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. - www.lonelyplanet.com/egypt/mediterranean-coast/ale…

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. - www.lonelyplanet.com/egypt/mediterranean-coast/ale…

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