Explore Garbage city and saint simon monastery

Overview

we will meet at the hotel in Cairo downtown or Giza at 9 am and we will finish around 1 afternoon. We will go to the old part in Cairo ( Manshyt Naser area ) to explore the ancient church, The Famous Cave Church of St. Simon in Cairo, Then the seven cave churches carved into the nearby Moqattam Mountain. The Monastery of St. Simon the Tanner is the largest and has an amphitheater with a seating capacity of 20,000. It is worth a visit if you are interested in the experience. Then passing by the Garbage City in Cairo where it`s located in a very local neighborhood that calls Manshiyat Naser, or “Garbage City in Cairo” as it’s better known as, is a slum settlement located to the southeast of Cairo. Its inhabitants are affectionately known as “Garbage city People. The Garbage city People, comprising mostly Coptic Christians. after that, we will go to the papyrus factory to see how the ancient Egyptians make paper from the plant