Alexandria Overnight Tour from Cairo

Prompt, friendly pickup from your Cairo or Giza hotel lobby, meeting our driver and our private Discovery Tours Egypt Egyptologist who accompanies you for the next two days. Step into a premium, air-conditioned vehicle, take a chilled bottle of mineral water, and enjoy a smooth, scenic drive across the fertile Nile Delta agricultural road.

We are a licensed Egyptian tour operator; unlike large group bus tours, this departure is private and flexible to your pace. You return to your hotel at the end of the excursion.

Arrive in Alexandria then head straight into the Catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa, a three-tier Roman necropolis hewn into the bedrock. With Discovery Tours Egypt pre-arranged ticketing you bypass the normal entrance lines and descend the spiral staircase into the burial chambers.

Your Egyptologist explains the rare fusion of Pharaonic motifs and Greco-Roman sculpture as you move between the banqueting chamber, shaft and funerary niches. Unlike surface-only stops, this visit focuses on the subterranean complex itself.

A short drive brings you to the ancient township of Rhakotis where you stand beneath Pompey’s Pillar, a 27-meter monolith of solid red Aswan granite. Your Egyptologist explains how this solitary column marks the grand remains of the Serapeum Temple, once the city’s spiritual heart, and points out surviving podiums and carved blocks.

We keep groups small to minimise queueing and allow more time for questions. After about 45 minutes you return to your pickup point.

You arrive at a premium seafood restaurant perched on the Mediterranean Corniche, steps from Cairo's historic old harbor. Your table faces the water, where traditional fishing boats bob as you sit. You savour the local catch of the day, classic Mediterranean mezze, and chilled local juices while your Egyptologist explains the harbour's role in Cairo's coastal trade.

We schedule the lunch midday to avoid peak sun and evening crowds.

Drive along the breezy seafront to the harbour entrance, then step inside the 15th-century Citadel of Qaitbay, an imposing Mamluk stone fortress. Your Egyptologist explains how builders reused salvaged blocks from the Pharos Lighthouse, which once stood on this promontory until an earthquake destroyed it. Walk the defensive ramparts and take panoramic, salty-aired views of the open sea.

We arrange morning pickups to avoid the midday heat and larger crowds.

Our driver meets you at the agreed pickup point and transfers you to your handpicked hotel on the Mediterranean Corniche. Drop your bags, freshen up, then spend the afternoon and evening at your leisure: stroll the Corniche at sunset, sip traditional mint tea at a seaside café, or sample local seafood and street snacks.

We arrange direct hotel transfers rather than shared coach pick-ups, so you arrive privately and relax into the coast-side atmosphere before returning to your hotel.

After pickup from your hotel, your Egyptologist and driver bring you to Kom El Dikka for a guided walking tour. You explore Egypt's only Roman Amphitheatre, noting the 13 white-marble terraces that once seated over 600 spectators.

Your guide explains the site's late Roman and Byzantine phases, then leads you through the open-air display of sunken monuments rescued from the eastern harbour, with time to photograph the marble fragments and mosaic floors.

We collect you from central Cairo hotels, then transfer by air-conditioned vehicle to the Grand Alexandria National Museum. Housed in a restored Italianate palace, the museum separates Alexandria’s history across three floors: Pharaonic, Greco-Roman, and Islamic/Modern.

Your Egyptologist explains key objects and the city’s changing role as a Mediterranean trade hub while you follow a curated, chronological layout that makes stylistic and cultural shifts easy to see.

On arrival your Egyptologist leads you through a separate, pre-arranged entry to bypass the regular queues. You explore the sunlit reading halls designed to evoke the ancient Library of Alexandria, and walk the open courtyards featuring statues of Alexander the Great.

Your guide explains the modern building's archaeological displays, including the manuscript museum and the antiquities gallery, and answers questions about the site's relationship to the ancient center of learning.

You arrive after an east-coast drive to the Montaza Palace Gardens, a 370-acre royal retreat established at the turn of the 20th century. Your Egyptologist explains the site's history as you take a leisurely, shaded walk beneath Mediterranean pines and date palms.

We arrange travel by air-conditioned vehicle from central Cairo; unlike crowded central sites, the gardens provide wide lawns and seaside viewpoints for final photographs of the palace towers overlooking the private bays.

We pause for a final, relaxing lunch at a charming local restaurant in Alexandria. After the meal you re-board a premium private vehicle; our Discovery Tours Egypt driver navigates the smooth coastal and desert highway south toward Cairo while you recline and enjoy chilled bottled water. Your Egyptologist is available for final questions during the drive.

Unlike large coach trips, this transfer is private and paced for comfort.