Day tour to Alexandria from Cairo by Car

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

• 1
  Alexandria

  Ancient Egypt Tours representative will pick you up from your hotel in Cairo. We will drive almost 210 kilometers to Alexandria City, the second largest city in Egypt known as “The Pearl of the Mediterranean.

  3 hours • Admission ticket free
• 2
  Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa

  Then you drive to visit the Catacombs of Alexandria, which are the largest Roman Cemetery consisting of three levels cut in the rock, a private tomb, later converted into a public cemetery.

  1 hour • Admission ticket included
• 3
  Pompey's Pillar

  Pompey's Pillar was constructed in honor of the Emperor Diocletian the Emperor of the Roman Empire from 284 to 305 A.C. originally from the temple of the Serapis, it was once a magnificent structure rivaling the Soma and the Caesarean.

  45 minutes • Admission ticket included
• 4
  Bibliotheca Alexandrina

  Then you drive to Visit the wonderful reincarnation of the famed ancient library of Alexandria. The original library held the largest collection of manuscripts in the world and was a great center of learning for 600 years until it burned down in the 3rd century. NEW library of Alexandria the biggest library in the world now with 8 million books, Site of lighthouse one of the seven wonders of ancient world, Enjoy a tour at the dramatically beautiful new library. Then you drive to the roman amphitheatre, the open air museum for sunken monuments, unknown soldier of Alexandria, the statue of Alexander the great, Built east of Alexandria on a high hill and overlooking the most beautiful beach of Alexandria,

  15 minutes • Admission ticket included
• 5
  Citadel of Qaitbay

  then we proceed to see the Qaitbay Citadel which was built on the site of the ancient pharaohs (lighthouse) of Alexandria then to Bibliotheca Alexandri, Named after the Mameluke Sultan Al- AsharfQaitbay, the Qaitbay Citadel in Alexandria is considered one of the most important defensive strongholds in the Mediterranean Sea. Visit the citadel that used to formulate an important part of the fortification system of Alexandria in the 15th century A.D.

  1 hour • Admission ticket included

Additional info

• Wheelchair accessible
• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Specialized infant seats are available
• Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
• All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible

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