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DAILY TOURS IN ALEXANDRIA:
All our tours are conducted on a private basis, so you are free to make it your own and do it your way.
Our tours include the services of an English-speaking Egyptologist/guide (other languages available on request), entrance fees, pick-up and drop-off at your hotel, and transportation by air conditioned car/bus.
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1- Full day Tour 7 hours (approx.): |
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The Roman theatre, the Catacombs, Pompay's Pillar, Montazah Garden , Alexandria Library, Qaytbay Citadel & El Mursi Abu El Abbas Mosque: |
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Excursion tour to visit the Roman Theatre (A theatre with marble seats up to 800 spectators, Galleries, Section of mosaic flooring & a pleasure garden surrounded by Roman Villas & baths). Then visit Pompay's Pillar, Followed by visit to the Catacomb of Kom El-Shoqafa (Tombs on three levels, also contains The Triclinium where relatives used to sit on stone benches to feast the dead, a center with relieves of bearded serpents. Inside, there are 2nd Century AD statues of Sobek & Anubis wearing Roman Armor).Followed by Visiting Montazah Garden, Alexandria Library and Also from out side you will Visit Qaytbay Citadel & El Mursi Abu El Abbas Mosque. |
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2- Over day Tour 10 hours (approx.): |
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World War II Cemeteries in El Alamein: |
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Leave Alexandria at 8:00 am by car through the Western Desert road (70 miles) to El Haman and El Alamein (the Two Flags), where one of the most decisive battles of World War II (October 1942) took place. Visit the battlefield, the Allied Forces cemetery, Rommel's headquarters, and the German and Italian Memorial Monument. Return to Alexandria in the afternoon. |
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3- Over day Tour 7 hours (approx.): |
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Cairo (Pyramids of Giza, Egyptian Museum and Khan El Khalili Bazaars): |
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Transportation: Alexandria - Cairo - Alexandria (by air conditioned bus) includes a visit to one of the Seven Wonders of the World: the Pyramids of Giza (Cheops, Chephren and Mycerinus), Cheops is the most colossal ever built. Next is a close-up look at the sphinx - a huge funeral complex guarded by the legendary lion body with the face of king Chephren. Then visit Egyptian Museum of antiquities. On display is a rare collection of 5000 years of art the largest most precious collection of Egyptian art in the world. Over 250,000 genuine artefacts are presented, including an exhibit dedicated to the Tutankhamen collection of treasures, gold, and jewellery, as it was enclosed in his tomb for over 3,500 years before it was discovered in the 1920s when his tomb was excavated. Visit Khan El Khalili Bazaars (One of the earliest and greatest markets in the Middle East). Return to Alexandria in the afternoon. |
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4- Over day Tour 7 hours (approx.): |
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Cairo (Pyramids of Giza, Sphinx, Memphis and Sakkara): |
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Transportation: Alexandria - Cairo - Alexandria (by air conditioned bus) includes a visit to one of the Seven Wonders of the World: the Pyramids of Giza (Cheops, Chephren and Mycerinus), Cheops is the most colossal ever built. Next is a close-up look at the sphinx - a huge funeral complex guarded by the legendary lion body with the face of king Chephren. Then visit the Step pyramid in Sakkara (Sakkara (Saqqara) is one of the most extensive archaeological sites in Egypt! It was the cemetery for Memphis, the capital of Ancient Egypt, yet it is still one of the virgin archaeological sites, despite the fact that so much has already been found here! The site is dominated by the Step Pyramid of King Zoser, which goes back to 2700 BC. It is one of the oldest stone structures in the world!). Then visit the cemetery for Memphis (Founded in the 1st Dynasty (3100 B.C) by King Narmar, Memphis was the capital of Ancient Egypt, and the first capital city founded after the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt. It remained as the capital of Ancient Egypt throughout the Old Kingdom. Because of the many necropolises associated with Memphis, many Egyptologists believe that it was once an extremely large city, though no archaeological evidence proves this, at present!). Return to Alexandria in the afternoon. |
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5- Over day Tour 7 hours (approx.): |
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Cairo (Egyptian Museum, Saladin Citadel, Alabaster Mosque and Khan El Khalili): |
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Transportation: Alexandria - Cairo - Alexandria (by air conditioned bus) includes a visit to Egyptian Museum of antiquities. On display is a rare collection of 5000 years of art the largest most precious collection of Egyptian art in the world. Over 250,000 genuine artefacts are presented, including an exhibit dedicated to the Tutankhamen collection of treasures, gold, and jewellery, as it was enclosed in his tomb for over 3,500 years before it was discovered in the 1920s when his tomb was excavated. Then visit the renowned Saladin Citadel that was built by Saladin in the 12th Century and was the seat of power for the following 700 years. On the premises is the Alabaster Mosque of Mohammed Ali, one of the landmarks in Cairo whose minaret can be seen from any part of the city. The Mohammed Ali mosque was built in Turkish style, very similar to the Blue Mosque in Turkey. Then visit Khan El Khalili Bazaars (One of the earliest and greatest markets in the Middle East). Return to Alexandria in the afternoon. |
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6- Over day Tour 7 hours (approx.): |
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Rosetta: |
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Drive to Rosetta (65 km east of Alexandria, Rosetta dates back to the Protodynastic era, where Menes marched from Upper Egypt to capture the town within his drive to unite both parts of the country and the town was then named "Khito". In the Ptolemic era, the town was renamed "Poulbotine" after the Poulbotinium Temple, dedicated to the worship of Queen Cleopatra. In the Coptic age, the town was known as Rashit, later converted to Rashid. The town itself is an open museum, with 22 monumental residences dating back to the Ottoman era in addition to 12 mosques, mills, castles and public baths. In no other town in Egypt there can found such unique collection of monumental residences, built with a rare type of brown, well-trimmed and pointed bricks. How these bricks were made still remains a mystery. The houses reflect a high style of architecture, construction and carpentry. Designed to Islamic architectural style, the houses comprise Mushrabiyyas (oriels), vast reception rooms, decorative inscriptions, in-laid sea –shell woodworks, domes and densely ornamented doors. Houses were provided with fresh water tanks, properly insulated to protect buildings against water leakage. Normally, each house had a drinking fountain (Sabeel), made available for free to passers-by. The interior of the house was rich with exquisite decorations, including inscriptions in Kufic calligraphy. Mushrabiyyas were made of geometrically shaped, fine woodworks. On top of the house, which sometimes rose to two floors, there was a decorative skylight to allow natural light and air into the building.) Return to Alexandria in the afternoon. |
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7- Over day Tour 7 hours (approx.): |
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Wadi El Natroun Monasteries: |
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Drive to Wadi El Natroun by A/C car, visit Wadi El Natroun Monasteries(Wadi El- Natroun is located 100 km to the north west of Cairo , it is a natural depression in the desert it is consisting of salt lakes and salt flats laying in the desert , this place in the bird watchers paradise together wit the oasis of Fayoum. This place was important to the ancient Egyptian since it was from which they extracted the Natroun salt. And become more important during the early era of Christianity in Egypt. Today it is the centre of many monasteries groups dating back to the fourth century AD. St. Anba Bishoai: It has 5 churches the main one is the St Bishoai church which goes as early to the 9 century Ad. This church today is only used during the summertime. To the east of this church lies another one known as the church of Al- Adra (the virgin), it is only used during the winter month. At the second flower of the monastery which goes back to the 12 century Ad, there is the church of angel. Also there is the charge of St. George which is not used at all The monastery contains the remains of St. Bishoai, and Ephraim the Assyrian, and Paul of Tomah). Return to Alexandria in the afternoon. |
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| | Price excludes |
- International Flights.
- Visa Entry for Egypt.
- Personal items.
- Tipping.
- Any other items not mentioned.
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Above tours are Daily on Private Basis.
PRICES
All prices are in American USD$ Currency, per person. Contact us for exact price according to your dates of trip and the number of participants.
ALEXANDRIA
Built in 332 BC, by Alexander the great, on the location of the old harbour Rakotis, Alexandria became the capital of the Ptolemaics, an extension was built to join the main land to Pharaohs island, on which rose the 1st light-house in history. Alexandria grew up and became a cosmopolitan city, harbour and trading centers, the great library, the academy which attracted the best artists and scientists of the Old World: Antophilos (painter), Euclid (Mathematics), Eratosthenes (Physics) Under the Roman occupation, which started in 48 BC, Alexandria became the second city of the Roman Empire. The decline started in 383, when Alexandria became a Christian center, destruction of temples, schools and also the academy was considered a blow to paganism. When the Arab army entered Alexandria in 641, it retained some of its glamour: 4000 palaces, 4000 public bathes, 1200 gardens, 400 circus and entertaining centers, 500000 inhabitants. But it's commercial power as well as its population decreased very quickly. During the rule of Mohamed Ali and his successors, Alexandria regained its position as a commercial and a military harbour, connected to the Nile by a canal in 1819. The population increased from 6000 to 200 000 persons (50 000 foreigners). Today Alexandria is the 2nd largest city in Egypt (5 million inhabitants) and is one of the best summer resorts on the Mediterranean Sea, with its beaches extending to the length of 40 Km, its luxurious hotels, its restaurants, its theaters and park.
Born 2330 years ago, the little remains from its glorious past, the catacombs, Pompey pillar, the roman theater, Qaytbay fort built on the location of Pharaohs, Montazah palace. Many summer resorts exist actually to the west of Alexandria, and many more, extending to the city of Mersa Matrouh known for its large beaches and its clear blue sea. The recent excavations revealed the glory of Alexandria lying at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea.
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