Panoramic Alexandria
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Port
Alexandria (Cairo), Egypt
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Activity Level
Easy
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Excursion Type
All
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Wheelchair Accessible
No
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Starting At
$99.95
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Minimum Age
Information Not Currently Available
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Duration
Approximately 4½ Hours
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Meals Included
Meals not included
Board an air-conditioned motor coach for a narrated panoramic drive through Alexandria. You will pass through the civic center, the main square, the bazaar, and travel along the corniche to the eastern harbor and Fort Qait Bay. Watch for the Montazah Gardens built by Khedive Abbas II. The palace was the summer home for Egypt's royal family and overlooks a magnificent park of gardens and groves that were once home to a royal menagerie with lions, tigers, and bears. The adjacent Salamlek Hotel was built chalet-style for Abbas' Austrian mistress.
Proceed past the Abu al-Abbas Mursi Mosque, built in 1943 and a superb example of modern Islamic architecture, and end your tour with a photo stop at Fort of Qait Bay, built on the ruins of the Faros Lighthouse, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Today, a medieval fortress guards Alexandria's eastern harbor.
Notes: Minimum age is 6 years. You are visiting a predominately Muslim country, dress appropriately, wear conservative dress that covers the shoulders and knees - trousers for men and trousers, skirts, or dresses for women.