Day Tour to Rosetta from Alexandria

Our Tour Guide will pick you up from your Hotel in Alexandria by A/C vehicle to escort you for a fabulous tour to the City of Rosetta which is approx.. one hour’s drive. Once you have arrived in Rosetta City which is also known as Rashid carry on to visit the Rashid Museum one of the original red and black brick houses to view the replica of the Rosetta Stone, the original is displayed in the British Museum. The Stone is in three languages which consists of Demotic, Ancient Greek and Ancient Pharonic.Continue on to enjoy walking around the Souq and streets to see the local markets and fresh produce on sale in everyday life whilst carrying on to the Ottoman Homes.Proceed on to visit the House of Amasyali the exterior of which has very strong colours whilst inside there are wooden ceilings and wall decorations with Mother of Pearl. Now let us visit the Mill of Abu Shaheen. The mill has huge wooden beams and planks and in the courtyard the roof is supported by granite columns.We now continue to the Hanging Mosque also known as Al-Muallaq Mosque, the Mosque is one of the greatest examples of Ottoman Mosques with it’s featured marble columns and coloured tiles. We now leave behind this interesting visit to take a drive to Qaitbey Citadel. Here you have the chance to take a climb to the top of the Citadel where you will see the most impressive views of the Nile meeting the Mediiterranean.Time now to travel back to Alexandria taking a restful break for lunch before returning to your Hotel.