Upon arrival you will meet our tour guide who will be waiting for you with a sign of your name by the exit door, and then you will be transferred to Rosetta which is a port city on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt. It is located 65 km (40 miles) east of Alexandria, in Buhayyra governorate. It was founded around AD 800 which was popular British tourist destination in the 19th centaury, known for its charming Ottoman mansions, citrus groves and cleanliness
In 1799, the famous “Rosetta Stone” was discovered here – a granite stele with texts incised in three languages, which made a major contribution to deciphering the hieroglyphs.
Rosetta is considered as a large open-air museum for Islamic architecture. The great number of Islamic monuments found here does not exist in any other city, except for Cairo. Unfortunately most of these unique monuments are neglected, modern buildings surround them, and the unplanned urbanization also affects them badly, causing much damage.
Our guide will be waiting for you to start you tour to the eternal city, upon arriving you will start the tour with quick visit to Abu Mandour hills before taking a ride in the point where Mediterranean meets Nile river, and then you will head to Rosetta castle where Rosetta stone was found
Then you travel back to the Alexandria city where we offer you complementary photo stops there according to your time permitting and finally you will be transferred to your cruise for departure.
What’s Included:
– Pick up services from Alexandria Port & return to Alexandria Port
– All transfers by a private air-conditioned vehicle
– Private English Speaking guide
– Entrance fees to mentioned sites
– Bottled water on board the vehicle during the tour
– Lunch at local restaurant in Cairo
– Shopping tours in Cairo
– All Service charges & taxes
What’s Excluded:
– Any extras not mentioned in the itinerary
– Personal spendings
– Tipping
Upon arrival you will meet our tour guide who will be waiting for you with a sign of your name by the exit door, and then you will be transferred to Rosetta which is a port city on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt. It is located 65 km (40 miles) east of Alexandria, in Buhayyra governorate. It was founded around AD 800 which was popular British tourist destination in the 19th centaury, known for its charming Ottoman mansions, citrus groves and cleanliness
In 1799, the famous “Rosetta Stone” was discovered here – a granite stele with texts incised in three languages, which made a major contribution to deciphering the hieroglyphs.
Rosetta is considered as a large open-air museum for Islamic architecture. The great number of Islamic monuments found here does not exist in any other city, except for Cairo. Unfortunately most of these unique monuments are neglected, modern buildings surround them, and the unplanned urbanization also affects them badly, causing much damage.
Our guide will be waiting for you to start you tour to the eternal city, upon arriving you will start the tour with quick visit to Abu Mandour hills before taking a ride in the point where Mediterranean meets Nile river, and then you will head to Rosetta castle where Rosetta stone was found
Then you travel back to the Alexandria city where we offer you complementary photo stops there according to your time permitting and finally you will be transferred to your cruise for departure.
What’s Included:
– Pick up services from Alexandria Port & return to Alexandria Port
– All transfers by a private air-conditioned vehicle
– Private English Speaking guide
– Entrance fees to mentioned sites
– Bottled water on board the vehicle during the tour
– Lunch at local restaurant in Cairo
– Shopping tours in Cairo
– All Service charges & taxes
What’s Excluded:
– Any extras not mentioned in the itinerary
– Personal spendings
– Tipping
Tour Guide:
Egypt guided tours are highly recommended and our guides are knowledgeable Egyptologist guides who have academic qualifications to make your tour to Egypt extra special.
Transport:
Vehicles are new branded air-conditioned with a professional driver, but drivers in Egypt do not speak English and they cannot act as tour guides for the Egyptian monumental sights.
Entry Visa info:
Egyptian entry visa obtainable on board the cruise before your pick up, that is operating by the Egyptian Immigration association for American, Canadian, Australian, British, German, Italian, French, Swiss, Austrian, Belgium, Dutch, Scandinavians and some other nationalities as well. It would be just stamp put into your passport
| 2-3 Persons | 4-6 Persons | 7-10 Persons |
| $ 180 | $ 135 | $ 112 |
Special prices for Big Groups
