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Day tours from Alexandria hotels
Alexandria day tours
The Mediterranean city of catacombs, Roman ruins and the new library, plus day trips to El Alamein, the desert monasteries and Cairo. Every tour shows its full plan, stop by stop, before you book.
- Day tours
- 6
- Pickup
- Hotels in Alexandria
- Every tour
- Private car and guide
Showing all 6 day tours
Alexandria in a day
Kom El Shoqafa catacombs · Roman Theater · Bibliotheca Alexandrina · Pompey's Pillar · Qaitbay · Montaza gardens · Stanley Bridge
- Private
- Lunch included
El Alamein
War Museum · Commonwealth War Cemetery · German and Italian memorials
- Air-conditioned car
- Guide
Wadi El Natrun monasteries
Deir al-Baramus · Monastery of St Bishoy · Syrian Monastery
- Private car
- Guide
Cairo and the pyramids from Alexandria
Giza pyramids · Valley Temple · Sphinx · quad bike · 15-minute camel ride
- Private car
- Quad and camel included
Grand Egyptian Museum from Alexandria
Grand Egyptian Museum · lunch in Cairo
- Private car
- Lunch included
Book a guide only in Alexandria
Your own plan · licensed guide · English, Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, Italian
- Guide only
- Car on request
Before you go
Good to know in Alexandria
The Cairo tours from Alexandria start early in the morning and end back at your Alexandria hotel.
Lunch is listed as included on the Alexandria city day and the Grand Egyptian Museum day.
On these tours, tips for the guide and driver are not part of the price.
Places to visit
The sites on these tours
Eastern Harbor and the CornicheBibliotheca Alexandrina and Qaitbay CitadelAlexandria's new library and the Mamluk fort on the site of the ancient Lighthouse: history, hours, tickets.Qaitbay, summer hours: 9:00 am · last entry 7:00 pmQaitbay ticket, foreign adult: EGP 200- Central and southwestern AlexandriaAlexandria's Roman SitesRock-cut catacombs, Diocletian's column and the Roman Theater of Kom el-Dikka: history, hours, tickets.Opening hours: 9:00 am · last entry 4:00 pmEntry ticket per site, foreign adult: EGP 200
- Mediterranean coast, west of AlexandriaEl Alamein War Museum and CemeteriesThe War Museum, the Commonwealth cemetery and the German and Italian memorials of the 1942 battles.
- Western Desert, between Cairo and AlexandriaWadi El Natrun MonasteriesThree of the four surviving early Coptic monasteries in the desert valley between Cairo and Alexandria.
Plan your day
Alexandria guides
- Alexandria in a day: what the city tour coversSeven stops from the catacombs to Stanley Bridge, the drives between them and what the tour includes.
- El Alamein or Wadi El Natrun: which day from Alexandria?War museum and cemeteries or three Coptic monasteries: drives, stops and what each day includes.
- Can you visit Alexandria from Cairo in one day?The drive, what one Alexandria day holds, and how our day from Cairo runs.
Best things to do in AlexandriaCatacombs, a Roman theater, the new library, Qaitbay and day trips, with hours, tickets and tours.
Before you book a Grand Egyptian Museum visitTimed online tickets, gallery hours by weekday, what admission covers and where Tutankhamun is.
Going inside the Great Pyramid: the extra ticketThe separate interior ticket, its hours, what the passages lead to, and how it fits our tours.
Giza plateau, Giza city and Cairo: where the pyramids areWhere the pyramids stand, how Giza and Cairo fit together, and how far each hotel area is.
Before you book a quad bike ride at the pyramidsWhat the Giza quad ride includes, what it leaves out, and the monthly heat to plan around.