Discover Alexandria with a guided full-day tour from Cairo

1. Cairo Governorate
   3h
   After breakfast, early in the morning (around 7 am) meeting with our qualified archaeologist guide to start the tour, and pick up from the hotel to start this magnificent tour towards Alexandria city, the most important Mediterranean city in Egypt.
2. Catacombs Of Kom El Shoqafa
   1h · Admission ticket not included
   We'll begin our tour of the Kom El Shoqafa Catacombs, where the relief artwork shows the fusion of Egyptian and Greco-Roman culture. We'll see its three different levels, to get to know its passages, tunnels and galleries along which the tombs of the necropolis are distributed.
3. Pompey's Pillar
   45m · Admission ticket not included
   Second stop at Pompey's Pillar, just where the temple dedicated to the Greco-Egyptian God Serapis was once found.
4. Ancient Roman Amphitheater
   30m · Admission ticket not included
   Roman Amphitheater
   The Roman Amphitheater Alexandria is one of the most popular monuments in Alexandria City . Alexandria is the second most important city in Egypt after Cairo.
   Amphitheaters quite spread during the reign of the Romans.
5. Citadel of Qaitbay
   30m · Admission ticket not included
   Then we head to the Alexandria port, visiting the Qaitbey Forte. This defensive complex was constructed in the 15th century by the Sultan Qaitbey, where the famous Lighthouse of Alexandria once stood. The lighthouse was destroyed by several earthquakes, whose remains were then used to build the citadel. Panoramic visit from outside.
6. Alexandria
   1h 15m
   We'll then enjoy lunch in the center of Alexandria, with a menu including fish, and seafood rice. (price not included lunch)
7. Bibliotheca Alexandrina
   1h · Admission ticket not included
   After lunch time we'll see one of the most important modern buildings in the city: The New Alexandria Library. Built in homage to the library, built in the 3rd century BC. Today the library, inaugurated in 2002, is one of the most important cultural spaces in the Eastern Mediterranean.
8. Cairo
   3h
   After finishing the whole tour, the way back to Cairo begins, directly to your hotel where we have started the tour in the morning.

Pickup details

To start the tour it will be necessary to notify us of your location and the exact time of pick up for the tour. We take you from the hotel or from the point you want in Giza and Cairo.
Pick up from the hotel of stay and return at the end of the tour to the hotel.

• Wheelchair accessible
• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
• Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
• Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
• Not recommended for pregnant travelers
• Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
• Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness