Full day tour to El Alameen

Full day tour to El Alameen

Your tour guide will pick you up from your hotel in Cairo to El Alameen  which literally means "the two flags") is a town in the northern Matrouh Governorate of Egypt. Located on the Mediterranean Sea, it lies 106 kilometres (66 mi) west of Alexandria and 240 kilometres (149 mi) northwest of Cairo. As of 2007, it had a local population of 7,397 inhabitants. Visitors can also go to the Italian and German military cemeteries on Tel el-Eisa Hill outside the town. The German cemetery is an ossuary, built in the style of a medieval fortress, The Italian cemetery is a mausoleum containing 5.200 tombs. Many tombs bear the soldier's name; many are simply marked "IGNOTO", i.e. unknown. There is a separate Greek cemetery at El Alamein.

There is also a Commonwealth war cemetery, built and maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, with graves of soldiers from various countries who fought on the Allied side. Buried here are 6,425 identified Commonwealth service personnel and 815 unidentified ones, besides 102 of other nationalities. These include four Victoria Cross recipients

Private Percival Gratwick, Australian Imperial Force

Private Arthur ('Stan') Gurney, Australian Imperial Force

Sergeant William ('Bill') Kibby, Australian Imperial force

Full day tour to El Alameen

Full day tour to El Alameen

Full day tour to El Alameen

HIGHLIGHTS

• Visit El-Alamein War Museum
• Visit the War Cemetery of Commonwealth  

PRIVATE DAY TOUR

• No Hidden Costs
• Hassle Free
• One Price 

INCLUDED

• Pick up services from your hotel in Cairo and return
• All transfers by a private air-conditioned vehicle Latest model
• English expert tour guide (Other Languages are available On Request).
• Entrance fees to all the mentioned sites
• Bottle of water for each during your tour
• All service charges & taxes

EXCLUDED

• Any extras not mentioned in the itinerary
• Tipping
• Any Optional Tour not mentioned above

FROM USD 100

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