Every Egypt Day Tours trip is led by a licensed Egyptologist who knows the sites deeply and loves showing them. Our guides slow down where you want to linger, explain what you are looking at in plain language, and answer the questions a guidebook never covers. You get your own guide, never a crowd.
Egypt Day Tours was started in Alexandria in 2013 by Attarious, a licensed Egyptologist who has been guiding since 2007. Before founding the company he worked with established Egyptian tour operators, including Ramasside Tours and Travco Group, and he has guided or planned trips to every major site in Egypt, from Giza to Abu Simbel.
Attarious studied at Alexandria University, with degrees in English literature, Egyptology and tour guiding, classical history and philosophy, and an MA in Hellenistic Studies. He guides and writes to guests in Arabic, English, German, Greek and Spanish.
Today Attarious and his team choose every guide, plan every itinerary and read every review. When you message us on WhatsApp, it is the same team that answers, day or night. Read more about Attarious and his team.
Our guides work privately, with one group at a time. They take you to the quieter corner of a temple when the crowds arrive, adjust the day if someone is tired, and turn a site visit into a conversation. When guests leave five-star reviews on TripAdvisor, they mention our guides by name.
Mona is one of our most requested guides, known for her deep knowledge of pharaonic history and her gift for storytelling. A licensed Egyptologist with a university background in Egyptology and archaeology, she specialises in the Giza Pyramids, the Grand Egyptian Museum and Cairo’s Coptic and Islamic quarters.
Luxor holds the greatest concentration of ancient monuments on earth, and our Luxor guides live there. They take you through the Valley of the Kings, Karnak, Hatshepsut’s temple and Luxor Temple, explaining who built each one, why, and what it meant to the people who used it. They guide our day trips from Hurghada and our multi-day Luxor programmes.
Our Aswan guides are rooted in Nubian culture and bring a side of the southern Nile that an outside guide cannot. From Philae Temple and Abu Simbel to felucca sails and Nubian villages, they give you the context behind the temples, and many speak Nubian as well as Arabic and English.
Alexandria is our home city. Our Alexandria guides cover its Greek, Roman, early Christian and Islamic layers, from the Catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa and Pompey’s Pillar to the Bibliotheca Alexandrina and the Citadel of Qaitbay. They also guide our shore excursions from the Alexandria cruise port.
Every guide meets these standards before they lead a tour for us:
We also offer guides who speak Spanish, French, German, Italian and Arabic. Tell us your preferred language when you book.
Tell us where you want to go and what interests you, and Attarious and his team will match you with the right guide for your dates, language and itinerary.
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Yes. Every guide on our team holds an official licence from the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities. The licence requires a university degree in Egyptology or tourism guiding and government examinations. Unlicensed guiding is not allowed at Egypt’s major archaeological sites.
Egypt Day Tours was founded in Alexandria in 2013 by Attarious, a licensed Egyptologist guiding since 2007. Attarious and his team plan every trip, choose every guide and answer guests on WhatsApp, 24/7.
Yes. All our standard guides speak fluent English. We also have guides for Spanish, French, German, Italian and Arabic. Tell us your preferred language when you book.
Our tours are private: you travel only with your own group, with your own guide, car and driver. The one exception is our small-group Luxor day trip from Hurghada, which is clearly marked as shared.
Yes. If you had a guide you loved on a previous trip, or a friend recommended one, tell us when you book and we will do our best to arrange it for your dates.
