Full Day Alexandria Historical Highlights Tour

Citadel of Qaitbay

Alexandria Bibliotheque

Highlights

Cairo

architectural, archaeological, historical

Group Tour

1 Day

Easy

French, Italian, Mandarin

Description

Take a quick tour of Egyptian history and culture as you go for a sightseeing tour of Alexandria, a Mediterranean port city in Egypt. Visit Alexandria Bibliotheque, Citadel of Qaitbay, Kom El Shoqafa Catacombs and the famous Roman amphitheatre.

Itinerary

Alexandria Historical Highlights Tour
- Pick up from the hotel and drive to the catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa, also called Mound of Shards, as heaps of broken pottery were found around this area.
- Discover these magnificent subterranean tombs that depict a mixture of Egyptian and Roman art forms, symbols and burial customs.
- Learn about the mummification and cremation process of ancient Egyptian people while taking a tour of the catacombs.
- Visit the only preserved Roman Amphitheater in the city, discovered in 1960.
- Travel to the fifteenth-century fortress of Qaitbay.
- Have lunch at a local restaurant.
- Continue to Alexandria Bibliotheque, a modern library, which is a revival of the ancient library, the biggest library in the ancient world.
Return to the hotel in Cairo.