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Your
guide for the day will pick you up and
transfer
you, cutting
across 220 Kilometers of the Western desert from Cairo is the
city of Alexandria, the bride of the Mediterranean Sea. The trip
takes about 3 hours.
Upon
arrival your tour leader will take you to visit the Montazah
Summer Palace, walk around and enjoy the Montazah gardens.
Originally built in 1892, it was the summer home of the
Egyptian Royal family. Lunch is taken en-route at a popular
seafood district (at your own expense).
Following
lunch you will visit the fort and Citadel of Qaitbay, which
was built around 1480 y the Mamluk Sultan Qaitbay. It is
believed to rest on the site and to be built from the stones
of the Pharos lighthouse, one of the seven wonders of the
ancient world. Near by is a small navel museum, which was
mostly devoted to Nelson's defeat of Napoleon's fleet right
off the coast of Alexandria on August 1-2, 1798.
Next is a visit
to the Bombay's Pillar which was built in 297 AD for the Roman
Emperor Diocletian. The Pillar itself is a 9 meters / 29
feet in circumference and it is said that 22 people could
lunch on the capital, or flat top of the Pillar.
The day ends with a visit to the Catacomb of
Komel-Shokafa. These tombs were tunneled into the bedrock in
the age of the Antonine emperors (2nd century A.D.) for a
single wealthy family still practicing the ancient religion.
These tombs represent the last existing major construction for
the sake of the old Egyptian religion.
At the end of
the day return to Cairo.
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