Day 01: Arrival Cairo – Alexandria
Our Travel representative welcomes you in Cairo and Escorted transfer by a modern air-conditioned coach will take you to Alexandria via the desert road –about 225 km– Check in the hotel upon arrival.
Overnight in Alexandria.
Day 02: Full day tour to Alexandria (B-L)
Early breakfast at the hotel in Alexandria, then starts a guided tour to visit the Bombay’s’ pillars, the Catacombs, Alexandria Literary & Montazah Gardens. You will also pass Qaite Bay citadel from outside
Pompeii Column and Kom El-Shuqafa Catacombs Thirty meters high and built from Aswan pink granite, the Pompeii Column is thought to have been a present from the people of Alexandria to Emperor Diocletian. The majority of the remains found around the column can be been at the Greco-Roman Museum. At the top of the hill lies the entrance to the Kom al-Shuqafa Catacombs dating from the first and second centuries. They have been discovered by chance at the beginning of 20th, century.
Montazah Gardens; is about 150-hectare park surrounding the palace of Khedive Abbas with its amazing architecture worth of Walt Disney. Visitors enjoy strolling in the gardens or swimming of the nice sandy beaches.
Alexandrina Bibliotheca; the New Library of Alexandria, the New Bibliotheca Alexandrina is dedicated to recapture the spirit of openness and scholarship of the original Bibliotheca Alexandrina. It is much more than a library as it contains 13 different departments
Besides, the New Library also hosts a number of institutions which is growing and it is becoming the nerve center of many international and regional networks.
Qaite bay Fort has been guarding the bay for centuries; at the end of the Cornish rises the crenellated walls of the Mameluk fortress built in 1480 on the site of the Alexandria lighthouse
Lunch will be served during the tour in an oriental restaurant Drive to Cairo via the desert road, with the unforgettable memories of Alexandria City Tour.
***YOUR BEST OF EGYPT TOUR CONCLUDES***