Full-Day Private Tour to Alexandria from Cairo


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Pricing Info: Per Person

Duration: 11 hours

Departs: Cairo, Cairo

Ticket Type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted

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Up to 24 hours in advance.

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Overview

Travel and explore Alexandria on a day trip from Cairo and leave all the logistics to the experts. In the company of an Egyptologist guide, explore such key landmarks as the catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa, Pompey’s Pillar, the Citadel of Quaitbay, and the city's new library. Includes a private guide and vehicle.


What's Included

All Taxes and service charge

Bottled Water on board

Entrance Fees ( Optional)

Hotel pickup and drop-off

Lunch ( Optional)

Private tour

Qualified Egyptologist guide (Optional)

Transport by air-conditioned minivan

What's Not Included

Gratuities


Traveler Information

  • INFANT: Age: 0 - 5
  • CHILD: Age: 6 - 11
  • ADULT: Age: 12 - 99

Additional Info

  • Face masks provided for travellers
  • Face masks required for travellers in public areas
  • Guides required to regularly wash hands
  • Paid stay-at-home policy for staff with symptoms
  • Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Transportation vehicles regularly sanitised
  • Contactless payments for gratuities and add-ons
  • Face masks required for guides in public areas
  • Gear/equipment sanitised between use
  • Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
  • Regular temperature checks for staff
  • Social distancing enforced throughout experience
  • Temperature checks for travellers upon arrival

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

  • For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
  • If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

What To Expect

Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa
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. starting by necropolis consists of a series of Alexandrian tombs, statues and archaeological objects of the Pharaonic funeral cult with Hellenistic and early Imperial Roman influences. Due to the time period, many of the features of the catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa merge Roman,

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Pompey's Pillar
will be second attraction Pompey pillar, Its name is misleading. This single column standing on a rocky hilltop in the middle of Alexandria has nothing to do with the Roman Consul and General Gaius Pompey who was Julius Caesar’s rival in a civil war and was murdered by a Ptolomaic pharaoh in 48 BC when he fled to Alexandria. This legend was started by Crusaders, who thought the 100-foot (30 meter) red Aswan granite pillar marked his burial site. The pillar is instead the a triumphal monument erected around 300 AD for the Roman Emperor

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Fort Qaitbey
this will be the third stop he Citadel of Qaitbay (or the Fort of Qaitbay is a 15th-century defensive fortress located on the Mediterranean sea coast, in Alexandria, Egypt. It was established in 1477 AD (882 AH) by Sultan Al-Ashraf Sayf al-Din Qa'it Bay. The Citadel is situated on the eastern side of the northern tip of Pharos Island at the mouth of the Eastern Harbour

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Bibliotheca Alexandrina
this will be the one of the famous library in Egypt,The Great Library of Alexandria in Alexandria, Egypt, was one of the largest and most significant libraries of the ancient world. The Library was part of a larger research institution called the Mouseion, which was dedicated to the Muses, the nine goddesses of the arts.[10] The idea of a universal library in Alexandria may have been proposed by Demetrius of Phalerum, an exiled Athenian statesman living in Alexandria, to Ptolemy I Soter, who may have established plans for the Library, but the Library itself was probably not built until the reign of his son Ptolemy II Philadelphus. The Library quickly acquired many papyrus scrolls, due largely to the Ptolemaic kings' aggressive and well-funded policies for procuring texts. It is unknown precisely how many such scrolls were housed at any given time, but estimates range from 40,000 to 400,000 at its height. Please note that regarding Covid 19 some times the library is closed

2 hours • Admission Ticket Not Included

Lighthouse of Alexandria
The Lighthouse of Alexandria, sometimes called the Pharos of Alexandria was a lighthouse built by the Ptolemaic Kingdom, during the reign of Ptolemy II ...

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Ancient Roman Amphitheater
Roman amphitheaters are amphitheaters – large, circular or oval open-air venues with raised seating – built by the ancient Romans. They were used for events such as gladiator combats, venations (animal slayings) and executions. About 230 Roman amphitheaters have been found across the area of the Roman Empire. Early amphitheaters date from the republican period,[1] though they became more monumental during the imperial era

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included






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