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Full Day Alexandria Historical Highlights Tour
  • Tour Category

    Group Tour

  • Tour Types

    Architecture, Archeology, History

  • Duration

    1 Day

  • Activity Level

    Easy

  • Language

    French, Italian, Mandarin

Description

Take a quick tour of Egyptian history and culture as you go for a sightseeing tour of Alexandria, a Mediterranean port city in Egypt. Visit Alexandria Bibliotheque, Citadel of Qaitbay, Kom El Shoqafa Catacombs and the famous Roman amphitheatre.

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    • Pick up from the hotel and drive to the catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa, also called Mound of Shards, as heaps of broken pottery were found around this area. 

    • Discover these magnificent subterranean tombs that depict a mixture of Egyptian and Roman art forms, symbols and burial customs. 

    • Learn about the mummification and cremation process of ancient Egyptian people while taking a tour of the catacombs.

    • Visit the only preserved Roman Amphitheater in the city, discovered in 1960.

    • Travel to the fifteenth-century fortress of Qaitbay. 

    • Have lunch at a local restaurant.

    • Continue to Alexandria Bibliotheque, a modern library, which is a revival of the ancient library, the biggest library in the ancient world.

    Return to the hotel in Cairo.

What's Included
  • Guide

  • Transportation

What's Excluded
  • Entrance tickets

Cancellation Policy

For cancellations upto 2 days before the tour -

Refund of 80% of the tour price.
Price Details
The group size and price
1 To 4USD 120 Per Group

This is a group tour

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USD 120 / group