Alexandria


 * The Pearl of the Mediterranean **toc

Travel Guides

 * Fodor's Travel Guide

Café Life
The cafés in Alexandria are unlike any others in the rest of Egypt: grand, atmospheric, rich with history, with much more in common with Europe than the Middle East. Their heyday was at the beginning of the 20th century, when the city's diverse cocktail of nationalities—Greek, British, and French among others—used the cafés as common ground on which to meet. Some, like Pastroudis, became associated with literary figures; others, like Athineos, with a particular community. There are, as well, small stand-up espresso bars like the Brazilian Coffee Stores, where regulars stop in on their way to work. But the most majestic of all is the Grand Trianon, where young lovers court and old women gather in groups to keep up their French.

**Roman Amphi**

Pompey’s Pillar


Kom Elshokafa Catacomb
One of the 7 Wonders of the Medieval World

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**National Museum** 

===El Morsi Abu El Abbas Mosque === 