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Alexandria · Egypt Capital
In the destination Alexandria and El Alamein.
In the photo: Library of Alexandria and its reflecting pool.
Illustrative images. The pictures in this guide are illustrations based on the real place, not photographs, and may differ from it.
The city
Capital of Alexandria Governorate and Egypt’s main port, on a narrow strip between the Mediterranean and Lake Mariout. The Corniche skirts the eastern harbour and runs east for kilometres among 19th‑century buildings, cafés and patisseries, and the centre preserves the ruins of the Greco‑Roman city.
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Flavors of Egypt
The local experience
Library and cultural centre on the edge of the eastern harbour, in a circular glass and granite building with letters from many alphabets, in tribute to the ancient library.
Fortress of the Mamluk sultan Qaitbay, from the 15th century, on the tip of the eastern harbor, built on the site of the Lighthouse of Alexandria, with walls over the sea.
Rock-cut catacombs from the 1st and 2nd centuries, with three levels of galleries and tombs that blend Egyptian, Greek and Roman art.
A red granite column about 27 meters tall, raised in the 3rd century in honor of Emperor Diocletian, on the site of the Serapeum temple.
A Roman marble theater in central Alexandria, with 13 rows of seats, baths, classrooms and houses with mosaics.
Gardens of a royal palace in eastern Alexandria, by the sea, with a palace in Florentine and Turkish styles, beaches and pine groves.
Museum in an Italian-style palace in central Alexandria, with pieces from the city’s prehistory to the Islamic period, including objects recovered from the seabed.
Mosque near Alexandria’s eastern harbor, built in light-colored stone with domes and a tall minaret, constructed over the tomb of a 13th-century Sufi mystic.
