This is tour from Alexandria Port in Alexandria is top of the list for the most informative and historical insight into the Ancient Greco- Roman Port City of Alexandria. Visiting all the important and fascinating sites, it is a lasting memory both as a photographic opportunity and as a personal experience.
Your Tour Manager from Memphis Tours will pick you up from your exit point of the Ship at Alexandria Port in the morning holding a sign with your name, for a fantastic day tour to visit Pompey's Pillar, constructed in honor of the Emperor Diocletian at the end of the 4th century. Originally from the Temple of the Serapis, it was once a magnificent structure rivaling the Soma and the Caesarean. Then a drive to visit the famous Catacombs which is the largest Roman Cemetery consisting of three levels cut into the rock. Lunch at local restaurant in Alexandria, and then proceeding to the Qaitbay Citadel which was built on the site of the ancient Pharaoh’s Lighthouse of Alexandria then on to the Bibliotheca Alexandrina ( the very famous Alexandria Library) for a tour of this ancient site of manuscripts and books. Finally you will transferred back to your cruise ship at Alexandria Port.