Your Allover Egypt tours guide will pick you up from your hotel in Cairo, and start getting your kicks heading to beautiful Alexandria. Start the tour with the library of Alexandria or Bibliotheca Alexandrina; one of the most extensive libraries in the world – The library has shelf space for eight million books. Visit the open court where the statue of Alexander the Great and the statue of Ptolemy the first, which was found in the Mediterranean Sea in Alexandria.
Then, you will visit St. Mark’s oldest church the oldest church in Egypt and all over Africa, after that enjoy a walking tour in the old town of Alexandria where you will feel the local life and the non-touristic sites. Visit the Roman Amphitheater of Alexandria with the display of the sunken monuments of Alexandria which were discovered under the East harbor of Alexandria.
After that, move to visit Abu Al-Abbas Al-Mursi Alexandria’s largest mosque; with a cream-colored facade, four great domes, arabesque designs, and a high minaret. Built in 1775 to commemorate the life of an Andalusian Sheikh who was buried on the site, it is one of the most visited mosques on the White Med coast.
Continue to see the outside of Qaitbay castle which was built on the same site as the ancient Lighthouse of Alexandria one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. A most spectacular castle which is a great photo stop, then, drive you back to your hotel.
