Alexandria Private Day Tour From Cairo with Lunch and Tickets

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10h
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Selective hotel pickup
Multiple languages

Overview

Begin your lovely day by meeting your guide at your hotel. This full-day private tour to Alexandria will take you on a journey through the city’s ancient history. Travel in a comfortable, air-conditioned vehicle as your guide shares fascinating stories about Alexandria.

Start with “The Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa,” an underground burial site with a mix of Egyptian, Greek, and Roman styles. Visit “Pompey's Pillar,” a towering Roman column, and pass by the modern “Alexandria Library,” a tribute to the ancient world’s knowledge centre.

Explore the Citadel of Qaitbay, built on the site of the Lighthouse of Alexandria, and finish with the Roman Theatre, a well-preserved piece of the city’s Roman history.

• Convenient pickup from your hotel in Cairo or Giza.
• Stay hydrated with bottled water provided.
• Gain in-depth knowledge from a local guide.
• Enjoy comfortable, air-conditioned private transport between sites.

Activity location

Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa
- Kom Al Shokafa
- 21599, Alexandria, Egypt

Meeting/Redemption Point

Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa
- Kom Al Shokafa
- 21599, Alexandria, Egypt

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Dates

Travellers

1 - Only Car With Driver

10h
English

Only Car With Driver: 1 -Car
2 - The driver speaks English
Pickup included

Languages available

Starting time

Price details

€96.85 x 1 Adult€96.85

Total

2 - Only Car and Tour Guide

10h
English

Only Car and Tour Guide: 1 - Car
2 - Tour Guide
3 - The driver speaks English
Pickup included

Languages available

Starting time

Price details

€150.16 x 1 Adult€150.16

Total

3 - Car+ Guide + entrance fees

10h
English

Car+ Guide + entrance fees: 1 - Car
2 - Tour Guide
3 - Entrance fees
4- The driver speaks English
Pickup included

Languages available

Starting time

Price details

€173.26 x 1 Adult€173.26

Total

4- Car+ Guide+ Tickets + Lunch

10h
English

Car+ Guide+ Tickets + Lunch: 1 - Car
2 - Tour Guide
3 - Entrance fees
4 - Lunch
5- The driver speaks English

Pickup included

Languages available

Starting time

Price details

€191.03 x 1 Adult€191.03

Total

5- All Options – Non-English

10h
English

All Options – Non-English: Car + Lunch + Tickets + One tour guide in Spanish, French, German, or Italian
Language confirmed after booking

Pickup included

Languages available

Starting time

Price details

€177.70 x 1 Adult€177.70

Total

What's included, what's not

Lunch (If option selected)
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Qualified Egyptologist guide (If option selected)
Entrance fees (If option selected)
Transport by air-conditioned Car
Non-English languages (If option selected)

Know before you book

- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transport options are available nearby
- Specialised infant seats are available
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.
- This activity is provided by a private individual (a party not acting within their trade, business or profession). EU consumer law will not apply to your booking.

Activity itinerary

Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa

4h
Admission ticket not included

At 7:00 am, we will pick you up from your hotel and head straight to Alexandria, where we will spend the next two and a half hours travelling by highway to get to our starting point "Kom El Shoqafa" in Alexandria. Kom El Shoqafa contains a collection of tombs, statues, and archaeological artefacts associated with the Pharaonic funeral mortuary cults and Hellenistic and early Imperial Roman influences. Because of the time, many of the characteristics of Kom El Shoqafa's catacombs combine Roman, Greek, and Egyptian cultural points; some statues are Egyptian in style but wear Roman clothes and hairstyles, while others share a similar style. A circular staircase descends into the tombs tunneled into the bedrock during the Antonine emperors' reign. (2nd century AD)From the 2nd to the 4th centuries, the building was used as a burial chamber before being rediscovered in 1900.

Pompey's Pillar

1h
Admission ticket not included

It will be the secondary attraction. The Pompey Pillar's moniker is deceptive. Gaius Pompey, a Roman general, and consul, was a rival of Julius Caesar in a civil war and was assassinated by a Ptolemaic pharaoh in 48 BC as he escaped to Alexandria. This single column, perched on a rocky hilltop in the centre of Alexandria, has nothing to do with him. Crusaders believed his grave was marked by a 100-foot (30-meter) red Aswan granite pillar, which is how this tale started. The pillar is a triumphal monument built for the Roman Emperor Diocletian in 300 AD. During the visit, the site will be admired from the outside only, making it an ideal stop without requiring entrance fees. The real importance of this archaeological site lies in what was before the pillar: the Serapeum, Alexandria's acropolis.

Fort Qaitbey

1h
Admission ticket not included

The third stop will be this. In Alexandria, Egypt, on the Mediterranean Sea the coast, stands the 15th-century defensive fortress known as the Citadel of Qaitbay or the Fort of Qaitbay. In 1477 AD (882 AH), Sultan Al-Ashraf Sayf al-Din Qa'it Bay founded it. The Citadel is located at the mouth of the Eastern Harbour on the eastern edge of Pharos Island's northern tip.

Bibliotheca Alexandrina (Pass by)

next, We will visit The world's largest library: "Bibliotheca Alexandrina", which currently has 8 million Books. Visit its open court to see the statues of Ptolemy the First and Alexander the Great, Which were both discovered close underwater. You will go to "The President Saddat Museum" and the "Alexandria Museum" of Impressions. Please note that the Alexandria Library is closed on Fridays, Saturdays, and bank holidays. You will need to buy a ticket to access the reading section. Finally, we will travel to the beginning location for around 2.5 hours on the highway. Please note that the Alexandria Library is closed on Fridays. However, if we choose to visit on a Friday, we can still take photos in front of it.

Ancient Roman Amphitheater

1h
Admission ticket not included

Lastly, The Roman Amphitheatre is one of Alexandria's most popular monuments. This is Egypt's second most important city, after the capital, Cairo. While the amphitheatres were spread through different countries like Greece, Italy, and Turkey during the reign of the Romans with many examples of these structures still present in many regions around Europe and the Middle East, the Roman Amphitheatre of Alexandria is the only one of

Location

Activity location

Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa
- Kom Al Shokafa
- 21599, Alexandria, Egypt

Meeting/Redemption Point

Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa
- Kom Al Shokafa
- 21599, Alexandria, Egypt

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