Alexandria 8-h tour in Alexandrian Library, national Museum, Pompey’s Pillar and the Roman Amphitheatre

Visit Alexandria city the pearl of the Mediterranean in Egypt. During the Hellenistic period, it was home to a lighthouse ranking among the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World as well as a storied library. Today the library is reincarnated in the disc-shaped, ultramodern Bibliotheca Alexandrina. The city also has Greco-Roman landmarks, old-world cafes and sandy beaches. Its 15th-century seafront Qaitbay Citadel is now a museum!

Tour Details

Duration : Day trip 8 hours
Tour type: Shore excursion | Sightseen tour
Tour location: Alexandria
Tour availability: Daily, all year-round
Pick up – Drop off: Alexandria Port | Your hotel

Highlights of Alexandria 8-h tour in Alexandrian Library, national Museum, Pompey’s Pillar and the Roman Amphitheatre

• Round-trip transfers from Alexandria Port are included
• An English-speaking guide will lead the way
• Private tour for just you and your party
• Transfer by air-conditioned comfortable vehicles
• Visit the famous Alexandrian library
• Be impressed by the uniqueness of the national museum

Description of the tour

Depart the pier for the drive to Alexandria’s National Museum. The museum is housed in the old Al-Saad Bassili Pasha Palace which dates back to 1923. It is the first museum in Egypt that narrates the history of the people of Alexandria through antiquity, as opposed to being a building storing antiquities. Many of the artifacts within the museum’s collection have not been exhibited before. Each of the museum’s three floors depicts a different period of Egyptian history.

The Pharaonic collection spans each critical period, and includes items from the Old, Middle and New Kingdoms. One of the highlights is a replica of a tomb, similar to those in the Valley of the Kings on the West Bank at Luxor (ancient Thebes), that includes a mummy along with genuine funerary items. Alexandria was a Greco-Roman city of great splendor, and there is no scarcity of objects from this period including artifacts raised during underwater excavations around Alexandria in recent years.

The last floor is devoted to Coptic and Islamic items and includes a variety of objects from Egypt’s two most prominent religious traditions. Coptic Christian items include icons of Jesus and the Virgin Mary and the Last Supper. Among the Islamic objects are a collection of gold and silver coins, decorated pottery, doors and mashrabiya windows inset with geometrical ivory ornamentation. There is also a section devoted to the former royal family of Egypt that includes magnificent jewelry, bejeweled gold and silver awards, and other items from their residence.

Next, your drive will continue on for a visit to the new Bibliotheca Alexandrina, built on or near the site of the ancient Library of Alexandria. Built at the beginning of the 3rd century BC, the ancient library was not only a repository of books; it was also a museum, school and the world’s foremost center for learning and scholarly research. In the 4th century AD, a fire destroyed both the library and museum. Your tour will include a visit to the new library, and a walking tour of the grounds, which feature a museum, galleries and planetarium. Your guide will explain the architecture, background, development and UNESCO’s part in the creation.

Next, you will visit Pompey’s Pillar, an 88-foot red Aswan granite column with a circumference of 29 feet. Perhaps Alexandria’s best-known ancient monument, Pompey’s Pillar was constructed in honor of Emperor Diocletian in 293 A.D.

Your tour will conclude with a visit to the Roman Theater. Also referred to as the Roman Amphitheatre, the site dates to the 2nd century A.D. Unearthed during excavations in 1960, this well-preserved Roman Theater features galleries, sections of mosaic flooring and marble seating for up to 800 spectators. After the visit to the theater, you will be returned to the pier

Tour itinerary

1. Alexandria Port

Your guide will be waiting for you outside the Cruise docking spot. They will be holding a sign showing your name. It will be quite easy for you to identify them. Then you will proceed to your vehicle and start your tour. Your guide will talk to you not only about history of ancient Egypt, but also about modern Egypt, life, religion, politics and all aspects of Life in the country. it takes 3 hours approx. to reach Cairo from port said. 2 hours.

2. National Museum 

The museum is housed in the old Al-Saad Bassili Pasha Palace which dates back to 1923. It is the first museum in Egypt that narrates the history of the people of Alexandria through antiquity, as opposed to being a building storing antiquities. Many of the artifacts within the museum’s collection have not been exhibited before. Each of the museum’s three floors depicts a different period of Egyptian history.

3. Bibliotheca Alexandrina

Built at the beginning of the 3rd century BC, the ancient library was not only a repository of books; it was also a museum, school and the world’s foremost center for learning and scholarly research.

4. Pompey’s Pillar

Pompey’s Pillar, is an 88-foot red Aswan granite column with a circumference of 29 feet. Perhaps Alexandria’s best-known ancient monument, Pompey’s Pillar was constructed in honor of Emperor Diocletian in 293 A.D.

5. Roman Theater

Referred to as the Roman Amphitheatre, the site dates to the 2nd century A.D.

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Inclusions

• Pick up from Alexandria Port.
• Air-conditioned Private Vehicle
• 1 Day tour in Alexandria as mentioned in the program
• Entrance fees to the above mentioned sites
• English speaking guide
• One bottle of Mineral water to each person
• All service charges & tax
• Assist & transfer to Alexandria Port to catch your Cruise

Exclusions

• Any other optional tours if required
• Tips

What do you have to take with

• Camera
• Warm clothes in winter
• Light clothes in the summer
• Sunglasses
• Solid shoes
• Headgear | Hat