Alexandria is located in the north-central part of Egypt, 225 km north of Cairo, and it extends about 30km, along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. besides,
It is the second-largest city in Egypt, the first port, and the Greek capital of A.R.E., it is also the largest city lying directly on the Mediterranean coast, in addition, Alex was always a cosmopolitan city. Alexander the Great founded This magnificent city In 331 B.C.
Alexandria became an important center of the Hellenistic civilization and remained the capital of Hellenistic and Roman & Byzantine Egypt for almost one thousand years until the Muslim conquest of the country in AD 641.
Hellenistic Alexandria was best known for the Lighthouse of Alexandria (Pharos), one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World; its Great Library (the largest in the ancient world; now replaced by a modern one);
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The catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa
The cemetery consists of a series of Alexandrian tombs, representing the mixing between the Pharaonic Greco-Roman art. The beginning date of its construction is the 2nd century AD
(Entrance ticket 200 EGP)
The Pompey’s pillar
On the location of the temple of Serapium, it is a red granite column, 26.85 meters in height, we think that it was Erected after the year 292 in honour of the Roman emperor Diocletian.
(Entrance ticket 150 EGP)
Alexandria national museum
Hosni Mubarak inaugurated it in 2003, containing about 1800 artefacts, most of which were given from other Egyptian museums.
1st floor, pharaonic period.
2nd floor, GreRomanman time.
3rd floor, Coptic, Islamic, and modern eras.
(Entrance ticket 220 EGP)
Montaza palace
Two palaces; (el Salamlek) was built in 1892 by Khedive Abbas Hilmy, and (el Haramlek) was built in 1932 by King Fuad.
The Al Montaza Park
expansive royal gardens of 150 acres are open as a public landscape park.
The Citadel of Qaitbey
It was built on the site of Alexandria’s ancient lighthouse (on the eastern side of the northern tip of Pharaoh Island at the mouth of the eastern harbour), it was a 15th-century defensive fortress located on the Mediterranean seacoast built in 1480 AD.
(Entrance ticket 200 EGP)
Bibliotheca Alexandria
A major library and a cultural centre are located on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea and were inaugurated in 2002.
(Entrance ticket 150 EGP)
The Roman theatre
An auditorium with 800 seats spread over 12 steps as a horseshoe, white and grey marble, columns cipolin imported from Asia Minor, and red granite from Aswan.
(Entrance ticket 200 EGP)
