Alexandria Excursion from Cairo

Alexandria Excursion from Cairo

Alexandria Excursion from Cairo

Alexandria the second biggest city in Egypt, after Cairo. Considered as the second capital of Egypt too, a copy of Athens in Greece as it was designed on its plan too, the whole city took 80 years to be finished.

Full day tour to Alexandria excursion from Cairo, the Greek-looking city of Alexandria (three hour drive), founded by Alexander the great around 332 B.C.  You will be driven from your hotel in Giza or Cairo, to enjoy the only Greek existing capital built by Greek, then was used as a capital during the Roman period later on, In Alexandria there is a lot of places to visit such as the place of the ancient lighthouse; which was one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, built to lead the ships from a distance and on top of it was a statue of the Greek good of the sea Poseidon.

On the same spot of the old Lighthouse Mamelukes built the fort of Quaetbay to protect Alexandria from the seaside, dates back to the 14th century, and never been used.
The Roman cemetery of the Catacomb which dates back to the first and the second century belonged to the roman emperor, his wife and their son, but unfortunately no names were found inscribed. The Roman tomb was found by the Polish expedition in 1900.

Alexandria Excursion from Cairo enable you to visit the New Library of Alexandria built by the UNESCO, as the old library of Alexandria destroyed completely almost 3 times during the three different conflicts ended by Muslims.