Alexandria Private Day Tour From Cairo
Begin your lovely day by meeting your guide at your hotel. This full-day private tour to Alexandria will take you on a journey through the city’s ancient history. Travel in a comfortable, air-conditioned vehicle as your guide shares fascinating stories about Alexandria.
Start with "The Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa," an underground burial site with a mix of Egyptian, Greek, and Roman styles. Visit "Pompey's Pillar," a towering Roman column, and pass by the modern "Alexandria Library," a tribute to the ancient world’s knowledge center.
Explore the Citadel of Qaitbay, built on the site of the Lighthouse of Alexandria, and finish with the Roman Theater, a well-preserved piece of the city’s Roman history.
• Convenient pickup from your hotel in Cairo or Giza. • Stay hydrated with bottled water provided. • Learn in-depth knowledge from a local guide. • Enjoy comfortable, air-conditioned private transportation between sites.
Options
1 - Only Car With Driver
*: 1 -Car
2 - The driver speaks English
Pickup included
What's included in Alexandria Private Day Tour From Cairo
(Subject to Option Inclusions)Itinerary
Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa
At 7:00 am, we will pick you up from your hotel and head straight to Alexandria, where we will spend the next two and a half hours traveling by highway to get to our starting point "Kom El Shoqafa" in Alexandria. Kom El Shoqafa contains a collection of tombs, statues, and archaeological artifacts associated with the Pharaonic funeral mortuary cults and Hellenistic and early Imperial Roman influences. Because of the time, many of the characteristics of Kom El Shoqafa's catacombs combine Roman, Greek, and Egyptian cultural points; some statues are Egyptian in style but wear Roman clothes and hairstyles, while others share a similar style. A circular staircase descends into the tombs tunneled into the bedrock during the Antonine emperors' reign. (2nd century AD)From the 2nd to the 4th centuries, the building was used as a burial chamber before being rediscovered in 1900.
Pompey's Pillar
It will be the secondary attraction. The Pompey Pillar's moniker is deceptive. Gaius Pompey, a Roman general, and consul, was a rival of Julius Caesar in a civil war and was assassinated by a Ptolemaic pharaoh in 48 BC as he escaped to Alexandria. This single column, perched on a rocky hilltop in the center of Alexandria, has nothing to do with him. Crusaders believed his grave was marked by a 100-foot (30-meter) red Aswan granite pillar, which is how this tale started. The pillar is a triumphal monument built for the Roman Emperor Diocletian in 300 AD. During the visit, the site will be admired from the outside only, making it an ideal stop without requiring entrance fees. The real importance of this archaeological site lies in what was before the pillar: the Serapeum, Alexandria's acropolis.
Fort Qaitbay
The third stop will be this. In Alexandria, Egypt, on the Mediterranean Sea the coast, stands the 15th-century defensive fortress known as the Citadel of Qaitbay or the Fort of Qaitbay. In 1477 AD (882 AH), Sultan Al-Ashraf Sayf al-Din Qa'it Bay founded it. The Citadel is located at the mouth of the Eastern Harbour on the eastern edge of Pharos Island's northern tip.
Inclusions
- Lunch (If option selected)
- Transport by air-conditioned Car
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Qualified Egyptologist guide (If option selected)
- Entrance fees (If option selected)
- Gratuities ( Optional )
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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Pickup and Dropoff
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Please arrive at the pick up point 15 minutes before departure time.
Additional Information
We pick up clients from where they located inside Cairo and Giza
