Discover Alexandria with a guided full-day tour from Cairo

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

• 1
  Cairo Governorate

  After breakfast, early in the morning (around 7 am) meeting with our qualified archaeologist guide to start the tour, and pick up from the hotel to start this magnificent tour towards Alexandria city, the most important Mediterranean city in Egypt.

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

  We'll begin our tour of the Kom El Shoqafa Catacombs, where the relief artwork shows the fusion of Egyptian and Greco-Roman culture. We'll see its three different levels, to get to know its passages, tunnels and galleries along which the tombs of the necropolis are distributed.

  1 hour • Admission ticket not included
• 3
  Pompey's Pillar

  Second stop at Pompey's Pillar, just where the temple dedicated to the Greco-Egyptian God Serapis was once found.

  45 minutes • Admission ticket not included
• 4
  Ancient Roman Amphitheater

  Roman Amphitheater The Roman Amphitheater Alexandria is one of the most popular monuments in Alexandria City . Alexandria is the second most important city in Egypt after Cairo. Amphitheaters quite spread during the reign of the Romans.

  30 minutes • Admission ticket not included
• 5
  Citadel of Qaitbay

  Then we head to the Alexandria port, visiting the Qaitbey Forte. This defensive complex was constructed in the 15th century by the Sultan Qaitbey, where the famous Lighthouse of Alexandria once stood. The lighthouse was destroyed by several earthquakes, whose remains were then used to build the citadel. Panoramic visit from outside.

  30 minutes • Admission ticket not included
• 6
  Alexandria

  We'll then enjoy lunch in the center of Alexandria, with a menu including fish, and seafood rice. (price not included lunch)

  1 hour 15 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 7
  Bibliotheca Alexandrina

  After lunch time we'll see one of the most important modern buildings in the city: The New Alexandria Library. Built in homage to the library, built in the 3rd century BC. Today the library, inaugurated in 2002, is one of the most important cultural spaces in the Eastern Mediterranean.

  1 hour • Admission ticket not included
• 8
  Cairo

  After finishing the whole tour, the way back to Cairo begins, directly to your hotel where we have started the tour in the morning.

  3 hours • Admission ticket free

Additional info

• Wheelchair accessible
• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
• Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
• Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries

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