Day 1 : Half-Day Tour of Historical Alexandria from CairoPick-up from your hotel in cairo , starting your tour with a tour guide in Pompey’s Pillar , is a 25-meter pillar of red granite monolith. It was erected by Publius, and around the column lie the remains of the Serapeum, which is a subterranean gallery where sacred bulls were buried. There is also a small open museum with columns, sphinxes and capitals. Then drive to visit the the necropolis of the Catacombs of Kom El-Shuqafa , the largest known Roman burial site in Egypt. Having lunch at local restaurant in cairo . then proceed to discover the Qaitbay Citadel , the most important defensive fortress in Egypt . and finally visit the Library of Alexandria , that’s contains more than 8 millions books. Within its compound, it also comprises a conference center, a number of libraries for the blind, a planetarium, a manuscript restoration laboratory, three museums, and four art galleries. Your tour ends with a hotel drop-off. | |
The itinerary order could change without affecting the visits |