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Alexandria: all 14 tours and excursions for your cruise

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Silver shore privato: private van & guide (full-day)

  • Cruise line: Silversea
Explore Alexandria at your leisure during your full-day (8-Hour) sightseeing tour via private van. Customise your own itinerary or choose to see an overview of the area's highlights. Depart the pier with your English-speaking guide in an air-conditioned van and discover the city and surrounding areas at your own pace. Your exclusive tour concludes back at the pier. Please note: This tour is non-refundable if cancelled within 48 hours prior to arrival in the port. Actual vehicle type varies depending...

Silver shore privato: private car & guide (full-day)

  • Cruise line: Silversea
Explore Alexandria at your leisure during your full-day (8-Hour) sightseeing tour via private car. Customise your own itinerary or choose to see an overview of the area's highlights. Depart the pier with your English-speaking guide in an air-conditioned car and discover the city and surrounding areas at your own pace. Your exclusive tour concludes back at the pier. Please note: This tour is non-refundable if cancelled within 48 hours prior to arrival in the port. Actual vehicle type varies depending...

Silver shore privato: private van & guide (half-day)

  • Cruise line: Silversea
Explore Alexandria at your leisure during your half-day (4-Hour) sightseeing tour via private van. Customise your own itinerary or choose to see an overview of the area's highlights. Depart the pier with your English-speaking guide in an air-conditioned van and discover the city and surrounding areas at your own pace. Your exclusive tour concludes back at the pier. Please note: This tour is non-refundable if cancelled within 48 hours prior to arrival in the port....

Silver shore privato: private car & guide (half-day)

  • Cruise line: Silversea
Explore Alexandria at your leisure during your half-day (4-Hour) sightseeing tour via private car. Customise your own itinerary or choose to see an overview of the area's highlights. Depart the pier with your English-speaking guide in an air-conditioned car and discover the city and surrounding areas at your own pace. Your exclusive tour concludes back at the pier. Please note: This tour is non-refundable if cancelled within 48 hours prior to arrival in the port....

Alexandria museum & citadel

  • Cruise line: Silversea
The rich and varied history of Alexandria is yours to discover during this scenic and informative, half-day sightseeing excursion. Alexandria, Alexandria National Museum, Ancient Egyptian Artefacts, Tombs & TreasuresDepart the pier for the scenic, approximately 30-minute drive to the Alexandria National Museum. Upon arrival, take a guided tour of the museum, which exhibits over 120,000 artefacts, tombs, and treasures of ancient Egyptian royal families. Along the way, discover artefacts found...

Views of alexandria & royal jewelry museum

  • Cruise line: Silversea
Discover the historic treasures of bustling Alexandria during this picturesque, half-day sightseeing tour of the city. Alexandria, Citadel of Qaitbay Depart the pier for the short drive to the Citadel of Qaitbay, a 15th-century defensive fortress named after the Sultan that built it. The Citadel of Qaitbay is situated on the site of the ancient Pharos Lighthouse, on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. After an exterior photo stop here, re-board your coach and continue...

Cairo cheops pyramid & sphinx

  • Cruise line: Silversea
Experience some of the most important, world-renowned Egyptian attractions during this immersive, full-day sightseeing tour. Alexandria, Giza, Sahara Desert, Western Plateau, Panoramic Desert & Pyramid Views, Camels Depart the pier for the scenic, approximately 2.75-hour drive towards Cairo. En route, learn about the sites to be visited on your journey. Upon arrival at Giza, approximately nine miles (about 14.5 kilometres) west of Cairo, your first stop is at the...

Classical cairo

  • Cruise line: Silversea
This full-day excursion provides a good introduction to some of Egypt's most outstanding attractions - The Pyramid of Giza, the Sphinx and the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities. During the journey to Cairo via the desert road, your guide will provide interesting facts about the sites you will be visiting. Depart the pier via coach for the 2.5 to 3-hour drive to Cairo. Egyptian Museum of Antiquities Upon arrival in Cairo you will visit Egypt's renowned museum...

Sakkara & pyramids

  • Cruise line: Silversea
Explore the most important treasures of ancient Egypt during this picturesque full-day journey to the oldest Pyramid of Egypt located in Sakkara and the Great Pyramids of Giza. Depart the pier via coach for the approximate 2.5 to 3-hour drive to Cairo via the desert road where your guide will provide interesting facts about the sites you will be visiting. Sakkara Pyramids Dating from 2700 BC, the Step Pyramid is the oldest stone structure in the world, and...

Old city carriage ride

  • Cruise line: Silversea
Explore the long and rich legacy of Alexandria during this scenic, 3.5 hour excursion and carriage-ride along the Cornish of the old part of Alexandria city. Depart the pier for the approximate 15-minute drive to the Citadel of Quait Bay. The Citadel of Quait Bay The island of Pharos was a major port having two huge harbours. The Fort was built in the 1480's by Sultan Qaitbey on the site of Alexandria ancient lighthouse. The entrance is through a...

El alamein

  • Cruise line: Silversea
Explore one of the deadliest battles of World War II during this somber yet informative, full-day excursion El Alamein. Depart the pier for the approximate 1.5-2-hour drive west to the village of El Alamein. This village, renowned for its tranquil, scenic beauty and soft, white-sand beaches, is also the site of one of the most decisive battles of World War II. Today, a museum and several war cemeteries commemorate those who died here in battle. Commonwealth War Cemetery...

Panoramic alexandria

  • Cruise line: Silversea
Explore Alexandria, Egypt's second-largest city, with a minimal amount of walking during this relaxing orientation tour of the city via coach. Depart the pier aboard an air-conditioned coach for a sightseeing drive through Alexandria. Along the way, photo stops are made at the Medieval Fort Quait Bey, which stands on the site of the ancient Pharos Lighthouse and the Andalusian-style Abou Al Abbas Mosque. Next, photo stops are made at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier...

Alexandria museum & library

  • Cruise line: Silversea
Embrace the spectacular art, culture and history of Alexandria during this memorable, half-day excursion to the Alexandria Museum and Library. Depart the pier for the approximate 30-minute drive to the Alexandria National Museum. National Museum This museum exhibits over 120,000 objects. During your guided walking tour, discover artefacts found at Dahshur in 1894, including the tombs of kings and members of the royal families of the Middle Kingdom. Next,...

Roman alexandria

  • Cruise line: Silversea
Explore the long and rich legacy of Alexandria during this scenic, half-day excursion to some of the city's most interesting and historic sites. Depart the pier for the approximate 30-minute drive to the Catacombs of Kom al-Shoqafa. En route, pass by Pompey's Pillar. Pompey's Pillar Erected in 297 A.D., this massive column measures approximately 84 feet (about 26 metres) in height. Originally part of the Temple of Serapis, the pillar was made from a single...