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If you are in Alex and you want to enjoy a terrific meal ask about "Balba' touristic village" the name is a little funny for a restaurant but it is quite big actually, the place has the BEST Egyptian food you can have; Kabab, Kofta, Stuffed vegetables and many other local Egyptian food that you...
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If all that isn’t enough, Alexandria now is going into a renewing phase, a lot of shopping malls and dining areas are now present, the most famous ones are San Stefano, which is a luxurious four seasons hotel, a marina and apartments.
It is not a very big mall so don’t expect much but...
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There is also a big castle in the most western part of the city, it is "the Citadel of Qaitbay", it is said to have been built on the ruins of the ancient Alexandrian Lighthouse which is a member...
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The last but not least attraction of the city is the antiquities, being built by Alexander the great you can instantly imagine how rich it will be with treasures, unfortunately it is not the case,...
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If you aren’t into the sea you can always go visit the phenomenal "Bibliotheca Alexandrina". After being destroyed a couple of times, Egypt set out an international project to rebuild it and the results were amazing, the fabulous building is decorated by alphabetics of many ancient and recent...
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Alexandria being a port enjoys a 15 Km long view on the Mediterranean, the water isn’t very clean because of the ships' waste and because the city basically used to dump its sewers into the sea but they stopped now so the water is ok now, the sea isn’t so calm and you can't really relay on...
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Ever since it was built by Alexander the great it has been a constant attraction to people throughout the ages, some go to enjoy the sea, some go to learn and others go to see the ruins of Greco-roman kingdom, no matter what the reason, satisfaction is guaranteed 100%
Alexandria is 200 km...
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