Alexandria Full-Day Tour: Explore Historic Landmarks, Mosques, and Gardens with Expert Guide
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Alexandria
Embark on a full-day tour of Alexandria and discover its historic landmarks, mosques, and gardens with an expert guide. Explore the city's treasures and learn fascinating stories along the way.
Duration: 10 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Montazah Gardens - Pick you up from your hotel in Cairo, and Travel to Alexandria. Start the tour with a visit to Montazah Palace Gardens, the royal gardens of King Farouk, the last king in Egypt’s history. You’ll have the opportunity to pause for a photo by King Farouk’s royal palace, as well as explore the royal beaches of the queens.

  • Stanley Bridge - En route, you will pass by the renowned Stanley Bridge, a modern landmark that stands as a symbol of contemporary Alexandria.

  • Bibliotheca Alexandria - Then drive to visit the library of Alexandria; the biggest library in the world

  • now with 8 million books. Visit President Sadat Museum
    and visit the open court where you can see the statue of Alexander the Great and the statue of Ptolemy the first, which was found underwater nearby. Our guide will explain the design of the library from outside, you will have a chance for some photo stops.
    Note: Alexandria library is closed on Fridays ,Saturdays & in public holidays. To enter the reading area you will need to purchase a ticket.

  • Mansheya - Continue your tour by passing through the oldest market area in Mansheya and see the traditional womens’ markets (zan’et etsetat) with very thin and narrow streets, gold market also exists here where everyone buys their wedding and engagement jewellery.

  • Alexandria Unknown Naval Soldier Memorial - passing by Unknown Soldiers Memorial

  • Mosque of Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi - The car will then transport you to the most beautiful and largest mosque in the city, allowing for a photo stop at the Abbo Elabbas Mosque.

  • Citadel of Qaitbay - Opposite is the corniche and the old harbour where you can see the old fishing boats, men fishing and traditional fishermen making nets. The photos taken here are amazing. Continue to see the outside of Quaitbay castle which was built on the same site as the ancient Lighthouse of Alexandria one of the seven wonders of ancient world . A most spectacular castle which is a great photo stop.

  • Saint Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Cathedral - The car will then take you to visit the church of St. Mark

  • the oldest church in Africa,

  • Ancient Roman Amphitheater - Visit the Roman Amphitheater of Alexandria with the display of the sunken monuments of Alexandria which were discovered under the East harbor of Alexandria.
    Travel back to Cairo.

What's Included
  • Entrance fees included
  • Air-conditioned vehicles
  • All fees and taxes covered
What's Not Included
  • Tea and coffee
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

The best way to explore Alexandria city and see the most important places with a professional tour guide.

Take a tour of the gardens, landmarks, and mosques of Alexandria with a guide who is an expert on all things Egypt and archaeology. As you explore with just your personal group, you’ll hear fun curiosities about the city you will explore the monuments, mosques, and gardens of Alexandria, on this full-day guided tour.

Location
Montazah Gardens
Montaza Palace, Al Mandarah Bahri, Qism El-Montaza
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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B4212tugiovannii
Jan 17, 2024
Long but fantastic day out - A fantastic day out in Alexandria. Muhammed are guide was excellent and very knowledgeable. Highlight of the tour were the Catacombs, Citadel and an excellent lunch in a restaurant over the sea admiring the view of the coastline. It is a long day but its really interesting seeing another aspect of egyptian history.
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P313dmryanb
Dec 1, 2023
Efficient - Great tour of Alexandria. Our tour guide Mohamed was great and explained everything well. It’s a great way to get a lot done in the most efficient way possible. Just keep in mind library is closed Friday/Saturday.
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Khánh
Aug 1, 2023
7 day trip to Egypt - We visited Alexandria as part of our 7 day trip to Egypt. Our tour guide was Mr. Yasser. He is very knowledgeable and pationate guide. He is nice and professional at his job. We enjoyed our day with Mr. Yasser. Alexandria has a lot to offer. Unfortunately some of the sites are destroyed or under water but we still were able to enjoy very much the tour. We recommend this tour and our guide Mr. Yasser.
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Antoinepz8528xb
Jun 22, 2022
Alexandria from Cairo - Thanks to Rania and Fayez I enjoyed an amazing day in Alexandria ! A place I strongly recommend to go to for discovering the non-pharonic history of Egypt. Big thanks to Rania for her very clear and precise presentation of the city and of egyptian history. Very tasty food closed the day before an improvised private lesson of arabic with Fayez on the way back to Cairo. Thank you both !
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Leex47
Nov 20, 2023
good on the ground experience, but poor value lunch and money grabbing tour agency - Pick up (private car) was good and smooth and the guide (walid) was good and friendly. selection of sights was good. Lunch was average but not great for US$15 per person (the greek fish restaurant). However, the agency is not great: 1. when asked if we could have a slightly later pickup time (as the hotel breakfast only opened at 7, which was also the pickup time), they said no. But the driver was late for 15 minutes anyway. 2. they charged a US$15 supplement for pickup outside of central cairo (which is very dubious and seems like a money grab, given that we stayed near al nasr city which is quite near and arguably less congested than central cairo). the guide forgot to collect the supplement at the end of the tour, and despite saying that we would pay online (through a link that the agency itself provided) after the tour, the tour agency spammed >5 missed calls and kept trying to get the driver to collect the money from us throughout the trip back to cairo. Bear in mind we had already paid for the cost of the tour in full (which was not cheap) at this point - they were effectively hounding a customer for US$15. Not a good look.
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