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Customised Alexandria Private Day Tour from Cairo

By Mirette Tour
7.0 out of 10
Good
Free cancellation available
Price is NZ$312 per adult* *Get lower prices by selecting more than 2 adults
Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 12h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
  • Multiple languages
Overview

At the begining of your day , your guide will pick you up and start your tour . You will choose 4 places to visit from these place : Bibliotheca Alexandrina , Pompay's Pillar , Catacombs of Kum el Shoqqafa , The National Museum of Egypt , Fort Qaitaby , Montaza Gardens , The Royal Jewellery Museum & Ancient Roman Amphitheatre. also , You will have lunch in seafood restaurant overlooking the sea . you will have time to take so much photos . Then you will be dropped off in your hotel.

Activity location

  • Bibliotheca Alexandrina
    • El Shatby
    • 30100, Alexandria, Egypt

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Bibliotheca Alexandrina
    • El Shatby
    • 30100, Alexandria, Egypt

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Alexandria Tour
  • Activity duration is 12 hours12h
    12h
  • English

Pickup included

Price details
NZ$311.53 x 1 AdultNZ$311.53

Total
Price is NZ$311.53

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    visiting St.Mark Cathedral or Abu El Abbas Mosque
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    Hotel pick up & drop off
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    Air Conditioned Vehicle
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Private Tour
  • What's includedWhat's included
    professional guide
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Entry /admission Fees to 4 places mentioned in the itineray
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    lunch in a restaurant overlooking the mediteranean sea
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Gratitudes
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    drinks on lunch
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    pick up from Airport or Airport hotels will be with extra fees 8 USD per person
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    if spanish/french/german guide , there will be extra fees 8 USD per person

Know before you book

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Transport options are wheelchair accessible
  • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Bibliotheca Alexandrina
  • 2h
  • Admission ticket included
The Bibliotheca Alexandrina is built on a magnificent site alongside Alexandria's ancient harbour in the historic centre of the city. The 11-story library can contain up to 4 million volumes of books, and can be expanded up to 8 million by the use of compact storage. In addition to the library facilities, the library also contains other cultural and educational functions including a planetarium, several museums, a school for information science, and conservation facilities. Characterised by its circular, tilting form, the building spans 160 metres in diameter and reaches up to 32 metres in height, while also diving some 12 metres into the ground.
Ancient Roman Amphitheater
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
The amphitheatre of Alexandria was discovered by coincidence in the year of 1960. When the Egyptian government was getting ready to set one its buildings in the area of kom El Dekka, one of the workers found solid column underneath the dust and sand during preparing the location by engineers. Immediately, an excavation team where down the location to examine what have been found. The Roman theatre was a very important discovery in the 20th century. It was proven that the theatre was built since the 4th A.D century and was used up until the 7th century passing by the Roman, byzantine and Islamic eras.
Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa
  • 2h
  • Admission ticket included
The catacombs of kom El shofaqa also known as the hill of treasure, regarded as a huge necropolis and royal cemetery that dates back to the second century AD. The necropolis has a unique mixture of Roman, Hellenistic and pharaonic art elements reflected in the paintings on the wall, and the style of the statues, funeral objects and tombs. The archaeological site was one of the seven wonders in the middle ages.
Pompey's Pillar
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
it is a Roman triumphal column in the city of Alexandria, Egypt. It is the largest of its type. In fact, it constructed outside of the imperial capitals of Rome and Constantinople. Pompey’s Pillar Alexandria is the only which known free-standing column in Roman Egypt.
Fort Qaitbey
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
citadel of Qaitbay located in the island of pharos western of Alexandria city , was built on the old lighthouse location after it was destroyed by the earth wake , the citadel of Alexandria was named after sultan Ashraf Qaitbay who wanted to protect Alexandria city from the ottoman empire direct threats . Qaitbay citadel is one of top attractions in Alexandria city for its historic value and important position,you can visit the citadel with our travel to Egypt agency Egypt tours
Alexandria National Museum
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
The museum was situated in a place built by one of Alexandria`s merchants in 1928 on the e modern Italian style (that was commonly used in decoration in the early ages of the past century ) . The palace was then owned by the ministry of culture converting it into a national museum for Alexandria .the museum contains 1800 monumental pieces representing Alexandria’s history. The museum is divided into 3 suites (floors), the first suite (the basement) is for the Pharaonic period, the second suite (the ground floor) for the Graeco-Roman Islamic periods and modern ages till July’s revolution, in addition to other showrooms for lectures (enough for 150 person) and a laboratory for repairing and mending monuments
Royal Jewelry Museum, Alexandria
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
The Jewellery Museum is a two-story villa which belonged to Princess Fatma Al-Zahraa – a member of the Egyptian Royal family, which she decorated to her taste in 1920. The foyer is a grandiose affair with burgundy soft, deep carpets and carved, gilded ceilings. From here, a short flight of marble steps lead to the ground floor. Portraits of all the royal descendants of the Mohamed Ali Dynasty (with a brief description) decorate the walls. Very little information is known about the life and history of Princess Fatma with the exception of her evident extraordinary taste in interior decoration.
Montazah Gardens
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
you will enjoy visiting montaza gardens and king Farouk Palace.

Location

Activity location

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    Bibliotheca Alexandrina
    • El Shatby
    • 30100, Alexandria, Egypt

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    Bibliotheca Alexandrina
    • El Shatby
    • 30100, Alexandria, Egypt

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