Before doing all the must do pyramid tour, we continued our trip with our city sightseeing.
We started our day early to go to the Citadel which included Mosque of Mohammad Ali Pasha. The mosque was started building in 1824 by Mohammad Ali, viceroy of Egypt and finished in 1857. The architecture was influenced by the Ottoman mosques in Istanbul.
After the Citadel, we went the the Mosques of Sultan Hassan. It is one of the largest Mosques in The world. It was said that the Sultan ordered the hand of the architect to be cut off, in order that the building would remain unique.
Our next stop was Gayer-Anderson house. Major Robert Gayer-Anderson, a retired British doctor restored and refurished the houses with Ottoman-era furniture and fitting in 1934. At the house you can also see his collections of Egyptian antiques.
We continued to head south to go to Coptic area of Cairo. We visited the Coptic museum, which was found in 1908 to preserve Coptic artefacts and Egypt's Christian heritage against the acquisitive activities of local and foreign collectors. We also visited church of St. George and the Hanging church.
Our last stop of the day is the Nilometer, it was originally built in The ninth century BC. It was once used to measure the water level of the Nile.
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