subject: Tour To Alexandria From Cairo By Road [print this page] Coming to Egypt the land of the Pharaohs through going tours you will be navigating in the history of this beautiful land Egypt .The 15 days tour to Egypt will enable you to enjoy visiting Cairo ,Luxor Aswan ,the black and the white desert ,so you will feel the taste of the beauty of the history and the beauty of the landscapes and the nature in Egypt.
Visit the second largest city in Egypt, Alexandria, known as The Pearl of the Mediterranean The atmosphere of the city is more Mediterranean than Middle Eastern
Going Tours representative will pick you up from your hotel in Cairo then transfer to Alexandria . It will be about 3 hours driving in a luxurious A/C van accompanied by a private tour guide. On the way to Cairo you will pass by Cairo-Alexandria highway about 220 k.m long that is where you will see many farms and factories along the way and you will have the choice to stop in order to have rest in the mid way . The city of Alexandria was built in 332 B.C by Alexander the great. You will visit Alexandria Library(Bibliotheca Alexandrina) .You will also visit the Catacombs of Kom Ash-Shuqqafa which are tombs dug in the rocks from the roman time. you will visit a beautiful Islamic Castel which is Qaytbay Citadel , built in the 15th Century at the same spot of the ancient light house of Alexandria. Visit Pompays Pillar which was constructed in honor of the Emperor Diocletain at the end of the 4th centaury and was apart from the temple of the Serapis . The temple was once a huge structure rivaling the Soma and the Caesareum. At the end of the day tour you will drive back to your hotel in Cairo.
