Schedule: | Duration: | Pickup Time: |
Everyday | Approx. 5-6 hours | According to the cruise ship arrival |
Tour Highlights:
- Catacombs of Kom El Shokafa.
- Pompay’s Pillar.
- The library of Alexandria.
- Manuscripts museum.
- Castle of Qaitbay inside.
- Old harbor of Alexandria.
- The old city-center of Alexandria.
- Abbo Elabbas Mosque.
Tour Prices:
Single | 2- 3 Persons | 4-6 Persons | 7-10 Persons |
120 $ | 70 $ | 65 $ | 60 $ |
Join a Small Group (2-35) Per Person $ 55
Included:
- Pick up services from Alexandria Port & return (by the cruise exit door).
- all transfers by a private air-conditioned vehicle.
- Private English Egyptologist guide.
- Entrance fees to all the mentioned sites.
- Mineral water on board the vehicle during the tour.
- Lunch at local restaurant (drinks not included).
- All Service charges & taxes.
Excluded:
- Tipping
- any extra not mentioned.
Your WOW tours Egypt tour guide will be waiting inside Alexandria Port for you. He will be holding a sign showing your name.
From the moment your tour starts, your guide will give you full attention. Once in the car, your guide will talk to you about all the things on the way as well as other aspects of your tour that will interest you.
You will be transferred by a modern air-conditioned vehicle to start your Day tour in Alexandria, first visit Pompay’s Pillar, (it was constructed in honor of the Emperor Diocletian at the end of the 4th century). then visit the Catacombs of Kom El Shokafa which are the largest Roman Cemetery consisting of three levels cut in the rock.
Through your drive you will see the old downtown and the local historical architecture which has baroque style designs and Italian and French style properties.
Next stop is the library of Alexandria; the biggest library in the world – now with 8 million books. Visit its open court where you can see the statue of Alexander the Great and the statue of Ptolemy the first, which was found underwater nearby.
You will visit the library famous Manuscripts Museum, president Saddat Museum and impressions of Alexandria Museum.
Note: Alexandria Library is closed on Fridays and on every public holiday. To enter the reading area, you will need to buy a ticket.
Have lunch at a traditional Restaurant.
After Lunch visit the main square of mosques in the city: The Abbo Elabbas Mosque and see old carnivals where children play on very antique funfair rides and eat candy floss.
From there 10 minutes’ drive to see Qaitbay castle which was built on the same site as the ancient Lighthouse of Alexandria one of the seven wonders of ancient world.
Finally, you will transfer back to your cruise ship at Alexandria port.
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