Alexandria

Founded by Alexander the Great in 331 BC, Alexandria became the capital of Graeco-Roman Egypt. In today’s modern times, Alexandria, known as The pearl of the Mediterranean is the second largest city of Egypt. With an atmosphere that is more Mediterranean in the Middle East, the city deserves a visit for its many cultural attractions and memories of a glorious past. It is a city that can be explored at random, recreation.

LOCATION
Located at a distance of 225 km north-west of Cairo, the city of Alexandria is located on the Mediterranean coast.

How to get there?
The city can be reached by air or road. There are trains from Cairo. The small Alexandria airport is served by occasional domestic flights.

Must see places in ALEXANDRIA EGYPT TOUR

Fort Qait Bey
The fort was built by the Mameluke Sultan Abdul-Nasser Qait Bey in 1477 on the basis of the old Seven Wonders of the World, the Pharos lighthouse. Since its construction, it was razed and rebuilt twice.

Bibliotheca Alexandrina
Bibliothka is newly built Alexandria library built on the site of the Ancient Library of Alexandria, which was destroyed in 400 AD. Located just east of the Corniche, it is the best library of the ancient world and is an important research center for researchers

Greco-Roman Museum
Built as a small museum with only eleven galleries in 1892, it was transferred to the current site in 1895. The specialty of Graeco-Roman Museum is its vast collection of coins from different countries, organized chronologically, dating from 630 BC in the Ottoman period in the 19th century. The museum contains hundreds of valuable antiques, as the Apis Bull and the two head sphinx among other things.

Corniche
Corniche seafront is one avenue, which is dotted with casinos built on stilts and rows of beach huts. A popular haunt of tourists coming to Alexandria, it has different beaches located beside itself, like Ma 'Amura, Sidi Bishr, and Glymonopolou Ibrahimia among others.

Pompey’s pillar
Pompeii’s pillar is a pillar of polished red granite with a height of 25 m, surrounded by the ruins of the Serapuim. The pillar was built in 297 AD in honor of Emperor Diocletian.

Catacombs Roman Kam-el-Shuqqafa
The Catacombs of Kam-el-Shuqqafa is the largest Roman cemetery dating from the 2nd century AD. Creusées in the rock to a depth of 100 feet, the cemetery is built on three levels to represent the Pharaonic and Roman art.