Cairo Trip Overview
Explore Alexandria In A Day Tour From Cairo. Alexandria Is The Second Largest City In Egypt And It Is Known As “The Pearl Of The Mediterranean”. During Your Visit, You Will Enjoy Watching The Best Landmarks Of The City Such As The New Library Of Alexandria, The Roman Catacombs, And Qaitbay Citadel.
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Duration: 12 hours
Starts: Cairo, Egypt
Trip Category: Day Trips & Excursions >> Day Trips
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Explore Alexandria In A Day Tour From Cairo. Alexandria Is The Second Largest City In Egypt And It Is Known As “The Pearl Of The Mediterranean”. During Your Visit, You Will Enjoy Watching The Best Landmarks Of The City Such As The New Library Of Alexandria, The Roman Catacombs, And Qaitbay Citadel.
In the early morning, your tour representative will pick you up from your hotel in Cairo. Then you will be transferred by an air-conditioned vehicle in a 3-hour journey to Alexandria, the second largest city in Egypt and the city that is also known as “The Pearl of the Mediterranean”.
In the mid-way at Cairo- Alexandria high way you can have a stop for rest.
Upon arrival at Alexandria you will visit Pompay’s Pillar that was a part of the temple of Serapis there is the so-called the daughter library of Alexandria under the temple. Lunch will be served in a good quality local restaurant in the city and close to the Mediterranean.
Then move on to the Catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa, dug in three levels under the ground. The catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa are not only tombs for housing the dead bodies but also it has many artistic features that combine between the ancient Egyptian and the ancient Roman art.
Then move on to visit Alexandria library “Bibliotheca Alexandrina” to see it from the inside. Then continue your tour to visit Qaitbay citadel that was built at the same spot where the ancient lighthouse of Alexandria stood.
