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- German
- English
- Italian
- French
- Spanish
This is the desert war, not the pharaohs. About 100 km west of Alexandria, El Alamein is where the course of World War II in North Africa turned in 1942.
On this private day trip your guide takes you to the El Alamein War Museum, with its tanks, guns, and campaign maps, and then to the war cemeteries: the Commonwealth cemetery with its thousands of tended graves, and the German memorial that stands over the dunes like a fortress. Each side built its own place of remembrance here, and visiting them in turn gives the battle its full human weight.
It is a reflective day of about 6 to 8 hours, with hotel pickup and a private vehicle so you set the pace.
Ideal for history-minded travelers and anyone with a family link to the North African campaign.
What's Included
Meeting and pickup
Please share your hotel, port, or airport pickup location in the Alexandria area when booking. Your guide will meet you at the agreed pickup point in the morning for the approximately 1.5 to 2 hour drive west to El Alamein. The cemeteries and war memorials honor those who fell in the WWII Battle of El Alamein. Modest dress recommended at the cemeteries as a sign of respect.
Itinerary
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1El Alamein War Museum
You begin at the El Alamein War Museum, which lays out the 1942 battle that halted the Axis drive toward the Suez Canal and the oil beyond. You walk among tanks, field guns, and the uniforms and gear of the British, German, Italian, and Egyptian forces, while your guide traces how the campaign moved across this empty desert. Maps and dioramas turn a confusing battle into a clear story. It is the orientation that makes the cemeteries that follow hit harder.
1 hour • Admission ticket included -
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You finish at the German war memorial, a stark sandstone structure built like a desert fortress on a rise above the sea, holding the remains of more than 4,000 German soldiers in a circular ossuary. It is somber and very different in feel from the Commonwealth rows, a single mass monument rather than individual graves. From the terrace you look out over the Mediterranean that the whole campaign was fought to control. The Italian memorial stands nearby for those who wish to add it.
1 hour • Admission ticket free -
3El Alamein War Cemetery
You move to the Commonwealth War Cemetery, where more than 7,000 headstones stand in quiet rows on the open ground, each carved with a name, a regiment, and often a family's parting words. Soldiers from Britain, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, and beyond lie here together. Your guide gives the place room rather than narrating over it. Walking the rows, with the desert stretching flat in every direction, the cost of 1942 becomes impossible to abstract.
1 hour • Admission ticket free
Additional info
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Cancellation Policy
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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