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Alexandria City Trip from Cairo

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Destination: Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt
Duration: 10 hours
Price: $99.00
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Enjoy a day trip to Alexandria with private guide from Cairo.
A Day to visit Egypt's beautiful second city. See rock-cut Roman catacombs, the ruins of a Roman temple complex, and Qaitbey Citade, the Bibleotheca, and Catacombs.

Itinerary
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Stop At: Alexandria, Alexandria, Alexandria Governorate

Start your tour from Cairo at 07.00am. You will head towards Alexandria, which will take 3.5 hours. It is the famous and interesting city named Alexandria at the time of Alexander the great. It has a flavor of different architect like the Greek, Roman, French and Italian

Duration: 3 hours

Stop At: Pompey's Pillar, Al Karah WA at Toubageyah WA Kafr Al Ghates, Alexandria 21599 Egypt

First visit Pompay's Pillar. It was constructed in honor of the Emperor Diocletian at the end of the 4th century. Originally from the temple of the Serapis, it was once a magnificent structure rivaling
the Soma and the Caesarean.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa, Kom Al Shokafa, Alexandria 21599 Egypt

Then you drive to visit the Catacombs which are the largest Roman
Cemetery consisting of three levels cut in the rock.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Citadel of Qaitbay, Alexandria, As Sayalah Sharq, Qesm Al Gomrok, Alexandria Governorate, Egypt

Proceed to see the Qaitbay Citadel which was built on the site of the ancient pharaohs

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Lighthouse of Alexandria, Alexandria Egypt

Visit the Lighthouse of Alexandria

Stop At: Bibliotheca Alexandrina, El Shatby, Alexandria 30100 Egypt

Visit Bibliotheca Alexandrina, that was one of the largest and most significant libraries of the ancient world. It flourished under the patronage of the Ptolemaic dynasty and functioned as a major center of scholarship from its construction in the 3rd century BC until the Roman conquest of Egypt in 30 BC. The library was conceived and opened either during the reign of Ptolemy I Soter (323–283 BC) or during the reign of his son Ptolemy II (283–246 BC).

Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Montazah Gardens, Montaza Palace Al Mandarah Bahri, Qism El-Montaza, Alexandria 21599 Egypt

Take a look at Montazah Palace and Gardens