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Alexandria: a self-guided walk
Generated from Wikivoyage's See list for Alexandria: 7 stops, about 4.3 km and 92 minutes on foot. Not a guided tour; check each place before you go.
7 stops · 4.3 km · about 92 min on foot · Wikivoyage source · fetched 2026-11-07 02:08:50 UTC. Not a guided tour: check each place before you go.
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Alexandria Naval Unknown Soldier Memorial
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier honoring its military. Besides its meaning it is a picturesque neoclassical monument worth a photo during the day or when illuminated in the evening. The structure was built in 1927 to 1938 as a memorial to Khedive Ismail. After the revolution its dedication was changed.
31.19996, 29.89367 · OpenStreetMap · Wikivoyage note · place page
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Cavafy Museum
Museum in the house of the poet Cavafy (1863–1933) where he spent the last 25 years of his life. Closed as of 02/2024.
31.19758, 29.90128 · OpenStreetMap · Wikivoyage note · place page
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Kom el-Dikka
"Kom el-Dikka" means "pile of rubble" - so much for the grandeur of the Roman Empire. In Ptolemaic times this area was the Park of Pan, a pleasure garden surrounded by villas and baths. Highlights built in the 2nd century CE are the Villa of the Birds, with fine mosaics, and Egypt's only Roman amphitheatre. This has 13 semicircular tiers made of white and grey marble, with seats for up to 800 spectators, galleries and sections of mosaic-flooring. Excavations continue, and in 2010 a Ptolemaic temple was unearthed. You can see the amphitheatre well enough just by peering through the railings, bu
31.19461, 29.90410 · OpenStreetMap · Wikivoyage note · place page
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Graeco-Roman Museum
A history museum with a vast collection mostly dating from the 3rd century BC to the 3rd century CE, spanning the Ptolemaic and Roman periods. The square in front of it is a popular place for taking marriage pictures and as a hang-out for young people in the evenings.
31.19930, 29.90690 · OpenStreetMap · Wikivoyage note · place page
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Alexandria National Museum
Small but absorbing, well-presented museum with more than 1800 archaeological pieces. The basement is devoted to Prehistoric and Pharonic times, first floor to the Graeco-Roman period, second floor to the Coptic and Islamic era. Especially interesting are artefacts raised during underwater excavations: there's a sense of a new window opening on history.
31.20110, 29.91320 · OpenStreetMap · Wikivoyage note · place page
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Arabic Calligraphy Museum
The museum was inaugurated in 2015. On two levels with three rooms each the museum presents manuscripts, but also paintings, ceramics, sculptures and miniatures with calligraphic scripts.
31.19512, 29.91309 · OpenStreetMap · Wikivoyage note · place page
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Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa
These catacombs were probably carved out to be a single wealthy family's mausoleum, and later expanded to take other elite funerals, from the 2nd to 4th century CE. The name "Kom el-Shoqafa" means "mound of shards" as people brought offerings to the dead here in earthenware bowls, then smashed the empties before returning home. They are composed of a ground level construction that probably served as a funerary chapel, a deep spiral stairway and three underground levels (the lowest now flooded by groundwater) for the funeral rituals and entombment. The place was discovered in 1900 when the grou
31.18694, 29.90472 · OpenStreetMap · Wikivoyage note · place page
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