Seattle Tripadvisor - Egypt Tour - Siwa to Alexandria

Traditions & belief in black magic, the Siwans hold fast to their centuries old customs, isolated by the desert sands and untouched by the modern world. There is more to Egypt than just the pyramids and one Egypt tour takes the road less travelled to discover coastal Alexandria and remote Siwa.

After a look around the cemeteries you can continue onward to Siwa to continue your Egypt tour. To the World War II cemeteries of El Alamein, starting and finishing in Cairo you can head immediately north toward the Mediterranean coastline.

Swim and campfire at the 'Great Saltwater Lake' dinner, the afternoon can be spent at your leisure; No Egypt tour would be complete without that! You can continue on your cycle to Cleopatra Spring for a dip in the pool as the spring fed warm water bubbles to the surface. Whose most famous petitioner was Alexander the Great, dating back to near 570BC, this particular Egypt tour route is full of history and our first stop is the Temple of the Oracle. Visiting the local sights en-route, in the morning you could take a leisurely bicycle ride through the verdant date palm groves.

Granaries and mosques are all waiting to be explored, shops, homes, a hermetic labyrinth of secret corridors. Old Shali is the old city abandoned in 1926 after 3 days of rain that literally melted the mud brick city. Visit Mountain of the Dead and explore Old Shali, continuing on to Alexandria on your Egypt tour.

You can also visit the site of an ancient ocean abundant with marine fossils and finish the day at the hot spring of Bir Wahed for swimming and sunset dinner. Stopping off at an amazing natural spring fed lake surrounded by miles of sandy desert, take a 4x4 jeep ride through the massive sand dunes of the Great Sand Sea, later.

After an evening tram ride into the downtown to shop followed by famous Alexandrian Fateer for dinner. The site of the Pharos - Alexandria 's great lighthouse, home to King Farouk - the last monarch of the Mohamed Ali dynasty who abdicated and fled to Italy and Quat Bay Fort, afternoon sightseeing of Montazzah Palace, swim in the Med and have time to explore the Libyan souq (if open) before driving onward to Alexandria where you have a nice morning to relax, stop for lunch. On your Egypt tour you should also visit Marsa Matrouh - this city has a large Libyan/Berber population distinctive in custom and dress.