills🙏👌

Wonderful Cairo walking tour

Our guide Hussein Elgaby was excellent and we would definitely recommend him! The tour was fantastic and showed us another side of Cairo altogether. We had kids ages 14, 12 and 9 with us and walking around this area of town with Hussein as out guide made us feel at ease. Unfortunately as it was a Friday (and simply because it was so busy) we couldn't enter the mosque but that was ok with us, we had a great experience and I would definitely recommend this to others travelling to Cairo.

Enjoyable walking tour of Old Cairo

Lovely walking tour of Old Cairo today. Mahmoud Badr and our driver Omar did a great job ensuring I saw the highlights and had just the right amount of information to know about the history of the places we visited. Also arranged a yummy lunch and some shopping.

Authentic Cairo experience

Our guide was Hussein and we enjoyed all aspects of his 'guidance'. Pick up was on time with good communication to connect with him in front of our hotel. Transport was modern and safe navigating the chaos of the Cairo streets. We visited several mosques and bazars. Khalili was quite authentic and we felt safe there. Hussein took us around many sites and was quite flexible to accommodate our requests. A recommended experience in Cairo.

Great Cairo walking tour

I loved this tour! What a peek into life in Cairo - the streets were chaotic and overwhelming and we LOVED it. Our guide Tito provided so much great information and made sure we were safe and comfortable the entire time. This is really a must do tour when in Cairo!

Very good tour and a taste of Egypt.

I had a very good time on this tour. Mohamed was very knowledgeable and was able to talk about many different aspects of Egyptian history and culture.

A walk into the past…

We had a wonderful time with Mohamed and I would highly recommend you request him as your tour guide! One of the highlights was stopping at El Fishawy Cafe in Khan el Khalili - the oldest one in Cairo dating back to 1797. The tea and atmosphere at the cafe was single-handedly the best experience. It was also incredible to walk through the streets of Islamic Cairo beyond the bazaar to see mosques, gates, and other infrastructure dating back many centuries.

Not a good experience

The guide talked a lot without saying anything interesting. We were already done with the official tour after 2 hours and then he wanted to take us to papyrus and gold and perfume stores next. We explained what we wanted to see in the old Islamic quarter but he either pretended not to understand or said that it wasn’t included on the tour (even though all these sights were part of Islamic Cairo and we were at walking distance from them.) The guide wasn’t unkind or pushy, just not a good match for our small group. The driver was nice and professional and picked us up in time.

Wonderful!

Tito was great and very informative. We really enjoyed our tour and would recommend to anyone. Great!

Hidden Gems

I thoroughly enjoyed visiting the coptic churches. There are so much to learn of their history. The tour guide, Henry Ayoub is very knowledgeable and well versed in the bible. It was an eye opening experience passing through the garbage district to the Church of St Simon and the Church of St Marcus. It was alo a humbling experience. I highly recommend this tour run by Delux tour.

Great tour

I loved being guided by Mo and the driver Walid — very knowledgeable and personable and even shared with me the best Egyptian writers after learning I am a writer. Flexible as well when I wanted to change some details of the schedule.

Mosque and Bazaar

Our guide Henry Ayoub was very knowledgeable, and helpful along our tour. He told us what to watch out for while shopping during the bazaar, and he was absolutely correct about everything! We ate lunch at a very cute Cafe, food was delicious! Mosque was breath taking!

Not For Solo Female Travellers

Unfortunately, I felt the need to cut my tour with Mahmoud short as I felt so uncomfortable. Although he knows a lot about Cairo, he spent a big portion of our time together talking about my looks instead. I did not realise I was the only one who had booked onto the tour until he showed up at the hotel on his own with a driver. I’m a blonde, blue eyed, female solo traveller and would not recommend that other young female travellers to do this tour on their own. Mahmoud would get very close to my face when talking, he would tell me I was beautiful on repeat and he also struggled telling a coherent story in english. I had to google most of the places after visiting them as his stories didn’t make much sense. Although I did end the tour early we spent about half an hour just sitting in a restaurant drinking tea rather than seeing more of the city and prior to that we simply drove past some of the most beautiful sights. Please also bear in mind some mosques are closed if you do this tour in the evening. I was told by locals there are much better walking tours out there.

Very Good service and helpful informative Guide.

This is a wonderful shopping and sightseeing tour in khan El khalili Market and great experience that we had with Dr Mo . He helped us and he did his best for bargaining .Al Azhar Mosque was stunning . Highly recommend this tour with deluxe team.

Islamic Cairo

This was a lovely trip. Henry was very informative and we learned a lot from him. We would never have thought to visit the citadel and we also gleaned other useful information from him. An excellent tour guide!

Great service and excellent tour .

Great service and so friendly tour guide. Me and my friend toured Al Azhar mosque and the Market , we had good time , learned too much about the Islamic history and we got experience about the people life there . Thanks Mo and Mustaffa for this fun day!

Great Tour - Highly recommend

We had a great time. Titto was great guide- very knowledgeable and friendly. He was very informative and politely answered all our questions. Recommend Titto to everyone.

Great tour

We thoroughly enjoyed our tour with Henry and Ramadan. Henry is exceptionally knowledgeable about the Islamic city, mosques and the market. He has a great sense of humor that made our walking our more entertaining.

wonderful tour with best tour guide & driver!!

We had a wonderful experience with our guide Mahmoud Badr and our driver Ramadan! Mahmoud had an incredible amount of information on the different mosques around Khan-el-Khalili Bazar to tell and led us safely through the bazar area. Thanks for the beautiful trip and the journey through the ancient egypt history and culture! Would recommend 10/10 :)

Great experience

Muhammad is so great guide and so helpful , totally he made our walking tour in the Bazar, we will advice everyone to do this tour with him. We highly appreciate it.

Highly recommended!!

We would highly recommend this tour with Tito to anyone looking to explore Islamic Cairo. The area itself was architecturally beautiful and steeped in history. Tito was an excellent guide and made the history come to life, stopping at each noteworthy building to explain the story behind it. He was extremely knowledgeable, answering any questions we had. He was also very flexible and friendly and let us decide which parts of the tour or area we wanted to focus on. Again, would highly recommend both Tito and the tour to anyone visiting Cairo - thank you Tito!

Nice guide

Great tour with very detail explaining of each sightseeing points. Titu even helped with lots of photos taken.

Would recommend

Overall a really good tour. Mo was very informational and knew a lot of information about the mosques we went to. The experience was a little confusing and chaotic at times because we had to pay extra to enter all the mosques, and had to circle back through the market to go to the famous spot to take pictures. The tour was also a lot shorter than the 5 hours advertised. Ours lasted ~2.5 hours. But overall I would recommend this to others.