Alexandria Highlights: Full Day Trip From Cairo including Lunch

Egypt Gift Tours expert tour guide will pick you up at 7:00 am from your hotel in either Cairo or Giza to Alexandria which is 220 km away from Cairo. Arrive Alexandria around 9:30 to 10 am and start your day tour by visiting the Catacomb of Kom El-Shoqafa, hewn into a cliff, one of the world’s largest Roman burial sites, and one of Alexandria’s most popular attractions, where you see a blend of Pharaonic and Roman art. Descend into, via a spiral staircase over a three-level tombstone, a large Roman-style banquet room, where relatives used to sit on stone benches to feast in honor of the dead.

Proceed to Pompey’s Pillar; a Roman triumphal 30m column which is considered to be the largest of its type and one of the city’s prime sights. It commemorate the victory of Roman emperor Diocletian over an Alexandrian revolt. The Emperor Diocletian erected this memorial column. Pompey’s Pillar Alexandria erected in honor of the Roman Emperor, as a sign of gratitude.

Our Alexandria day tour continues with a visit to the exterior of the medieval Citadel of Qaitbay, a defensive 15-century fortress built on the ruins of the light house of Alexandria; one of the ancient world’s seven wonders of the Middle Ages.

Continue to Al Morsi Abu Al Abbas mosque(from outside), an elaborate structure built to honor a Sufi Saint, and have a free walk on the Cornish.

Drive along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, and pass by the Alexandria Modern Library, built between 1995 and 2002, to hold over 8 million books. Have a chance to stop for a memorial photo in front of the great Library.

Take a break for lunch in a seafood restaurant overlooking the Sea, then travel in comfort back to your hotel in Cairo.

Meals included: Lunch.

Accommodation: Not Included.

Additional Information:

• You will need to pay the entrance fees to the sightseeing by card.
• You will need to carry Egyptian money cash for the tipping to the guide and driver.
• Other languages are available with extra 75$ USD per person upon your request.
• It is available to provide German, Italian, Japanese or French tour guide with extra 75$USD per person.
• Please, provide us your hotel name and address in Cairo or Giza
• If your hotel locates at Cairo airport or near Cairo airport, 6th. October, New Cairo, New Giza or Tagamoe, there will be extra charge for the pick up and drop off.
• It is available to pick travelers at Cairo Airport, New Cairo, New Giza, Nasr City, 6th.October or Tagamoe hotels with extra 10$ USD per person.
• It is available to drop off travelers at Cairo Airport, Nasr City, New Cairo, New Giza, 6th.October or Tagamoe with extra 10$ USD per person.
• It is available to pickup or drop off travelers from Hotels at New Administrative Capital with extra 20$ USD per person each way.