Day 01
Alexandria Highlights Day Tour from Cairo
- Get picked up from your hotel in Cairo by your private, experienced tour guide-driver to begin your Alexandria day tour, located 220 km northwest on the Mediterranean coast. This is a stunning and scenic full-day excursion to experience the highlights of Ancient Greco-Roman Alexandria.
- Visit the Catacombs of Kom El-Shoukafa and the Royal Cemetery of Kom El-Shoqafa, a historical archaeological site considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Middle Ages.
- See Pompey's Pillar, a Roman triumphal column and one of the best-known ancient monuments still standing in Alexandria today. It is the last of the remaining relics of the Seraphim, and the pillar was erected in honour of Emperor Diocletian.
- Lunch will be served at a quality restaurant during the day.
- Then continue to explore the Citadel of Qaitbey, built on the ruins of the famous Lighthouse of Alexandria by Sultan Al-Ashraf Sayf al-Din Qaitbay.
- You will also see the extensive and famous Alexandria Library, reconstructed by building the new library in Selsela at Shatby, beside the conference center. The library is one of the most important cultural and scientific centres specialising in the affairs of literature, civilisation, sciences, and arts of the area, attracting scholars from all over the world.
- Finally, you will be escorted by your guide and transported back to your hotel in Cairo.
