From Cairo or Giza to Alexandria Private Day Tour with Guide and Lunch
Full description:
Enjoy a full-day trip from Cairo or Giza to the historic city of Alexandria and explore a different side of Egypt. Get picked up from your accommodation in the morning and set off to explore the pearl of the Mediterranean Sea. Start the day with the Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa, a well-preserved and fascinating mix of different ages with Pharaonic and Roman dedications to the dead. Found purely by an accident with a donkey falling through a hole in the ground in 1900, these sets of rock-cut burial chambers and tombs. Move on to Bibliotheca Alexandrina, a new modern, and stunning building combining a library with a magnificent collection of archaeological finds from ancient Alexandria in a museum setting. learn more about it with your private Egyptologist guide.
Enjoy a lunch break at a local restaurant. Energized, make your way to the last stop, Fort Qaitbey. One of Alexandria’s top attractions for its historic value and important position, see sphinxes, columns, capitals, and statues dating from the Pharaonic, Greek, and Roman eras.
Includes:
Private transfers in an air-conditioned vehicle
Hotel pickup and drop-off
English guide
Spanish, German, or French-speaking guide (if add-on selected)
Entrance fees to all the attractions in the itinerary
Important information:
Know before you go
The Library of Alexandria is closed on Friday
After exploring the city with your guide, return to your accommodation in Cairo or Giza.
