Private Alexandria Day Tour from Cairo: Choose Your Four Stops

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Duration9h–12h

GroupPrivate

LanguagesEN · AR +2

PickupAt your hotel

Build Your Own Day in Alexander's City

A private day tour from Cairo to Alexandria with an English-speaking guide where you choose four attractions from the city's major sites—Citadel of Qaitbay, Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa, Alexandria National Museum, Roman Amphitheatre and Pompey's Pillar. The guide picks you up at 7 a.m., lunch and all entrance fees are included, and the itinerary is yours to shape.

9h–12h

Step-by-step itinerary

Private day tour to Alexandria from Cairo

Pick up from Cairo hotel at 7:00 am
Drive to Alexandria
Visit Citadel of Qaitbay fortress
Explore Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa
Tour Alexandria National Museum
See Roman Amphitheatre
Visit Pompey’s Pillar and Serapeum ruins
Enjoy lunch at Fish Market restaurant
Return drive to Cairo

The Experience

What do you want to see in Alexandria? That's the starting question. You pick four attractions from a list that includes the Citadel of Qaitbay—a 14th-century fortress built on the ruins of the legendary Pharos Lighthouse, strategically positioned on a thin arm of land jutting into the harbor—and the Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa, an extensive Roman-era complex decorated with a fusion of Greek, Roman and Egyptian iconography that dates from the 2nd to 4th centuries AD. The National Museum occupies a three-storey Italianate mansion from 1926 that once housed the U.S. consulate, and the Roman Amphitheatre stands as a remnant of the ancient city's entertainment venues. A private car picks you up from your Cairo or Giza hotel at 7 a.m. and the driver takes you the full distance to Alexandria.

The guide navigates the city on your terms, stopping at the four sites you've chosen and explaining what you're standing in front of. Lunch happens at a fish market restaurant overlooking the harbor, and the meal is included along with bottled water and all entrance fees. The day runs nine to twelve hours depending on how long you spend at each stop and which four you select. An air-conditioned vehicle keeps you comfortable during the drive and the city tour.

The guide speaks English and can also conduct the tour in Spanish, German or Arabic if that suits your group better. Children ride free if they're small enough for a pram, and vegetarian meals are available—just let the operator know when you book. Note that the Library of Alexandria closes on Fridays, so plan around that if it's on your list.

What’s included

An English-speaking guide (or Spanish, German or Arabic on request).
pickup from your Cairo or Giza hotel at 7 a.m.
an air-conditioned private vehicle for the full day.
lunch at a fish market restaurant with harbor views.
bottled water throughout the day.
all entrance fees to your four chosen attractions.
and all taxes.

Good to know

Easy physical levelStroller friendlyInfants must sit on laps

Operated by Deluxe Tours Egypt

Is this one for you?If your group speaks English comfortably, the standard guide works well; if Spanish, German or Arabic is easier, request that language when you book and the commentary will be in the language your group understands. The flexibility to choose four attractions means you can skip sites that don't interest you and spend more time at the ones that do, rather than following a fixed itinerary that includes everything.