We left Cairo and went on a day trip to Alexandria where we saw Danial mosque, Fort Quaitby, Roman amphitheatre, Amud el sawari (Pompei’s Pillar), the catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa,the English tour at the Alexandrina Bibliotheca and then ended off with Montazah Palace Gardens. Would've liked to have gone to the Greco-Roman museum, but it was closed for renovations that day.

It's worth including in your tour of Alexandria (but if you have to make a choice between seeing it and some other attraction apart from Quaitby then rather give it a miss).

Amazing to see that huge pillar on a fairly steep hill (how on earth did they manage that?!).