Hellenistic Alexandria

After your breakfast you will picked up by your guide and drive to Alexandria in comfortable air-conditioned vehicle , it takes 3 hours more or less to be there . Your first stop will be the mysterious cemetery of KOM EL SHOUKAFA known as catacombs , the hugest burial site of the Roman ages holes and chambers hacked interested the ground . May be one of little examples of the hallmark fusion between the pharonic and greec-roman styles . Nearby you will find the remains of the principal Temple of of Alexandria in the greec-roman era , was dedicated to God SERAPES . In the same place another famous postcard of Alexandria the famous pompeys pillar with more than 27 meters high it still the highest column in Egypt . You next stop will be in the fortress of sultan Qaitbay , built in the same location of the lighthouse considered one of the seven wonders of the anciet world and was destroyed by an earthquake in the 1° century BC . From the fortress you can enjoy the best view of the hole city . After that it will be time for your tasty lunch in one the most famous fish restaurants . Now will be the last stop and a remarkable visit to the reincarnated bibliotheca Alexandrina , with here ultra modern disc shaped building trying to reach so of the glory of the ancient one . Drive back to your hotel in cairo . End of our program .