AlexandriaBibliotheca Alexandrina
A modern answer to the ancient Library, tilted towards the Mediterranean like a rising sun.
10:00–19:00 Sunday to Thursday, 14:00–19:00 Friday and Saturday.
$12.60 entry
Attractions guide
What to see in Alexandria
Written by our Egyptologists — history, hours, prices and the practical detail guidebooks skip.
Alexandria holds 4 of the sites we guide at regularly. Each page below covers what the monument is, the history behind it, current opening hours and gate prices, and links straight to every tour of ours that includes it.
Opening hours in Egypt shift with the season and during Ramadan, and the gate prices are reviewed by the Ministry of Tourism roughly once a year. We update these pages when they change, but if you are planning tightly around a closing time it is worth checking with us the week before.
Under-6s enter free everywhere. Children 6–11 pay roughly half the adult rate at every state-run site.
Alexandria
AlexandriaCatacombs of Kom El Shoqafa
Three levels of rock-cut tombs where Egyptian, Greek and Roman funerary art collide.
09:00–17:00 daily.
$14.70 entry
AlexandriaPompey's Pillar & the Serapeum
A 27-metre red granite column standing over the ruins of Alexandria's greatest temple.
09:00–17:00 daily.
$10.50 entry
AlexandriaCitadel of Qaitbay
A 15th-century sea fort built from the rubble of the Pharos lighthouse.
09:00–17:00 daily.
$10.50 entry
Want a guide who can explain all of it?
Our Alexandria tours cover these sites with a licensed Egyptologist and hotel pickup.