Day trip to Alexandria, Egypt – Catacombs of Kom El Shuqafa (Shoqafa) & The Citadel of Qaitbay.

Day trip to Alexandria, Egypt – Catacombs of Kom El Shuqafa (Shoqafa) & The Citadel of Qaitbay.

A quick day trip to Alexandria, Egypt (مصر , الإسكندرية).
00:12 Start
00:43 Catacombs of Kom El Shuqafa
19:07 Driving around Alexandria
29:55 The Citadel of Qaitbay
40:55 End

Places visited –
First stop – Catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa (Shuqafa, Shuqqafa) – مقابر كوم الشقافة. A necropolis that consists of a series of Alexandrian tombs, statues and archaeological objects of the Pharaonic funerary cult with Hellenistic and early Imperial Roman influences, considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Middle Ages. – https://www.lonelyplanet.com/egypt/mediterranean-coast/alexandria/attractions/catacombs-of-kom-ash-shuqqafa/a/poi-sig/437604/355232

Second stop – The Citadel of Qaitbay also called the Fort of Qaitbay – قلعة قايتباي. A 15th-century defensive fortress located on the Mediterranean sea coast built by Sultan Al-Ashraf Sayf al-Din Qa’it Bay. – https://www.lonelyplanet.com/egypt/mediterranean-coast/alexandria/attractions/fort-qaitbey/a/poi-sig/437618/355232

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