Day Trip to Alexandria Shore Excursions from Alexandria Port. Visit the Mediterranean's brilliant pearl. The Ptolemaic city of Alexandria is home to numerous historical palaces, as Alexandria is the second biggest city in Egypt after Cairo. Alexandria is known by its fabulous coastline that contains charming sandy beaches; therefore you will entertain your soul and mind visiting a lot of monuments that shed light on the Roman, Greek and Ancient Egyptian civilizations.
Explore
Cairo Tours from Alexandria Port and the thrilling Shore Excursions from
Alexandria port to be able to see one of the biggest and most important museums
in the world on The Egyptian Museum Tour, and tour to the Giza Pyramids, and
the great sphinx, you can also visit the open-air museum on the same spot where
Memphis used to be. Visit Salah El Din Citadel which offers breathtaking views
over the city; discover the fortress that was an Egyptian old fortress that was
built to protect Cairo from the enemies and it shed light on the medieval
warfare. With Alexandria Tours you will be able to walk in Khan El Khalili
where you will immerse yourself in its colorful streets; it also is one of the
most famous and the oldest bazaars in the Middle East as it dates back to 1382
A.D.
Alexandria City was found by Alexander the Great in 331
BC, Alexandria became the capital of Graeco-Roman Egypt, its status as a beacon
of culture symbolized by Pharos, the legendary lighthouse that was one of the
Seven Wonders of the World. It is also the setting for the stormy relationship
between Cleopatra and Mark Antony and the center of learning in the ancient
world. But ancient Alexandria declined, and when Napoleon landed, he found a
sparsely populated fishing village. See one of the most important seaport and a
major industrial center.
Explore Library ofAlexandria it is considered one of the largest libraries in the world, it’s
important for Egyptian History. It contained 700,000 books and it was the greatest library in
the world at that time. This is besides the fact that many great scientists
studied in the library like Archimedes. Cata Comb of KomEl-Shokafa
is a historical archaeological site and is considered one of the Seven Wonders
of the Middle Ages Catacombs (meaning
underground tunnels) lie in the district of Karmouz to the east of Alexandria.
The area was called Kom El-Shouqafa or a pile of shards. The cemetery dates
back to the 1st century A.D and was used until the 4th century A.D. It was
discovered in 1900 when by pure chance, a donkey drawn cart fell into a pit,
which led to the discovery. Enjoy discovering one
of best wonderful Alexandria attractions and one of important defensive strongholds
in Egypt called Qaitbay Citadel, visit Montazah Palace is one of
the royal palaces and built on overlooking the most beautiful beach of
Alexandria and it contains a palace, museum, extensive garden which is 3000 meters wide contains a huge
selection of trees and plants and some of them are quite rare. Some of the
tropical plants are still in good shape although they have been planted more
than 75 years ago. The plant collection in Montazah includes: Catania, huge
boots, Zamia, Carlota, and special types of palms.
Take tours to EL Alamein from Alexandria Port to visit The
World War II Cemeteries contains
the graves of men who died at all stages of the Western Desert campaigns almost
7,240 burials of the Second World War, visit the cemetery that contains the
graves of men who died in the Battle of El Alamein at the end of October 1942
and in the period immediately before that.
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