Tours/Cairo/Alexandria Private Day Tour from Cairo
Viator · Private tour

Alexandria Private Day Tour from Cairo

5.0(6)Cairo1 hour
TRIPADVISOR5.0(6)

Description

Begin your lovely day by meeting your guide at your hotel; take the highway from Cairo (about 4 hours round trip), arrive in the famous city, and begin exploring the city with your tour guide, who will describe the city's ancient history. Beginning with "The Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa" and "Pompey's Pillar" and passing by with the new "Alexandria Library" and the Citadel of Qaitbay and Roman Theater.

Tour Options

Car+ Guide + entrance fees
  • Car+ Guide + entrance fees Pickup included
Only Car With Driver
  • Only Car With Driver Pickup included
Car+ Guide+ Tickets + Lunch
  • Car+ Guide+ Tickets + Lunch Pickup included
Only Car and Tour Guide
  • Only Car and Tour Guide Pickup included

Itinerary

Admission not included240 min

At 7:00 am, we will pick you up from your hotel and head straight to Alexandria, where we will spend the next two and a half hours traveling by highway to get to our starting point Kom El Shurafa's. Kom El Shoqafa's made up of a collection of tombs, statues, and archaeological artifacts associated with the Pharaonic funeral cult, as well as Hellenistic and early Imperial Roman influences. Because of the time period, many of the characteristics of Kom El Shoqafa's catacombs combine Roman, Greek, and Egyptian cultural points; some statues are Egyptian in style, but wear Roman clothes and hairstyles, while others share a similar style. A circular staircase descends down into the tombs tunneled into the bedrock during the Antonine emperors' reign. (2nd century AD)From the 2nd to the 4th centuries, the building was used as a burial chamber before being rediscovered in 1900.

Admission not included60 min

It will be the secondary attraction. The Pompey Pillar's moniker is deceptive. Gaius Pompey, a Roman general and consul, was a rival of Julius Caesar in a civil war. He was assassinated by a Ptolemaic pharaoh in 48 BC as he escaped to Alexandria. This single column, which is perched on a rocky hilltop in the center of Alexandria, has nothing to do with him. Crusaders believed his grave was marked by a 100-foot (30-meter) red Aswan granite pillar, which is how this tale got its start. The pillar is actually a triumphal monument built for the Roman Emperor Diocletian in the year 300 AD, but the real importance of this archaeological site lies in what was here before the pillar. The Serapeum, Alexandria's acropolis, is located there.

Admission not included60 min

The third stop will be this. In Alexandria, Egypt, on the Mediterranean Sea the coast, stands the 15th-century defensive fortress known as the Citadel of Qaitbay or the Fort of Qaitbay. In 1477 AD (882 AH), Sultan Al-Ashraf Sayf al-Din Qa'it Bay founded it. The Citadel is located at the mouth of the Eastern Harbour on the eastern edge of Pharos Island's northern tip.

Admission not included240 min

The world's largest library, which currently has 8 million Books. Visit its open court to see the statues of Ptolemy the First and Alexander the Great, which were both discovered close underwater. You will go to the President Saddat Museum and the Alexandria Museum of Impressions. Please take note that the Alexandria Library is closed on Fridays, Saturdays, and on legal holidays. You will need to buy a ticket in order to access the reading section. In the end, we will travel back to the beginning location for around 2.5 hours on the highway

Highlights

Lunch (If option selected)
Transport by air-conditioned Car
Qualified Egyptologist guide (If option selected)
Entrance fees (If option selected)
Bottled water

What's included

Included
Lunch (If option selected)
Transport by air-conditioned Car
Qualified Egyptologist guide (If option selected)
Entrance fees (If option selected)
Bottled water
Not included
Gratuities

Pickup Locations & Times

We pick up client from where they located inside Cairo and Giza

Traveller Ratings

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Important Information

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

Reviews(6)

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danimO8915BZ
April 29, 2026
VISIT TO ALEXANDRIA

Very nice and recommended visit, we have seen the interesting thing about Alexandria a historic and beautiful city, near Cairo, the guide very attentive, fun and has explained everything great. Recommended.

Operator response

it was our pleasure meeting you and we hope to serve you again in the near future thank you for the nice review

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G9279BG_
April 20, 2026
A well-organized and wonderful day

It was more than wonderful and the organization was excellent.

Operator response

it was our pleasure meeting you and we hope to serve you again in the near future thank you for the nice review

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RickyS2275
April 19, 2026
Amazing time in Alexandria

We had a wonderful time at Alexandria. Grateful to Mahmoud, our tour guide who was very helpful, passionate and insightful on our tour. Truly worth while spending time with!

Operator response

it was our pleasure meeting you and we hope to serve you again in the near future thank you for the nice review

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Maps62195931704
July 31, 2025
A very beautiful experience!

Ghada is an excellent guide! Very friendly and also funny. He explained everything very well and also had a lot of patience with us waiting for us when we delayed taking pictures and while we had lunch. Your energy is very beautiful and contagious! And also have a guide that speaks very good Spanish and explains so many things about Alexandria, the most!

Operator response

it was our pleasure meeting you and we hope to serve you again in the near future thank you for the nice review

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665chasem
July 27, 2025
Alexandria Day Tour

Eslam gave a great tour and we enjoyed seeing ancient Alexandria. The lunch was a great addition, get the squid, you won’t be disappointed.

Operator response

it was our pleasure meeting you and we hope to serve you again in the near future thank you for the nice review

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624pascalek
March 13, 2025
Great day

Great day in Alexandria. Visit the catacombs, the Roman theatre, the library and the citadel. Exciting guide and speaking impeccable French. Thank you for his patience and that of our young driver who because of us missed the fast.

Operator response

it was our pleasure meeting you and we hope to serve you again in the near future thank you for the nice review

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