Alexandria Day Trip Including Lunch from Cairo
Description
A day tour to Alexandria by air-conditioned deluxe vehicle with your private tour guide. Alexandria is the bride of the Mediterranean Sea, enjoy a day there seeing the Greco-roman and Islamic history.
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Itinerary
Your qualified Egyptologist will pick you up at 7:30am from your hotel in Cairo or Giza, after that you will be transferred by air-conditioned deluxe vehicle with your private tour guide. You will arrive at Alexandria around 10.00am to start you day to by visiting Qaitbay Fort. The fort of Sultan Qaitbay is one of the symbols of Alexandria,it was built on the ancient island of Pharos, over the ruins of the world-famous lighthouse in 1477-1480 AD. Next up you will visit The Serapeum and Pompey's Pillar. On the site of the ancient temple of Serapis (local god of Alexandria) there is the tallest column,carved out of a block of red granite,the column erroneously attributed to Pompey. Next you will move onto the Roman Odeum (theatre), which is the small Roman odeum at Kom al-Dikka dates from the 4th century AD and originally had a roof,its tiers could accommodate 600 spectators. Proceed onto the Catacombs of Kom al-Shuqafa ( Roman tombs ), the most important hypogeum in Alexandria,the Kom al-Shuqafa catacombs date from the 2nd century AD. At the end of the day you will see the Alexandria Bibliotheca (from outside) before returning back to your hotel in Cairo or Giza. Lunch is including in between visits at a local restaurant.
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Important Information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
Reviews(18)
Excellent clean van and wonderful guide. Lunch was an incredible fish dinner on the Mediterranean! The sites were very interesting.
I was taken around by tourguide Manar. She was amazing, very friendly, generous with her time and really was interested in showing us around. She was cheerful and knew a lot about the place. Definitely recommend this tour group.
Great experience, Ali came with us, gave us a wonderful tour, and took us to a very nice restaurant where we were able to select our fresh sea food prior to it being cooked
The entire experience was without doubt terrific. Our guide Mohamed Salah and driver were exceptionally good and kind Thanks for Cairo tours
Sharife was a pleasure and was an excellent help throughout the day. He took wonderful pictures, was very knowledgeable, and spent the right amount of time at each pace. Our driver, Islam, was very safe and took great care of us for the drive to and back from Alexandria. It was a wonderful day, I highly recommend
It was a very nice excursion to Alexandria which remains an exceptional destination considering the Greco-Roman heritage in this city. Goda is an excellent driver and took care of us very well. The French-speaking guide, Mohamed, showed us the most beautiful sites of the city. He speaks very good French and is very welcoming. We recommend it to you.
This was an incredible tour of the city of Alexandria by our driver and tour guide Nermen,We were picked up on time. We stopped for breakfast after an hour and reached Alexandria very early. The tour guide let us take more time for the break because we had kids. The guide knew all about the historical sites. We decided to spend much time around the beach (it was a warm day). Lunch was fantastic by the Mediterranean fresh fish & there was a vegetarian food!! The driver was great. The sites were mesmerizing. A really memorable trip to a historic city.
We travelled as one family to Alexandria with a very helpful guide and friendly driver. A big thank for this excellent day trip. We loved this stunning places such as Pompey's Pillar, the Roman amphitheater and Alexandria library and hope to travel with you again.
Had a great day in Alexandria with our guide Sharif (with Viator tour company). He made sure we were happy and was very personable! He gave us a great backstory to all of the cites we visited (citadel, Pompey’s pillar, catacombs and library). He also made sure to take lots of nice pictures for us without us even needing to ask. Would definitely recommend him to anyone wanting to visit this part of Egypt!!!
<p>We had a full day tour of Alexandria. It took us about 2 and 1/2 hours to get there from Giza but well worth it. Our guide was very knowledgeable about all of Ancient Egyptian History. Visiting the catacombs was amazing and the whole day was great. Had lunch overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. Highly recommend visiting Alexandria.</p>
