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Private Alexandria Tour from Cairo: Explore Historical Sites and Mediterranean Cuisine
4.8
16 Ratings
Alexandria
Enjoy your day tour from Cairo to the Mediterranean coast to explore Alexandria on a private day tour. get experience about Alexandria from your Egyptologist guide, and check out the city’s sightseeing including Liberary of Alxandaria, the citadel of Qaitbay, the Roman catacomb and the modern Library of Alexandria.
Duration:
10 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
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Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa - discover the most famous attractions in Alexandria.
The tour will begin with the Catacomb where you can note the mixture happened between the Pharaonic and Greco-Roman art in the decoration of the tombs.
After that, you will move to Pompey’s Pillar to know why they called it with this name. -
Pompey’s Pillar - Now it is time to enjoy Pompey’s Pillar that was built in honor of Emperor Decaldianus. The total height of the column, including the base, is about 2,685 meters. On the west side are two bases, which can be reached via an underground staircase. There are also two pink granite statues that look like sphinxes.
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Alexandria - During the tour you will have two options:
- Enjoy Famous local food in Alexandria such as the famous Alexandrian Falafel, Foul, Liver sandwich, the famous Azza ice cream in Alexandria, Fresca, and more.
2)Or you can enjoy a delicious seafood meal for lunch at a local restaurant instead:-)
- Fort Qaitbey - visit Qaitbay Citadel, the Ottoman fortress built where the Lighthouse of Alexandria had existed to enjoy with the Mediterranean Sea view.
- Bibliotheca Alexandrina - Finally, end your tour by visiting the modern library of Alexandria considered as a cultural complex, then, our tour guide will move you back to your hotel.
(In case you visit Alexandria on Friday, you will visit the library from outside with a panoramic view)
What's Included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Entrance fees included
- No hidden fees
- Air-conditioned transportation
- Expert licensed guide
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Personal expenses
Additional Information
- Dress code is smart casual
Location
Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa
Kom Al Shokafa
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.8
(16 Ratings)
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347saifn
Mar 13, 2024
Outstanding experience highly recommend! - I booked the tour last minute , Mahmoud was very friendly and make sure that everything is good before traveling to Alxandaria. Our guide Hamda was very professional and made sure we are comfortable during the trip.
Finally we met our guide Wessam she is do kind , knowledgeable and friendly.
We booked the tour with option the food tour.
Our operator Yoma asked us if we prefer sea food or local Alxandarian food , we chose the local one and we didn't regret anymore.
We tried the falafel , Shawarma and Koshary and for desert rice with milk was very testy Infront of Cournih.
If you didn't visit Alxandaria with this company you definitely missed alot of fun!
I definitely will come again with my mom next year.
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Ahmed
Jan 6, 2023
An Excellent Experience with a professional company. - An excellent extraodinary experience, on time tour leader and bus arrival, well organised schedule, kind staff and professional performance.
More than perfect tour leader Mrs.Manal. Thanks a lot!
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Soniad7861
Dec 25, 2022
Best guide Aref with loads of fun and food. - You will never meet a better tour guide than Arif bakry!!
THE ULTIMATE BEST! True professional who loves being a tour guide. He knows all the ins and outs. He even took care of us after our trip with him and told the next guide how to take care of us!!! AMAZING highly recommend!!!
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N882ut_
Nov 21, 2022
Great day in Alexandria - We had a great day trip to Alexandria. Our guide Arif is excellent! Our whole group was very happy. Our driver was also amazing!
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Charapap37
Nov 19, 2022
Alexandria Day Tour - An amazing experience :) - What an amazing experience. ! The tour is very interesting and we could not have a better guide than Aref Bakr. We started from Cairo and in less than 3 hours we were in Alexandria and the magic begun with Catacombs. After we vidited Pompey's Pillar & Qaitbay fortress with amazing views. We had a delicious fish meal by the sea. Aref is very knowledgeable and he did his best to meet and exceed our expectations and to keep us happy. I recommend this excursion with Aref. We created memories for a lifetime. Thank you
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Rousal21
Nov 18, 2022
Go to Alexandria - The day trip to Alexandria was very relaxing. We visited the old Town and the beach. The tombs and the fortress!!! Our quide Aref was very helpful and polite. I recommended this trip with a private transfer and a good guide as Aref.
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Ausetp
Oct 7, 2022
Great tour, Excellent service - We booked the day trip to Alexandria from Cairo and we are very pleased with our experience. Our guide was Adel and he was incredibly knowledgeable and professional about the history of each site we visited. It just made our trip so easy to be able to have him handle everything; the ticket purchases, keeping the street vendors at bay, organizing a beautiful lunch overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. Felt like VIPs with our own guide and personal car. Our driver drive calmly and was always right there when we needed him. Shout out to Explore Egypt tours for coming through at such short notice. I booked the tour at 8pm and your was booked within the hour for pickup at 7am the next morning. Highly recommend for sure. The Catacombs alone are worth the trip.
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Lisa
Sep 2, 2022
Another wonderful day - Alexander is such a beautiful place. I wanted to come back to Cairo on the same day. Aref planned well. Not only have seeing the history of the city and Egypt but also the beautiful beach and local good. Another wonderful day!
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Narc1k98
Jun 24, 2022
Knowledgeable and Kind - Ahmed and Mohammed were professional, knowledgeable and kind.
They showed up on time to our hotel and communicated the itinerary. Mohammed drove us safely through the traffic to our destinations. Ahmed patiently told us the history and significance of the artifacts and locations we visited.
Great tour guides!
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Andreavu187rg
Nov 24, 2023
This isn’t a food tour, extremely dissatisfied - An absolute rip off. This is not a food tour, the women that was our guide (Marwa) took us to a restaurant where we weren’t given even 1 option, they just bring us a plate that was cold, full fish (with head and all) fried calamari cold, we needed to pay for the drink we had (a juice) the lunch was rushed. She didn’t let the driver stop in one of the spots we were supposed to visit, run personal errands while we were on tour and took us to a “papirus institute” that wasn’t an institute but just a store that sold papirus many times more expensive than other places around Cairo (over $100 for a papirus you can buy for $10) After that I told her I wasn’t going to buy anything and then she rushed us the rest of the time. Sat next to us looking mad, while we eat that terrible plate of food. The price is not worth it, is not a food tour, (tour for us is something where you get options and they show you various foods from a place) you are better taking the ones that are $40 and you choose what and were do you want to eat. Was the only bad experience we had in Egypt. Do not buy this tour you will regret it.
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