Day tour to El Alamein from Cairo

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Da USD 100

Enjoy a private day tour  to El Alamein day trip from Cairo, El Alamein Controlled the north African coast which opens the way to the whole Egypt and the trade routes to the Far East via the red sea and the Indian Ocean. During the second world war.

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Pick up from Cairo to El Alamein
Pick up from your hotel in Giza or in Cairo and drive to El AlameinCity. From: Cairo to El-Alamein, Driving distance: 259 km,
Duration: 2 hours 43 mins.

El Alamein  War Cemetery
It was designed by Sir Herbert Worthington and is maintained by the British war graves commission in Cairo, Here 7,367 men from Britain, Newzealand, Australia, South Africa, Greece, France, India and Malaysia are buried in individual graves, while 11,945 men, whose bodies were never found, are honoured in the cloister that precedes the graveyard

Beyond the cloister is the Individual graves, each, topped with white Marker, Approximatly 815 soldiers were identified and their names are inscribed over the graves

El Alamein Museum

The small  El Alamein  museum,  about 1 mile west of the British memorial, is located on the north side of the road, for anyone interested in the war Memorabilia. it is worth a stop. Created in 1965 from debris found on the battlefield, It contains uniforms, Weapons, Flags and other war Paraphernalia. Displays include Photographs and the battle sites

                        
The German war Memorial

Thee kilometres,west of the Italian marker, the German war memorial is a single octagonal building erected in 1959, overlooks the sea, Patterned after the castle del Monte.the memorial contains the bodies of 4280 German soldiers, at the Entrance, it stands an impressive golden mosaic, to the right of the Entrance is small chapel where families and friends honour the dead with wreaths, Photographs and memorial ribbons

 

The Italian Memorial
The Elegant white marble Italian Memorial, the largest structure at  El Alamein  .stands 5 kilometres beyond the German Memorial, it was designed by Paolo Caccia dominoni who served  at El-Alamein and also wrote a book about it
In the Entrance,  there is a small museum and  in the chapel is inscribed ( To 4800 Italian soldiers, sailors and airmen, the desert and the sea did not give back 38,000 who are  missing)
The main memorial overlooks the sea at the top.

                        
light  Lunch time
Arrive in Cairo
Back to your hotel in Cairo or Giza

In evidenza

  • The second world war Museum
  • The second world war War Cemetery
  • The German war Memorial
  • The Italian Memorial

►►  Inclusions:

  • ► All transfers by a private air-conditioned vehicle.

  • ► Pick up services from your hotel & return

  • Private English-speaking Egyptologist guide
  • Entrance fees to all the mentioned sites
  • ► Lunch meal will be served in a local restaurant.
  • Bottled water on board the vehicle during the tour
  • ► All Service charges & taxes

► Exclusions:

  • Any Extras not mentioned in the itinerary
  • Tipping

► Please remember to bring:

  • Passports

  • ► Sunglasses

  • Camera

Itinerario

  1. Cairo
  2. El-Alamein
  3. Marsa Matruh
  4. Siwa Oasis