- El Alamein: 107.6 km from your hotel to the War Museum, about 1 h 35 min without traffic, and 105.6 km back, about 86 min.
- Wadi El Natrun: 133.7 km to Deir al-Baramus, about 1 h 46 min without traffic, and 131.6 km back, about 1 h 42 min.
- Both are private, with an English-speaking guide and entrance fees included; lunch is optional and not included on either.
- More than 7,000 Allied soldiers are buried at the Commonwealth War Cemetery at El Alamein.
- Deir al-Baramus is considered the oldest of the surviving monasteries of Wadi El Natrun.
Pick El Alamein for World War II history: a war museum, the Commonwealth War Cemetery and the German and Italian memorials. Pick Wadi El Natrun for three Coptic monasteries. Both are private days from your Alexandria hotel with an English-speaking guide and entrance fees included, and neither includes lunch. El Alamein has the shorter drive: 107.6 km to the first stop, against 133.7 km, without traffic.
The two days side by side
Coptic is the name of Egypt's Christian church. Both tours are listed as private, just your group. The drive figures come from map routing without traffic, so read them as the shortest each leg can take.
| What the tour lists | El Alamein | Wadi El Natrun |
|---|---|---|
| Stops | El Alamein War Museum, Commonwealth War Cemetery, German War Memorial, Italian Memorial | Deir al-Baramus, Monastery of Saint Bishoy, Syrian Monastery (Deir El-Suryani) |
| Drive out | 107.6 km from your hotel to the War Museum, about 1 h 35 min | 133.7 km from your hotel to Deir al-Baramus, about 1 h 46 min |
| Between stops | 1 km from the War Museum to the cemetery, a few minutes by car | 12 km from Deir al-Baramus to St Bishoy, about 25 min; 0.1 km on to the Syrian Monastery |
| Drive back | 105.6 km, about 86 min | 131.6 km, about 1 h 42 min |
| Guide | English-speaking | English-speaking |
| Lunch | Optional, not included; not in the itinerary | Optional, not included; the itinerary has a lunch stop before the return |
| Included | Hotel pickup and drop-off, air-conditioned vehicle, entrance fees, bottled water, service charges and taxes | Hotel pickup and drop-off, private air-conditioned vehicle, entrance fees to the monasteries, bottled mineral water, service charges and taxes |
| Not included | Lunch, personal expenses, optional activities, tips | Lunch, extras, personal expenses, tips |
El Alamein: the war sites
Your representative and tour guide pick you up in the morning, and the drive runs west along the Mediterranean coast. The El Alamein War Museum, also called the Military Museum, holds military vehicles, tanks, weapons and photographs from World War II, with explanations of the two 1942 battles. The Commonwealth War Cemetery, 1 km away, is where more than 7,000 Allied soldiers are buried. The German War Memorial and the Italian Memorial honor the soldiers of the Axis forces, the side Germany and Italy fought on; they are two separate sites.
