Alexandria day tour from Cairo

■ General briefing

-  Enjoy a Private, comfortable, worry-free round trip and guided day tour with an experienced tour guide.

- Pick-up and drop-off from/to your accommodation inside Cairo or Giza.

- Coordinated start time.

- Private tour and Private transportation.

- Private experienced tour guide.

- Duration (10-12 hours).

Day tour description:

- Meet the tour guide at your hotel for pick-up. Start the trip to Alexandria (220 KM ~ 150 minutes), There will be a pause at the middle of the way for toilets and coffee. Enjoy a day tour away from Cairo, watch the monuments of Alexandria that belongs to different periods of the Egyptian history, watch the Mediterranean sea.

- Visit the Catacombs of Kom El-Shokafa, an underground necropolis, built by the Greeks and the Romans in Alexandria during the last century BC and the 1st century AD. The necropolis is of three underground level, some of the sarcophaguses are decorated. Watch the carved walls and the mixed art that found no where in Egypt except in Alexandria. Discover the whole complete story with the guide and take the best photos.

- Visit Pompey's Pillar a triumphal column built at the 3rd century AD, to honor the name of the Roman Emperor Augustus Diocletian. Later on, a temple dedicated to the local God Serapis was built around the area. We can still see the remains of this temple all around the area. The Pillar found at the middle, is the tallest and the heaviest found in front of a Temple. Discover the whole complete story with the guide and take the best photos.

- Visit Qaitbay Citadel, it was built by Sultan Qaitbay at the 15th century AD, to protect the country and the Muslim Mamluk dynasty from the Ottoman (Turkish) threaten. The Citadel was built at the same place of Alexandria famous Lighthouse. The Citadel have been totally restored. Enjoy the Mediterranean sea view from above the citadel. Discover the whole complete story with the guide and take the best photos.

- Visit Alexandria library, a huge modern construction inaugurated in 2002, that was built nearby the place of the famous original Alexandria library. In 1988 The UNESCO and the UNDP have worked together until the inauguration day. It was inaugurated by the Egyptian former president Mubarak. The bibliotheque of Alexandria has the biggest reading library hall found in Egypt of seven levels plus four conference halls, planetarium and seven modern art galleries. Discover the whole place with the guide and take the best photos. 

- AT the end of the day tour, we drive back to your hotel for drop-off.

Inclusions:

- The visits mentioned above

- Entry tickets for the visits mentioned above

- Hotel Pick-up & drop-off

- Private tour and A/C Vehicle

- Private Professional tour guide

- Lunch in a sea view restaurant

- All taxes and Parking fees 

- Bottled water

Exclusions:

- The drinks in the restaurant

- Tipping

Pricing

One Person 220 USD / Person 

(2 - 6) Persons, 130 USD / Person

(7 - 25) Persons, 120 USD  / Person

■ Add-ons (extra optionals)

Cairo Airport Pick-up or drop-off 25 USD / transfer

Long Range pick-up (New Cairo Hotels, October City Hotels and Cairo Airport Hotels) 20 USD for pick-up and drop-off

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