Six centuries of trading in one maze of lanes: copper lanterns, spices, silver and papyrus. Your guide knows the honest shops, helps you bargain, shows you the best photo spots and ends the visit with mint tea at El Fishawy café.
Cairo
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Day by day
Your guide meets you and drives you to Al-Hussein Square.
Copper lanterns, spices, silver, perfume and papyrus in the 14th-century bazaar.
Your guide points you to honest shops, helps you bargain and never takes commission.
Bab el-Futuh, Al-Muizz Street and the lantern-lit alleys at their most beautiful.
Mint tea at Cairo's most famous café, open for more than 200 years.
From $49 per person
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