The world is filled with the most beautiful places for you to explore and one of the areas that you should consider is Alexandria in Egypt. Alexandria has plenty to offer that is why it was always dubbed as the Mediterranean’s glittering jewel of a city. It houses the vast Alexandria Library and the gargantuan Pharos Lighthouse. Most of the 19th century writers, poets, lousy bohemian boy, and artists made Alexandria their home. Despite the fact that the romantic days of Alexandria are gone by the atmosphere that still can’t be beaten, that is what lovers for history should not miss.
Cairo Day Trip from Alexandria
The Alexandrina Bibliotheca
Alexandrina Bibliotheca is the great ancient library that has a gorgeous design with a cultural center that houses, museums and one of the world’s ambitious modern libraries. There is a wide range of curated exhibitions in the museums such as the Manuscript Museum that has ancient texts and scrolls collections. The antiquities Museum houses Graeco-Roman antiquities as it couples the statuary that discovered in the underwater exploration at the harbor.
Alexandria National Museum.
Fort Qaitbey
The fact that is was one of the mighty Pharos light house makes it a major seven wonders of the ancient world that you can explore in Egypt. It was once toppled by an earthquake that was violent in 1303. Mamluke Sultan Qaitbey was the one responsible for the construction of Fort Qaitbey when attempting to fortify this critical Egyptian Port from attack. It has stone-walled chambers where you can go its rooftop to have a panoramic view of the Mediterranean.
Pompey’s Pillar
The Pompey’s Pillar is the most historical monuments in the city. It’s a Roman column that is the largest and tallest in Egypt. It was erected to honor and show gratitude to the Roman Emperor. Standing and taking photos in this historical monument.
It was also known as the “Theodosian Column” in the Byzantine era. Its current name dates back to the Arab era, because it resembles the masts of ships, as the Arabs called it “the mast column”, and it later became “the mast column”. The most important feature of the column of the Mastiffs from the inside and outside is the precision of its carving, its cylindrical body made of one piece, the decorated crown, and the huge base bearing an inscription in Greek containing the column’s dedication to Emperor Diocletian.
Cleopatra’s Palace
This was once a grand Hellenistic City which was reduced to only scant remnants. Diving into the water you will notice that there is a lot to explore.
At the moment the archaeologist are still in search of the sunken city that existed during the classical age so as to bring its treasures to the surface. If you are a recreational diver, then this is the place where you can consider due to the tumbled columns and statuary galore that do exist under water.
Catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa
The Catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa in Alexandria are among the most prominent archaeological landmarks dating back to the Roman era, specifically to the period between the first and second centuries AD. What distinguishes these tombs is the artistic overlap between Egyptian and Roman styles, reflecting the cultural interaction that prevailed during that period.
The Catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa are known as the Catacombs, a description that arouses both curiosity and fear. The tombs consist of three floors below the ground, carved into the rock, and include a group of rooms and corridors that were used to bury the dead.
This complex and intertwined design made them resemble the catacombs that were used in ancient Rome to bury the dead, hence their description as the Catacombs.
