Private Alexandria Highlights Guided Day Tour
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Private Alexandria Highlights Guided Day Tour
Free cancellation
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7 hours (Approx.)
Hotel pickup offered
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English and 6 more
Good for avoiding crowds
Overview
See the best of Alexandria on a full-day, private tour with an experienced guide. Get the perfect overview and orientation of the city as you trace an all-star route from the stunning modern library to ancient wonders and Roman landmarks. Step into the dramatic history of Egypt’s second largest city, which has seen thousands of years of conquerors and conquests from around the Mediterranean.
- Full-day, private Alexandria tour
- Visit ancient and modern landmarks
- Learn about local history and heritage
- Have lunch at a waterside restaurant
- Free hotel pickup and drop-off included
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Meet your guide at your Alexandria hotel, and start the day at the New Library, a stunning modernist structure that celebrates the Alexandria library that was destroyed in ancient times. Continue to the site of the lighthouse that was once a wonder of the ancient world, then visit King Farouk’s palace, where the Montazah Gardens and elegant grounds look out towards the Mediterranean Sea. Hear dramatic stories from Egypt’s wartime history, when the king fled the city as overseas troops arrived.
Take a break for lunch in a restaurant with perfect sea views, then spend the afternoon exploring the city’s best ancient sites. Relive Roman imperial triumphs at Pompey’s Pillar, discover the remains of Alexandria’s ancient library, visit the Roman amphitheater, and explore an open air museum to see artifacts from archeological digs. Go underground in the 3rd-century catacombs that combine Greek, Roman and Egyptian art, and take in some of the city’s modern monuments and elegant corniche before returning to your hotel.
Take a break for lunch in a restaurant with perfect sea views, then spend the afternoon exploring the city’s best ancient sites. Relive Roman imperial triumphs at Pompey’s Pillar, discover the remains of Alexandria’s ancient library, visit the Roman amphitheater, and explore an open air museum to see artifacts from archeological digs. Go underground in the 3rd-century catacombs that combine Greek, Roman and Egyptian art, and take in some of the city’s modern monuments and elegant corniche before returning to your hotel.
Itinerary
At 9:00 am Pickup from your Hotel in Alexandria by Our expert Licensed Tour guide then start your Full Day tour visiting the best sites in Alexandria Start with New library of Alexandria the biggest library in the world now with 8 million books, site of the ancient lighthouse it's one of the seven wonders of ancient world, Palaces of Farouk, last king in history of Egypt.
Duration: 1 hour
Admission Ticket Free
Then stop for lunch in the best sea view restaurant in Alexandria Based on Full Meal for each Person, but Beverages are not included.
After lunch Visit the Modern monuments Such as unknown soldier of Alexandria, the statue of Alexander the Great, drive along the Cornish to see the whole city passing over bridge of Stanley landmark of modern Alexandria then at 16:00 drive back to your hotel.
Duration: 30 minutes
Admission Ticket Free
The Citadel of Qaitbay (or the Fort of Qaitbay; Arabic: قلعة قايتباي) is a 15th-century defensive fortress located on the Mediterranean sea coast, in Alexandria, Egypt. It was established in 1477 AD (882 AH)[citation needed] by Sultan Al-Ashraf Sayf al-Din Qa'it Bay. The Citadel is situated on the eastern side of the northern tip of Pharos Island at the mouth of the Eastern Harbour.
Duration: 1 hour
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