Alexandria is a very active city and, in our excursion, you will be able to visit it for 10 hours or so from Cairo (Giza). It is a city that has a lot of culture to tell and much of it is oral because there are not enough vestiges left to see the old city. With our guide you can know many things about this special city.
Inclusions & Exclusions
✔ Private transportation
✔ Bottled water
✔ In-vehicle air conditioning
✔ Qualified Egyptologist guide
✖ Tips for guide and driver.
✖ Personal expenses.
✖ Entrance fees to the mentioned sites in itinerary.
Pickup Locations
1. Sol pyramids Inn
2. Downtown Apartment
3. Pyramids Valley Boutique Hotel
4. Pyramids Eyes Hotel
5. Tiba Pyramids Hotel
6. Pharoah's Palace
7. Vg Hotel
8. Sunny Pyramids View
9. Great Museum View Hotel
10. Hotel Suisse
11. Roma 1927 Hotel
12. Wassim Boutique
13. Pyramids Charm Hotel
14. Pyramids Quen Hotel
15. Locanda Museum Hotel
16. The Location Hotel
17. Comfort Sphinx Inn
18. New One Season
19. Tree Lounge Pyramids View INN, Sphinx Giza
20. Pyramids View Inn and Suites
Additional Info: To start the tour it will be necessary to notify us of your location and the exact time of pick up for the tour. We take you from the hotel or from the point you want in Giza and Cairo.
Pick up from the hotel of stay and return at the end of the tour to the hotel.
Itinerary
1
Cairo Governorate
After breakfast, early in the morning (around 7 am) meeting with our qualified archaeologist guide to start the tour, and pick up from the hotel to start this magnificent tour towards Alexandria city, the most important Mediterranean city in Egypt.
Duration: 3 hours
2
Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa
We'll begin our tour of the Kom El Shoqafa Catacombs, where the relief artwork shows the fusion of Egyptian and Greco-Roman culture. We'll see its three different levels, to get to know its passages, tunnels and galleries along which the tombs of the necropolis are distributed.
Duration: 60 minutes
3
Pompey's Pillar
Second stop at Pompey's Pillar, just where the temple dedicated to the Greco-Egyptian God Serapis was once found.
Duration: 45 minutes
4
Ancient Roman Amphitheater
Roman Amphitheater
The Roman Amphitheater Alexandria is one of the most popular monuments in Alexandria City . Alexandria is the second most important city in Egypt after Cairo.
Amphitheaters quite spread during the reign of the Romans.
Duration: 30 minutes
5
Fort Qaitbey
Then we head to the Alexandria port, visiting the Qaitbey Forte. This defensive complex was constructed in the 15th century by the Sultan Qaitbey, where the famous Lighthouse of Alexandria once stood. The lighthouse was destroyed by several earthquakes, whose remains were then used to build the citadel. Panoramic visit from outside.
Duration: 30 minutes
6
Alexandria
We'll then enjoy lunch in the center of Alexandria, with a menu including fish, and seafood rice. (price not included lunch)
Duration: 1.25 hours
7
Bibliotheca Alexandrina
After lunch time we'll see one of the most important modern buildings in the city: The New Alexandria Library. Built in homage to the library, built in the 3rd century BC. Today the library, inaugurated in 2002, is one of the most important cultural spaces in the Eastern Mediterranean.
Duration: 60 minutes
8
Cairo
After finishing the whole tour, the way back to Cairo begins, directly to your hotel where we have started the tour in the morning.
Duration: 3 hours
Additional info
• Wheelchair accessible
• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
• Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
• Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
• Not recommended for pregnant travelers
• Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
• Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
