5-Hour Trip from Cairo to the Cave Church at Mokattam Mountain

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Visit the Cave Church (St. Simon the Tanner Monastery) in El Mokattam Mountain on this private tour from Cairo. Travel through the so-called "Garbage City," home to the mostly-Coptic Zabbaleen trash collectors, learn how the churches were carved into the rock, and visit a Virgin Mary apparition.

Overview

Visit the Cave Church (St. Simon the Tanner Monastery) in El Mokattam Mountain. Travel through the "Garbage City," learn about the churches carved into the rock, and visit a Virgin Mary apparition site.