Montaza Palace opening hours

What the listing actually says

The place page for Montaza Palace on Google Maps has shown the same pattern for months: open from 08:00 to midnight for six days of the week, and open around the clock on Friday. These figures come from a third-party listing, not from an official notice published by the estate.

They are useful as a starting point. They are not a guarantee, and they say nothing about which buildings or gates are open at those times.

A garden timetable is not a palace timetable

The gardens, Al-Haramlik, Salamlek and the coastal facilities are different spaces with different rules. A long garden day does not mean a palace interior keeps the same hours — or that it is open to the public at all.

If your visit depends on seeing inside a specific building, treat the hours question as two questions: when the grounds open, and whether that building is receiving visitors.

Friday and public holidays

Fridays are the busiest family day in Alexandria, and public holidays and school breaks can be even busier. The listing shows Friday as 24 hours, but crowds, parking and last-entry rules are separate issues from the headline opening time.

If you want a calm visit, choose a weekday morning. If you can only come at a peak time, arrive early and expect queues at the main entrances.

Before you travel

• Ask for the last entry time, not just the closing time
• Ask which gates close first in the evening
• Ask whether the palace buildings keep different hours
• Check again on the day; seasonal changes are common

Where each area stands

This list is the honest answer to “what are the opening hours?” at Montaza: the estate is not one timetable but several, and none of them is currently confirmed. Ask about each area you intend to use separately.

• Gardens — Not verified; the Google Maps listing suggests a long day, but this is a third-party entry
• Al-Haramlik interior — Not verified; we cannot confirm public interior access at all
• Al-Salamlek interior — Not verified; the same caution applies as for Al-Haramlik
• Beaches and coastal facilities — Not verified; these may follow their own seasonal hours
• Vehicle gates and parking — Not verified; gate closing times may differ from the gardens

The gardens

Everything the listing tells us concerns the gardens as a whole: broadly a long day, six days a week, with Friday shown as running around the clock. That makes the gardens the most likely area to be open when you arrive, and it is where most visitors spend their time.

Even so, treat the garden timetable as unconfirmed. A published third-party entry is not a notice from the estate, and garden hours can shift with the season and with maintenance work.

The palace buildings

The hours of Al-Haramlik and Al-Salamlek are a separate and currently unanswerable question, because we have not confirmed that either building is open to the general public inside. There is no reliable interior timetable to publish.

If you are travelling specifically to see a palace interior, make contact before you set out and ask whether the building is receiving visitors, rather than assuming it keeps the garden hours.

The beaches and coastal facilities

Beach and swimming facilities, where they operate, often run to their own seasonal pattern and can be closed outside the summer while the gardens stay open year round. We have not verified the current arrangement at Montaza.

If a beach visit matters to you, ask separately about that facility’s hours, entry and season; do not read them from the garden timetable.

How this page was checked, and when

Our position was last checked on 4 November 2026. The only source behind the 08:00–00:00 pattern is the estate’s Google Maps place listing, which is third-party data rather than an official notice.

To confirm for yourself, try the State Information Service (sis.gov.eg) or the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities (egymonuments.gov.eg), or ask the gate staff on the day, which will always be the most current.

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