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Discover Alexandria's Wonders: Full-Day Private Tour from Cairo
$130.00
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Overview
Travel and explore Alexandria on a day trip from Cairo and leave all the logistics to the experts. In the company of an Egyptologist guide, explore such key landmarks as the catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa, Pompey’s Pillar, the Citadel of Quaitbay, and the city's new library. Includes a private guide and vehicle.
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The experience offers several options. This price includes:
Car with Driver
Duration: 12 hours
Pickup included
Duration: 12 hours
Pickup included
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
Duration: 11 hours
The experience offers several options, check yours above
- Lunch ( Optional)
- Transport by air-conditioned minivan
- All Taxes and service charge
- Entrance Fees ( Optional)
- Guaranteed to skip the lines
- Qualified Egyptologist guide (Optional)
- Private tour
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Bottled Water on board
- Gratuities
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Catacombs of Kom el ShoqafaStart your lovely day by meeting your guide at your hotel; take your high way from Cairo (about 3 hours' drive each way), arrive in the famous city then you will start exploring the city with your tour guide who will explain for you the old history of Alexandria. starting by necropolis consists of a series of Alexandrian tombs, statues and archaeological objects of the Pharaonic funeral cult with Hellenistic and early Imperial Roman influences. Due to the time period, many of the features of the catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa merge Roman,
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Pompey's Pillarwill be second attraction Pompey pillar, Its name is misleading. This single column standing on a rocky hilltop in the middle of Alexandria has nothing to do with the Roman Consul and General Gaius Pompey who was Julius Caesar’s rival in a civil war and was murdered by a Ptolomaic pharaoh in 48 BC when he fled to Alexandria. This legend was started by Crusaders, who thought the 100-foot (30 meter) red Aswan granite pillar marked his burial site. The pillar is instead the a triumphal monument erected around 300 AD for the Roman Emperor
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Citadel of Qaitbaythis will be the third stop he Citadel of Qaitbay (or the Fort of Qaitbay is a 15th-century defensive fortress located on the Mediterranean sea coast, in Alexandria, Egypt. It was established in 1477 AD (882 AH) by Sultan Al-Ashraf Sayf al-Din Qa'it Bay. The Citadel is situated on the eastern side of the northern tip of Pharos Island at the mouth of the Eastern Harbour
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Bibliotheca Alexandrinathis will be the one of the famous library in Egypt,The Great Library of Alexandria in Alexandria, Egypt, was one of the largest and most significant libraries of the ancient world. The Library was part of a larger research institution called the Mouseion, which was dedicated to the Muses, the nine goddesses of the arts.[10] The idea of a universal library in Alexandria may have been proposed by Demetrius of Phalerum, an exiled Athenian statesman living in Alexandria, to Ptolemy I Soter, who may have established plans for the Library, but the Library itself was probably not built until the reign of his son Ptolemy II Philadelphus. The Library quickly acquired many papyrus scrolls, due largely to the Ptolemaic kings' aggressive and well-funded policies for procuring texts. It is unknown precisely how many such scrolls were housed at any given time, but estimates range from 40,000 to 400,000 at its height. Please note that it is closed on Friday.
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Lighthouse of AlexandriaThe Lighthouse of Alexandria, sometimes called the Pharos of Alexandria was a lighthouse built by the Ptolemaic Kingdom, during the reign of Ptolemy II ...
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Ancient Roman AmphitheaterRoman amphitheaters are amphitheaters – large, circular or oval open-air venues with raised seating – built by the ancient Romans. They were used for events such as gladiator combats, venations (animal slayings) and executions. About 230 Roman amphitheaters have been found across the area of the Roman Empire. Early amphitheaters date from the republican period,[1] though they became more monumental during the imperial era
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Discover Alexandria's Wonders: Full-Day Private Tour from Cairo
$130.00
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
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