Best Alexandria Day Tour from Cairo

Best Alexandria Day Tour from Cairo

Enjoy your full-day trip to Alexandria city from Cairo.explore Alexandria with your guide who will talk about the history of Romans in Egypt Dating back to the Roman period in Egypt, the cities history starts from 332 B.C. Alexandria was Egypt’s second-largest city situated on the Mediterranean Sea. Founded by Alexander the Great in 332 BC, explore all corners of the city to experience how this city has been formed over hundreds of years!

Alexandria is a famous city which was built by Alexander the Great. The city is located beside the Mediterranean Sea. It has a rich historical heritage since ancient Egyptian times. The city connected between the Egyptian civilization and Greco Roman civilization.

Start your lovely day by meeting your guide at your hotel; take your high way from Cairo (about 3 hours' drive each way), arrive in the famous city then you will start exploring the city with your tour guide who will explain for you the old history of Alexandria. Your tour guide will talk with your about old Alexandria and the lighthouse of Alexandria, you will visit Roman catacombs of Kom ash-Shuqqafa, consisting of 3 levels for burial rooms which was discovered by donkey in 1901. Head to the Pompey Pillar, largest pillar in Egypt, listen to many stories about it with qualified Egyptologist tour guide. Then drive to fortress for Qaitbay locating beside the sea.

Finally you will explore by yourself the famous library (new Alexandria library) which has the fourth rank among the libraries all over the world. Take your lunch at a good quality seafood restaurant overlooking the Mediterranean, then you will go back directly to your hotel in Cairo.