Full Day Private Tour in Alexandria with Lunch, Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt
Alexandria is Egypt’s second largest city overlooking the Mediteranean Sea. Its pleasant weather, amazing beaches and various attractions makes it target for most Egyptian as well as tourists to enjoy the many attractions Alexandria has to offer.
If you are visiting Cairo you can add to your visit a day tour to Alexandria which is only 2:30 hours away from Cairo and enjoy the pleasant weather and Alexandria’s main land marks of Roman Amphitheatre, Pombay pillar, Bibloteque Alexandria, Catacomb of Kom El Shouqafa, Citadel of Quitbay from Outside and Alexandria National museum.
Lunch will be served at Saint Giovanni one of Alexandria’s best local restaurants. Alexandria day tour from Cairo is one of the main activities you can enjoy if you are visiting Egypt.
Description & Instructions When Visiting Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt
Alexandria is Egypt’s second largest city overlooking the Mediteranean Sea. Its pleasant weather, amazing beaches and various attractions makes it target for most Egyptian as well as tourists to enjoy the many attractions Alexandria has to offer.
If you are visiting Cairo you can add to your visit a day tour to Alexandria which is only 2:30 hours away from Cairo and enjoy the pleasant weather and Alexandria’s main land marks of Roman Amphitheatre, Pombay pillar, Bibloteque Alexandria, Catacomb of Kom El Shouqafa, Citadel of Quitbay from Outside and Alexandria National museum.
Lunch will be served at Saint Giovanni one of Alexandria’s best local restaurants. Alexandria day tour from Cairo is one of the main activities you can enjoy if you are visiting Egypt.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Alexandria, Alexandria, Alexandria Governorate
Meet your guide at your hotel to start your full day tour to Alexandria the second largest city and the main port of Egypt with a population of 3.5 to 5 million. The city was built on a small village by the orders of Alexander the great whom the city immortalize his name. the city flourished to be a main cultural, political and economic metropolis in the Mediterranean sea. Alexandria extends about 20 miles along the coast of the Mediterranean sea in north central Egypt.
Today the city became an important industrial center due to the natural gas and oil pipes that extends from Suez as well as the city is a center for many industrial factories. Alexandria is the main summer resort for most Egyptians due to its pleasant weather in the summer.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa, Kom Al Shokafa, Alexandria 21599 Egypt
The largest roman burial place in all of Egypt. It consist of a multi-level labyrinth, reached via a large spiral staircase, and featuring dozens of chambers adorned with sculpted pillars, statues, and other syncretic Romano-Egyptian religious symbols, burial niches and sarcophagi, as well as a large Roman-style banquet room, where memorial meals were conducted by relatives of the deceased.
The catacombs were long forgotten by the citizens until they were discovered by accident in the 1800s. North East of the catacomb stands the Pompay Pillar was orginally a part of a temple colonnade.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Pompey’s Pillar, Al Karah WA at Toubageyah WA Kafr Al Ghates, Alexandria 21599 Egypt
Is a massive 25m (82ft) pink granite monument measuring 9m (30ft) around its girth. The pillar should rightfully called Diocletian’s Pillar, as it was built for the emperor in AD 297, and was the only monument left standing following the violent arrival of the Crusaders around 1000 years later.
Duration: 1 minute
Stop At: Ancient Roman Theatre, Ismail Mahana Road أمام محطة مصرالسكة الحديدية، Kom Ad Dakah Gharb, Al Attarin, Alexandria Governorate 21517, Egypt
also known as the roman theatre located near the Greco Roman museum. It consists of semicircle marble terraces. The theatre was discovered when digging for a new apartment building and it is very well preserved.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Sidi Morsi Abo Al Abass Mosque, السيد محمد كريم ٩ مجموعه عمر بن الخطاب السوق التجاري ميدان المساجد.أبو العباس المرسي.بحري، As Sayalah Sharq, Qesm Al Gomrok, Alexandria Governorate 21500, Egypt
In the center of Alexandria lies Abu El Abbas Mosque. The mosque is a shrine for a wholly suffi and beside it some other shrines for other wholly muslims. The main dome of the mosque is well decorated and its main highlight. The exterior of the mosque has a panorama appearance. It is a place of Muslim worship, therefore you should show respect to the place, getting of your shoes and men should not wear shorts while women should be veiled and wearing long clothes.
Lunch will be served during the tour in a local restaurant .
At the end of the day return to Cairo.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Citadel of Qaitbay, Alexandria, As Sayalah Sharq, Qesm Al Gomrok, Alexandria Governorate, Egypt
Is a defensive fort overlooking the Mediterranean sea. It is said to be built upon the ruins of the ancient light house of Alexandria which was considered one of the wonders of ancient world.
Duration: 1 minute
Stop At: Bibliotheca Alexandrina, El Shatby, Alexandria 30100 Egypt
was inaugurated in 2003 to replace the old Royal Alexandria library that was considered the largest in the world but was destroyed in a fire.
Duration: 2 hours
Duration: 5 to 12 hours
Starts: Cairo, Egypt
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours
