Day Tour to Alexandria from Cairo by Car

Holy Egypt Tours representative will pick you up from your hotel in Cairo or Giza. We will drive almost 210 kilometers to Alexandria City, the second largest city in Egypt known as “The Pearl of the Mediterranean, ​its great natural beauty and rich cultural and historical heritage make it one of the most preferred traveler’s attractions in Egypt. It was founded by the Macedonian leader Alexander the Great, who conquered Egypt in 332 B.C. You will start your Alexandria Tour from Cairo by transferring you to Alexandria guided by your knowledgeable tour guide in a modern air-conditioned vehicle for about two hours driving, we will stop on our way at the nearest rest in case you would like to drink anything, use the toilet or stretch your legs.

Start the Alexandria tour from Cairo by visiting the pillar of Pompey is an architectural marvel located amidst the ruins of the Serapeum in the Egyptian coastal city of Alexandria. It is one of the largest places of Antiquity. The Serapeum was an ancient Greek temple that was built during the reign of the Ptolemaic kingdom in Egypt and was dedicated to the new deity worshipped in Alexandria and all over Egypt, Serapis who was believed to be the protector of Alexandria.

Then Move to, you will visit the Catacombsof Kom El Shoqafa, These tombs represent the last great existing construction for the sake of the ancient Egyptian religion. The catacombs consist of three layers of tombs and chambers cut out of the rock under the ground and the beautifully decorated burial of a rich Romanized Egyptian family.

Then you drive to Visit the wonderful reincarnation of the famed ancient library of Alexandria. The original library held the largest collection of manuscripts in the world and was a great center of learning for 600 years until it burned down in the 3rd century. NEW library of Alexandria the biggest library in the world now with 8 million books, Site of lighthouse one of the seven wonders of ancient world, Enjoy a tour at the dramatically beautiful new library. Then you drive to the roman Amphitheatre, the open air museum for sunken monuments, unknown soldier of Alexandria, the statue of Alexander the great, Built east of Alexandria on a high hill and overlooking the most beautiful beach of Alexandria,

then we proceed to see the Qaitbay Citadel which was built on the site of the ancient pharaohs (lighthouse) of Alexandria then to Bibliotheca Alexandri, Named after the Mameluke Sultan Al- AsharfQaitbay, the Qaitbay Citadel in Alexandria is considered one of the most important defensive strongholds in the Mediterranean Sea. Visit the citadel that used to formulate an important part of the fortification system of Alexandria in the 15th century A.D.