Alexandria Guided Tour - Alexandria Guided Tour

In the whole world are about 44 cities with the name of Alexandria but Alexandria in Egypt is the oldest and biggest. It is the mother for all the other Alexandrias.

Before the great Alexander came to Egypt it was a small Egyptian village but now about 5 million people live here.

2 years ago it was chosen as the most beautiful Arab city, we call it the second capital of Egypt.

Alexandria is about two and a half hours from Cairo by train and you can take the train in the morning and go back to Cairo in the afternoon.

Let me tell you what you can see in Alexandria on a 4-day trip:

First day:

Roman tombs (underground) or the catacombs and Roman theatre , Pompay pillar , the great library Of Alexandria on the same place of the old library in Cleopatra’s time and the National museum van Alexandria and many monuments from all cultures, Pharaohs, Romans, copitec or Christian’s, Islamic and Arabic.

Some of the monuments were underwater in the old city but are nowadays visible in the city.

The old city is now underwater and only visible by diving.

You must go around the city to see the market area near the Marin port who is more than 3000 years old and don’t forget the Muntaza Palace or the Turkish Palace.

Second day:

You can leave Alexandria and go for a 2-hour trip to visit El Alamin where the Second World war was and you can see a tomb for the unknown soldiers from England, Italia and Germany.
         
Third day:
 
You can make a trip of about 45 minutes a way from Alexandria where the Rosetta Stone was found and that has been taken from Egypt and can be seen in the British Museum now.

You can also see the fort of the city and the point where the river Nile meet the Mediterranean Sea. There you can see some houses back to more than 200 years old.

Forth day:

If you are a diver you must specially spent one day to see the underwater-museum where you can find the old part of Alexandria, now under water.