Private Guided Full Day Tour To Alexandria From Cairo

Private Full-day tour to Alexandria from Cairo At 7:00 am pickup from your hotel in Cairo or Giza city our Tour Guide will be waiting for you with a sign shows your name on it then transfer for 3 hours to Alexandria city which is known as the second largest city in Egypt there will be one stop on the way and then contennue to reach Alexandria and start your tour to visit (The Catacomb lof Kom El-Shogafa (Tombs on three levels, also contains the Tri-cilium where relatives used to sit on stone benches to feast the dead, then visit The Roman Theater A theater with marble seats up to 800 spectators, Galleries, Section of mosaic flooring & a pleasure garden surrounded by Roman Villas& baths) Then visit Alexandria Library & Also from outside you will Visit Qaytbay Citadel. there will be one hour stop for Lunch Break Tour Finishes with drop off at your hotel in Cairo you will be back to Cairo around 19:00 pm. at the end of the day we will transfer you back to your hotel

The catacombs were named Kom El Shogafa, meaning Mound of Shards, because the ared used to contain a mound of shards, the catacombs of Kom El Shogafa merge Roman, Greek and Egyptian cultural points; some statues are Egyptian in style, yet bear Roman clothes and hair style whilst other features share a similar style

Few tourists in Egypt venture to Alexandria, a legendary port city on the Mediterranean coast founded by Alexander the Great. During this private day tour with hotel transfers from Cairo or Giza, discover under-the-radar attractions of one of antiquity's most prosperous cities, once known for its massive library, which held 500,000 books, and the Pharos of Alexandria, the most famous lighthouse of the ancient world. Those sights now only exist in legend, but you get a chance to explore other ancient ruins that have remained standing, such as the Roman Theater, and medieval marvels, including the Catacombs of Kom El-Shoqafa. After a tasty lunch in a local restaurant, see the modern Bibliotheca Alexandrina, a library built to commemorate Alexandria's ancient center of knowledge. Take a stroll along the Corniche, a historic waterfront promenade, before private transfer back to your hotel.

The Library was one of the largest and most significant libraries of the ancient world, but details about it are a mixture of history and legend, but got destroyed completely and The idea of reviving the old library dates back to 1974 when a committee set up by Alexandria University selected a plot of land for its new library between the campus and the seafront, close to where the ancient library once stood. The recreation of the ancient library was not only adopted by other individuals and agencies

Citadel of Qaitbay is a defensive fortress located on the Mediterranean sea coast. It was established in 1477 AD (882 AH) by the mamluk Sultan Al-Ashraf Sayf al-Din Qa'it Bay. The Citadel is located on the eastern side of the northern tip of Pharos Island at the mouth of the Eastern Harbour. It was erected on the exact site of the famous Lighthouse of Alexandria, which was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. It was built on an area of 17,550 square metres