The bazaar with a guide
A Khan el Khalili tour here starts at $30 for a three-hour private shopping trip through the local markets and the bazaar with a local expert guide. Four listings take you into the bazaar: that one, a guided walk through Old Cairo of three to four hours for $43, a six-hour private day with the Saladin Citadel and an Egyptologist for $76, and a private two-day tour with the Pyramids for $275. They suit visitors who want the bazaar explained by a guide rather than found on their own.
Quick answer
The short answer. The cheapest and shortest Khan el Khalili tour is the private shopping trip at $30: three hours, rated 4.7 from 872 reviews. The most reviewed listing that includes the bazaar is the Old Cairo walk at $43, rated 4.7 from 1,479 reviews, with El Moez Street and two mosques on the way.
Four different products
Only one of the four listings is about the bazaar itself. The $30 trip is a private shopping tour: a local expert guide leads you through the local markets and Khan el Khalili, and the description invites you to practise your bartering skills. The other three treat the bazaar as one stop in a longer outing.
The $43 walk passes through Bab al-Futuh gate, visits the Al-Hakim and Sultan Barquq Mosques and the Qalawun Complex, follows El Moez Street and takes in the bazaar. Its name adds street bites; the description does not say what food is served. The $76 tour goes inside the Saladin Citadel with a private Egyptologist, moves on to the religious heritage of Old Cairo and then into the maze of the bazaar.
The $275 tour spreads over two days and pairs the bazaar with the Pyramids, the Great Sphinx, the Egyptian Museum and a felucca ride on the Nile, privately with an Egyptologist. So choose by what you want around the bazaar: shopping time, the old streets, the Citadel, or the Pyramids.
Four listings
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The only listing built around shopping: local markets first, then Khan el Khalili, with a local expert guide for your party alone. Rated 4.7 from 872 reviews.
On foot with a guide from Bab al-Futuh gate along El Moez Street, with two mosques and the Qalawun Complex before the bazaar. The description does not call it private. Rated 4.7 from 1,479 reviews, the most of the four.
Inside the Saladin Citadel with an expert Egyptologist, then Old Cairo and the bazaar. Rated 4.7 from 1,278 reviews.
The Pyramids, the Great Sphinx, the Egyptian Museum, the bazaar and a felucca ride, with an Egyptologist. Rated 4.6 from 75 reviews. The listing does not say whether the price is per person or per group, so check before you compare.
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★ 4.7 · 872 reviews
★ 4.7 · 1,479 reviews
★ 4.7 · 1,278 reviews
★ 4.6 · 75 reviews
Every trip, current fare
The four listings with the cost per hour worked out. The walk runs three to four hours and the private tour two days, so neither shows an hourly figure.
| Tour | Length | Price | What you get | Cost per hour | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cairo: Local Markets & Khan el Khalili Private Shopping TourLocal expert guide | 3 h | $30 | Khan El Khalili bazaar | $10.00 | 4.7 · 872 |
| Old Cairo Guided Walk Tour: History, Culture & Street BitesAl-Hakim and Sultan Barquq Mosques | 3 - 4 h | $43 | Bab al-Futuh gate, El Moez Street | — | 4.7 · 1,479 |
| Cairo: Citadel, Old Cairo and Khan El Khalili Private TourExpert Egyptologist, private | 6 h | $76 | Inside the Saladin Citadel | $12.67 | 4.7 · 1,278 |
| Cairo: 2-Day Pyramid, Museum, Bazaar Private TourKhan El Khalili bazaar | 2 days | $275 | Pyramids, Sphinx, Egyptian Museum | — | 4.6 · 75 |
Which one if…
Pick by the one thing that matters most to you.
$30 for three private hours in the local markets and the bazaar with a local expert guide. Nothing else competes for the time.
The $43 walk: Bab al-Futuh, El Moez Street, two mosques, then the bazaar, in three to four hours.
$76 for six private hours with an Egyptologist. More options for the Citadel and the churches are on Old Cairo tours.
The two-day private tour at $275 covers both, plus the Egyptian Museum and a felucca ride.
The shopping trip at three hours or the walk at three to four. The Citadel day takes six.
Want more of Old Cairo than the bazaar: the Citadel, Al-Muizz Street, the Hanging Church?
The Old Cairo guide→Is it worth it?
Per hour the three short options sit close together. The shopping trip comes to $10 an hour. The Citadel day is $12.67 an hour and covers two more places. The walk works out between $10.75 and $14.33 an hour, depending on whether it runs three or four. The two-day tour is $137.50 a day with the Pyramids and a museum included.
The ratings are even: the three short tours are each rated 4.7, on 872 to 1,479 reviews. The two-day tour is rated 4.6 on 75.
So, honestly: if the bazaar is the reason, the $30 shopping trip is the cheapest hour and the most focused. If you want the history of the streets around it, add $13 and take the walk. Compare the rest of the city on 65 tours compared, or see private guides for a whole day.
Before you book
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Common questions
From $30 for the three-hour private shopping trip. The Old Cairo walk is $43, the private day with the Citadel $76 and the two-day private tour with the Pyramids $275.
Three hours on the shopping trip, three to four on the Old Cairo walk and six on the Citadel day. The longest listing runs over two days.
Yes, three of the four are private: the $30 shopping trip, the $76 Citadel day and the $275 two-day tour. The walk does not say it is private.
The $30 shopping trip covers the city's local markets as well as Khan el Khalili, with a local expert guide.
Yes. The $76 private tour goes inside the Saladin Citadel, through Old Cairo and into the bazaar in six hours, rated 4.7 from 1,278 reviews.
The Old Cairo walk has street bites in its name, but the description does not say what is served. The other three descriptions do not mention food.
One listing does: the private two-day tour at $275 with the Pyramids, the Great Sphinx, the Egyptian Museum, the bazaar and a felucca ride, rated 4.6 from 75 reviews.
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