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Palestine Hotel
5*
The Palestine - Alexandria, is a
five
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Sheraton Hotel 5*
The
Sheraton Montazah Hotel
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Hilton Green Hotel
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Renaissance Hotel
5* Amazingly located in the
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Hilton Borgelarab
Hotel
5* Sitting serenely beside
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Four Seasons Hotel 5* (San Stefano)
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Al Salamlek Palace 5*
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Sofitel Cecil Alexandria Hotel 5*
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Mercure Romance Alexandria
Hotel 5*
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Porto Marina Hotel & Spa 5*
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Plaza Hotel 4* Away from the crowds, like
a
 remote island in the shiny Mediterranean; the superior first class Plaza Hotel
is situated on the corniche of Alexandria, next to El-Safa Palace; used by the
government to house visiting heads of states, and dignitaries.................(more
details and special rates)
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Paradise
Inn Windsor
Palace Hotel
4*
Water
 front Property, located within the heart of Alexandria’s business and embassies district, within quick and
easy reach of Alexandria’s Archeological Library. Totally
refurbished with the latest in modern hotel furniture offering a refined
new image on the shore of Alexandria. The Hotel offers upscale dining
areas with conference and banqueting facilities.................(more
details and special rates)
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Paradise Maamoura
Hotel
4* Situated on the
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Metropole Paradise Inn
Hotel 4* Located in
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Kaoud Sporting
Hotel 3*
For almost three
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Regency Hotel
3* Located near
seaside. The hotel
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Alexandria Background
The second largest city in Egypt, Alexandria has an atmosphere that is more Mediterranean than Middle Eastern; its ambience and cultural heritage distance it from the rest of the country although it is actually only 225 km from Cairo. Founded by Alexander the Great in 331 BC, Alexandria became the capital of Graeco-Roman Egypt, its status as a beacon of culture symbolised by Pharos, the legendary lighthouse was one of the Seven Wonders of the World. The setting for the stormy relationship between Cleopatra and Mark Antony, Alexandria was also the center of learning in the ancient world. But ancient Alexandria declined, and when Napoleon landed he found a sparsely populated fishing village.
From the
19th century Alexandria took a new role, as a focus for Egypt's commercial and
maritime expansion. This Alexandria has been immortalised by writers such as E.M.
Forster and from Cavafy. Generations of immigrants from Greece, Italy and the
Levant settled here and made the city synonymous with commerce, cosmopolitanism
and bohemian culture; Lawrence Durrell described it as "the capital city of
Asiatic Europe, if such a thing could exist". Today, traces of all these pasts
remain. Visitors can eat seafood caught by local fishermen, take a tram to view
Roman remains or drink coffee in European-style patisseries. A waterfront city,
Alex (as it is popularly known) runs along the Mediterranean for 20 km but never
goes for inland; a walk along a magnificent Corniche sweeps round the curve of
the Eastern Harbour and takes you right through the city center. Now, Alexandria
is a year-round beach resort: in winter the sun still shines along the white
sand coast while yachts race in the harbour, in summer sunlovers seek out the
cooling sea breezes.
Whether you come for the past or the present, for history or just a holiday,
when you visit Alexandria you'll see more that one city.
Alexandria The City
Alex is a city to explore at random, it's as important to enjoy the atmosphere as it is to see the "sights". The city centre now stretches back from Midan Saad Zaghloul , on the seafront, where there is a statue of the nationalist leader. This was formerly the site of the Caesareum, a magnificet begun by Cleopatra for her lover Antony and subsequently completed their enemy Octavian and dedicated to himself. Two famous obelisks ( one, known as "Cleopatra's Needle", now the Embankment in London, the other in New York's Central Park) were once here but all traces of the temple have disappeared.
The days post-colnial architecture, like the pseudo-moorish Hotel Cecil, vies with more modern buildings. The older "European" city center was inland of the Monument to the Unknown Soldier, near where the French Gardens used to be, now Midan Tahrir. Strolling round here you can still see old street nameplates and find the jewellery and antique shops for which the area was Known.
Graeco Roman Alexandria
Little of the greatest city of antiquity remains to be seen today-although an international project to rebuild the Alexandria Library, which once housed laboratories observatories and a library of over 500,000 volumes, will put Alexandria back on the map as a international center of learning.
Over 30 years of excavation have uncovered many Roman remains including this well-preserved theatre with marble seats for up to 800 spectators, galleries and sections of mosaic-flooring In Ptolemaic times this area was the Park of Pan, a pleasure garden surrounded by Roman villas and baths.
Limestone tombs, dating from about 250 BCand painted to simulate alabasster and marble, decorated with pictures of Egyptian gods and daily life- and graffiti dating from the same period.
A 25m. red granit column constructed in honour of the Emperor Diocetian, originally from the Temple of Serapis, once a magnificent structure rivalling the Soma and the Caesareum. Nearby are subterranean galleries where the sacred Apis bulls were buried, and three sphinxes.
This warren of tombs, on three levels, also contains the Triclinium, shere relatives used to sit on stone benches to feast th dead, and a central tomb with reliefs of bearded serpents. Inside are 2nd century AD statues of Sobek and Anubis wearing Roman armour.
The collection, which covers sthe period from the 3rd century BC to the 7th century AD, is a fascinating record of a civilisation in the process of change as religions merged and society evolved. In Alexandria, Graeco-Roman and pharaonic religions mingled in the cult of Serapis; the shift from pagan religions sto Christianity can also be seen in the exhibits which include mummies, Hellenistic statues, busts of Roman emperors, Tanagra figurines and early Christian antiquities.
Islamic Alexandria
El-Gomruk and el-Anfushi are interesting neighbourhoods to explore, for their souks and streetlife as well as Ottoman mosques and mashsrabiya-decorated houses.
Occupying the site of the famous Mosque of a Thousand Columns (from which Napoleon removed the seven-ton sarcophagus now in th British Museum) the current mosque dates from the 14th century.
On the northern tip of the Eastern Harbour, Sultan Qaitbey's fort is an Alexandrian landmark. The Fort is on the original site of Pharos, Alexandria's ancient lighthouse, built in 279 BC to a height of 125 metres and topped with a statue of Poseidon. Although Pharos was rostored at various times it had finally crumbled by the time that the original Fort was built here, in the 1480s. Today, the Fort contains a mosque and the Naval Museum and provides wonderful views of the city and the Mediterranean.
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stars deluxe hotel with a unique location on Montazah’s fine beach with its
calm waters where the waves wash the golden sands and surrounded by the vast
magnificent gifts of nature, 350 acres of formal gardens. Facing the Montaza
Royal Palace that was once the site of the late Egyptian Royal Family’s Summer
Palace.................
is ideally located in Alexandria, the shinning pearl of
the Mediterranean Sea. We are the perfect starting point to enjoy Alexandria's
magnificent beaches and radiating cultural and tourist attractions. Our guest
rooms and swimming pool offer breathtaking views of the Mediterranean Sea and
exquisite Montazah Gardens ..............
5*
Shop until you
drop at the Hilton Alexandria Green Plaza hotel in the Green Plaza Mall, with
370 shops, a cinema and a Fun Castle. Do business in the largest conference room
in Alexandria or the Executive Lounge, just 10 minutes from the airport. Relax
later in the pool, or sample the 6 bars and restaurants.................
center of the Corniche road with easy
access to the business districts and places of attraction, the
Renaissance Alexandria is a haven of focused business services & meeting
facilities complemented with intellectual and pleasurable moments. Brand
new hotel featuring...............
acres of white, sandy beach and looking out over endless miles of beautifully
blue sea, the Hilton Borg El Arab Resort on the shores of the Mediterranean is
ideal for those who truly appreciate beach life.
The gentle waves of Egypts north coast are extremely child-friendly.................
longest white beach
in Alexandria within the private community of Maamoura, a fascinating scenery of
a tropical pool and palm trees cover most of the area within the resort. Green
parks surrounded by, play grounds for kids and Up-To-Date health club with
indoor pool..................
the heart of
Alexandria’s business and embassies district, within quick and easy reach of
Alexandria’s Archeological Library. Built in 1902 by Italian & Greek Architects,
refurbished lately offering a unique "Boutique hotel" with the elegant..................
decades, Kaoud Hotel Sporting has been one of Alexandria’s most famous hotels.
The hotel has been very recently renovated and upgraded. It currently offers
100 rooms and suites, most of which have a direct view on the sea. Though the
hotel is officially registered as a three-star hotel, and mainly thanks to the
recent upgrading, it can be compared to 4-star and 5-star hotels when it................
has 70 rooms with air-conditioning, phone and television, parking, restaurant,
fitness, swimming pool.................