Tour

Tour Code

Rashid (Rosetta) Village

ALX006

Full Day

Half Day

Tour Language

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Sites

1. Rashid Village

2. Sightseeing

3. Citadel (Fort of Rosetta)

4. Meeting Points

5. Alexandria Library

Description of Tour

Rosetta is the famous site where the Rosetta Stone was found by French soldiers in 1799. Rosetta lies 65 km Northeast of Alexandria. This town had been an extremely important military site since early times. The town has witnessed many important events in ancient as well as modern times.

Rosetta is considered a large open museum for Islamic architecture.

We will start our tour with sightseeing of some of the major sites of this village. Rosetta has many houses that were built in the Ottoman style. We will visit the House of Zebeda (who was a famous French crusade leader) to see its unique architecture.

Following we will visit the surrounding areas where we will see the Hammam Azouz (which is an oriental 2 story public bath). We will also visit the Mill.

We will move on to see the famous Fort of Rosetta It was in the relics of the Rosetta Citadel that an officer of the French forces found the Rosetta Stone which, when its inscriptions were deciphered, presented a key to ancient Egyptian writing.

On our way back we will visit the Bibliotheca Alexandria to see the famous library that is the largest source of knowledge in the middle east.

For Your Information:

§          Good walking shoes and a hat are recommended.