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Saladin Citadil in Egypt

August 27, 2023 Happy Egypt

Cairo Attractions

Saladin Citadil

Cairo Citadel or Citadel of Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi (Arabic: Citadel of Saladin, romanized: Citadel of Salah al-Din) is a fortress from the medieval Islamic era in Cairo, Egypt, built by Salah al-Din (Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi), one of the greatest commanders who ruled Egypt. Really a great leader, you can know the interesting about him through trips to the few through Happy Egypt
It was developed by the subsequent Egyptian rulers, and to our time, Saladin Citadel is considered one of the most important places that can be visited while doing Egypt Travel Packages, as it is among the attractive places that have a great history that you can get to know.

Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi Citadel was built by Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi in the late twelfth century.
He was once a famous king and army commander, and the founder of the Ayyubid state. ...
For centuries, the seat of the king and his government was in Egypt.

What is the importance of the castle in Cairo?
The founder of the Ayyubid family, Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi, ordered the construction of this castle in 1176 to unite the cities of Cairo and Fustat, as well as to provide a major defense point against the Crusaders in the capital of his new caliphate.

Egypt Day Tours gives you the opportunity to take an enjoyable trip to see this ancient castle, which belongs to the great leader who is still talking about him at all times, as he is truly a great leader with a long history

Saladin was the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty, the first sultan of Egypt and Syria, and the man who united the Islamic world against the Crusader forces in Europe. He is famous for retaking Jerusalem from the Crusaders in 1187, which ended the Second Crusade. He bears the title of Conqueror of the Crusaders, as he was a great leader who deserves much history to be written about him. With Happy Egypt, take a trip to the Egyptian Museum and the Citadel of Saladin to witness this historical greatness.

Saladin is the Western name for Saladin Yusuf ibn Ayyub, the Muslim sultan of Egypt and Syria who defeated a massive army of Crusaders at the Battle of Hattin and captured the city of Jerusalem in 1187. At the height of his power, he ruled a unified Muslim region stretching from Egypt to Arabia contact us to know more .

When was Saladin born?

Saladin Yusuf ibn Ayyub was born in 1137 in Tikrit, Iraq. His father was an officer in the army of the Seljuk commander Zangi. He studied mathematics, philosophy and law. He also learned about being a soldier including how to use a bow and arrow, how to fight with a sword, and how to ride a horse into battle.

How did he get the name Saladin?

Saladin was a great warrior and earned the name Al-Malik al-Nasir Salah al-Din (which means "strong defender, right of faith"). The last part of his name, Saladin, is shortened by Westerners to "Saladin".

Salah Al-Den Al-Ayobi's Castle

Saladin Citadel was developed by the subsequent Egyptian rulers, and to our time, Saladin Citadel is considered one of the most important places that can be visited while doing Egypt Travel Packages, as it is among the attractive places that have a great history that you can get to know. Cairo Citadel or Saladin Citadel is a castle from the medieval Islamic era

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The tour includes famous attractions such as the Pyramids of Giza, the Sphinx, the Grand Egyptian Museum, Karnak Temple, Luxor Temple, and other ancient sites.

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Amazing full day Luxor East and West bank tour with our awesome guide Mohammed Hasan and excellent driver Jaber. Mohammed was extremely knowledgeable and great company. Thank you Happy Egypt for the absolutely wonderful experience in Luxor

Damian T October 2025

I was visiting Hurghada and was delighted to find out it was possible to see the sights of Luxor while I was there. A friend of mine recommended this tour and I was so happy he did. The driver Gabor and the tour guide Essam took good care of me, showed up on time, and answered all my questions.

In particular, the company sent Gabor because of his English proficiency, which meant he drove from Luxor to Hurghada, picked me up, drove me to Luxor, drove me around all day, drove me back to Hurghada, and then drove back to Luxor! Four four-hour trips in one day! The ride included drinks and bathroom stops and Gabor provided me with Egyptian money to go to the bathroom, because I hadn't had a chance to get any yet.

Essam did a great job recommending what I should do and answering my many questions, and he was always willing for me to stop to take photos, including finding a way for an unscheduled stop for Nile photos.

Lunch was also very good and went beyond the usual felafel-and-shawarma.

It is absolutely worth doing this as a private tour rather than being herded around in a group.

slfisher June 2025

I participated in Slavia village riding, temporarily found this company, customer service staff is good, the United States is not able to pay with cash, online payment has additional charges to generate scum
The tour guide Ahmed service is good, he took us on a boat to the village, and riding the hill, and slowly walked in the village road, let us both scared and excited, to the village Ahmed brought us to enjoy the local special bread with black honey and old-fashioned, eat as well as soy milk 😁, and also drank black tea, also let us try Arabic spice coffee, the whole shop is very beautiful, then we went to Slavic school to learn Arabic and Slavic language, really very difficult but fresh, but unfortunately to rush back to the collection otherwise really like a lot more, I highly recommend Slavic Arabic riding

Mei May 2025

We took a ride in the village of Slavia, but I couldn't find an option to review this activity
Because it is temporary so I found this company on the Internet, customer service staff is good, but the only US is not enough is that he can only brush cards online can not pay cash, hope to have the option of paying cash

We had a great afternoon
Leading our guide Ahmed people are good, we because of the previous trip delayed time, let him wait for us a while on the boat, up to the boat to discover the entire boat only us, he also gave us water and drinks, we saw the sunset on the boat to take pictures very carefully, the road Ahmed like we told the surrounding view, some understand some not understand, but this is the charm of travel
Finally arrived at the place where Ahmed was very good to support us in the upper edge, the youth who carried the rope was also reassured to give us, but there was no stubborn edge in the back of the supervision, on the road we would run for a while and walk very self-sufficient, in his body we were afraid and excited, and finally walked into the village of slavery, we went to eat slavery bread with black sugar and adult food, that servant and our soy milk taste super like soy milk, also drank black tea, because Arab coffee is interested so we also tried, the taste is very special. Finally we went to the school in Slavia for a class, really a classroom, we quickly learned some Arabic and Slavic, really too hard, but very happy, if not to rush back and gather, really want to slow down the whole village

Paradise May 2025

Mei May 2025

We wanted to book an Aswan tour on the day our Nile cruise allowed free for a trip. Most of the other companies seemed to only offer trips that had already been included in our cruise package. So I found this company and booked the "Nobles Tombs, Famine Stela and Elephantine Island" tour online, and prepaid by credit card.

We were picked up from our cruise boat from the Aswan dock and taken to a motorboat. Our guide Mustafa took us first to The Nobles Tombs, they were very different to VoK type tombs. They showed scenes of more ordinary life and were tombs of high officials rather than pharaohs. We then sailed to Sehel Island to see the rock inscriptions and the famous Famine Stela. From there we sailed back to Elephantine Island, we had a great view of the Old Cataract Hotel from the river, to tour the Temple of Satet and the Temple of Khnum. We also saw two of the rivers Nilometers.

Overall it was a fabulous tour to the varied sites via a motorboat river trip. Our guide Mustafa was very knowledgeable and spoke very good English. It was easy to arrange and Ahmed contacted us via WhatsApp to reconfirm details when our boat arrived in Aswan.

Highly recommended, great value for money.

smallblueplanet May 2025

We organized our 5-days private program for Dendarah, Luxor and Giza-Cairo with Happy Egypt Travel Services.
The program included road transfer from Hurghada to Luxor and visit to Denderah, Karnak and Luxor temples, Valley of Kings and Valley of Queens, then Giza complex, GEM and the Old Cairo.
Communication and planning with Mr. Ahmed el Sayed went extremely well. He was very quick in answering, flexible to the changes we needed to make to our trip and gave us excellent advice for optimizing our rather limited time in Egypt.

We got 2 excellent transport services (one to and in Luxor and another one in Cairo-Giza) with very good air-conditioned vans, each manned by excellent tour leaders and outstanding drivers.
Our tours to the historic and cultural objectives selected for our visit were assisted by highly professional egyptology historians.
Due to this, we returned from Egypt with an absolutely amazing, memorable vacation, rich in content and -not least- strong desire to return one day and explore more this cradle of the civilization which Egypt is.

Thank you, Happy Egypt for becoming part of these memories!

Liliana April 2025

We organized our 5-days private program for Dendarah, Luxor and Giza-Cairo with Happy Egypt Travel Services.
The program included road transfer from Hurghada to Luxor and visit to Denderah, Karnak and Luxor temples, Valley of Kings and Valley of Queens, then Giza complex, GEM and the Old Cairo.
Communication and planning with Mr. Ahmed el Sayed went extremely well. He was very quick in answering, flexible to the changes we needed to make to our trip and gave us excellent advice for optimizing our rather limited time in Egypt.
We got 2 excellent transport services (one to and in Luxor and another one in Cairo-Giza) with very good air-conditioned vans, each manned by excellent tour leaders and outstanding drivers.
Our tours to the historic and cultural objectives selected for our visit were assisted by highly professional egyptology historians.
Due to this, we returned from Egypt with an absolutely amazing, memorable vacation, rich in content and -not least- strong desire to return one day and explore more this cradle of the civilization which Egypt is.