Bahary, the Pharos and the fish
3 h · 2.5 km on foot through Anfushi · 7 stops
- Qaitbay, on the Pharos
- Greek lunch over the sea
- The fish auction
- Bahary's domes
- Turkish coffee outside
- Ptolemaic rock tombs
- Stretched ice cream to finish
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This interactive map of Alexandria (Egypt) brings together 145 hand-picked places: 62 attractions, 34 restaurants, 35 cafés and 14 shops. It also includes 5 walking routes with their stops in order. For every place you get what it is, a practical tip and how to get there by public transport. It is free, works on your phone and needs no sign-up.
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3 h · 2.5 km on foot through Anfushi · 7 stops
2.5 h · 1.8 km between Raml and Mansheya · 7 stops
3.5 h · 3 km, much of it below the surface · 6 stops
3 h · 2.2 km along the Eastern Harbour · 7 stops
4 h · 9 km by minibus and on foot · 7 stops
قلعة قايتباي · Bahary
The 1477 Mamluk fortress rises on the Pharos foundations and reuses the lighthouse's fallen blocks.
Tip: 200 EGP for foreigners (100 students), 9am-8pm daily; bring a card, many ticket desks no longer take cash.
🚇 minibus or taxi from Saad Zaghloul (2.0 km)
Featured in: Ministerio de Turismo y Antigüedades (egymonuments.gov.eg, oct 2026)
Show on mapمنارة الإسكندرية · Bahary
No ruins stand here: the Pharos fell in earthquakes and its blocks lie underwater and inside Qaitbay.
Tip: The planned underwater museum is still unbuilt (the government restarted the survey in 2025): today you only see the site from the breakwater.
🚇 minibus or taxi from Saad Zaghloul (2.0 km)
Featured in: CairoScene (ago 2026) · UNESCO
Show on mapمكتبة الإسكندرية · Chatby
A tilted Aswan-granite disc with 120,000 m² of halls, four museums and a wall carved in 120 alphabets.
Tip: Each door is priced separately: the inclusive foreigner ticket is 300 EGP (library + museums) and the Planetarium is a separate 200 EGP.
🚇 minibus or taxi from Mahatet El Raml (1.1 km)
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Show on mapمركز القبة السماوية العلمي · Chatby
The suspended sphere beside the library projects the Mediterranean sky and holds the ALEXploratorium for kids.
Tip: 200 EGP for foreigners, ALEXploratorium included; the History of Science Museum is closed for maintenance, so do not count on it.
🚇 minibus or taxi from Mahatet El Raml (1.1 km)
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Show on mapكوم الشقافة · Karmouz
Three rock-cut levels where funerary reliefs mix Anubis with Roman armour.
Tip: The lowest level only opened in 2019, after six 40 m wells dropped the water table; after heavy rain, ask before going down.
🚇 minibus to Bab al Melouk, then 7 min on foot
Featured in: Ministerio de Antigüedades · Al Jazeera (oct 2026)
Show on mapعمود السواري والحديقة الأثرية · Karmouz
The 27 m red-granite column was never Pompey's: it was raised for Diocletian around AD 298.
Tip: Go down into the rock-cut Serapeum galleries behind the column: almost nobody does, and it is the oldest part of the site.
🚇 minibus to Bab al Melouk, then 3 min on foot
Featured in: Ministerio de Turismo y Antigüedades
Show on mapالمسرح الروماني · Kom el-Dikka
Thirteen marble tiers, the only ones in Egypt, beside baths, lecture rooms and Byzantine mosaics.
Tip: 200 EGP for foreigners, 9am-5pm; the ticket covers the Villa of the Birds and pieces salvaged from the sunken harbour.
🚇 train to Mahattat Misr, then 4 min on foot
Featured in: Ministerio de Turismo y Antigüedades (egymonuments.gov.eg, oct 2026)
Show on mapالمتحف اليونانى الرومانى · Raml Station
Reopened after nearly twenty years of works: 20,000 pieces in an 1895 neoclassical building with a statue courtyard.
Tip: It is the city's priciest ticket: 400 EGP for foreigners. Friday and Saturday it stays open until 8pm, other days until 5pm.
🚇 minibus to Mahatet El Raml, then 8 min on foot
Featured in: Ministerio de Turismo y Antigüedades (egymonuments.gov.eg, oct 2026)
Show on mapمتحف الإسكندرية القومي · Azarita
A 1926 Italianate mansion tells the city over three floors: pharaonic below, Graeco-Roman and Copto-Islamic above.
Tip: 220 EGP for foreigners and the ticket desk shuts at 4pm even though the museum closes at 5; phone photos are free.
🚇 train to Mahattat Misr, then 13 min on foot
Featured in: Ministerio de Turismo y Antigüedades (egymonuments.gov.eg, oct 2026)
Show on mapمتحف المجوهرات الملكية · Zizinia
Princess Fatma al-Zahra's palace keeps the khedives' gold chessboard and diamond-studded opera glasses.
Tip: 220 EGP for foreigners; do not miss the bathroom stained glass telling European opera scenes, which almost nobody looks at.
🚇 minibus to Bakous, then 10 min on foot
Featured in: Ministerio de Turismo y Antigüedades (egymonuments.gov.eg, oct 2026)
Show on mapمتحف محمود سعيد · Gianaclis
The house of the painter who invented the modern gaze on Alexandria, reopened in 2026 as a museums centre.
Tip: Seven rooms with over fifty oils, his original studio with brushes, and the painter's eyeglasses; it sits in Gianaclis, far from downtown.
🚇 minibus to Factoria, then 13 min on foot
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Show on mapمتحف الفنون الجميلة · Moharram Bey
The Edward Fried villa in Moharram Bey, home of the Mediterranean Biennale and the city art collection.
Tip: It answers to the Culture Ministry, not Antiquities: hours are irregular and it closes for installs, so call ahead.
🚇 train to Mahattat Misr, then 8 min on foot
Featured in: Ministerio de Cultura de Egipto
Show on mapمتحف كڤافيس · Raml Station
The Rue Lepsius flat where Constantine Cavafy wrote "Ithaka", restored exactly as he left it.
Tip: Restored by the Onassis Foundation and reopened in 2024; Tuesday to Sunday 10am-5pm, second floor and no lift.
🚇 minibus to Saad Zaghloul, then 5 min on foot
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Show on mapمتحف الموزاييك · Chatby
A small pavilion near Chatby gathering Hellenistic floors rescued from the city's building sites.
Tip: It is the stop almost nobody makes between the National Museum and the library: ten minutes and no queue at all.
🚇 train to Mahattat Misr, then a taxi (1.6 km)
Featured in: Ministerio de Turismo y Antigüedades
Show on mapمتحف التاريخ الطبيعي · Nouzha
Inside Nouzha zoo, old cases with desert, Nile and Egyptian Mediterranean wildlife.
Tip: You enter through the zoo, so pair it with the Antoniadis gardens: set aside a whole morning for Nouzha.
🚇 train to Sidi Gaber, then a taxi (1.5 km)
Featured in: Municipalidad de Alejandría
Show on mapالمعهد القومي لعلوم البحار · Bahary
At the foot of Qaitbay, the Marine Sciences Institute aquarium shows Mediterranean and Red Sea wildlife.
Tip: It is small and dated: worth it as a cheap add-on to Qaitbay rather than a visit of its own, and it works best with kids.
🚇 minibus or taxi from Saad Zaghloul (1.9 km)
Featured in: Instituto Nacional de Ciencias del Mar
Show on mapجامع المرسى أبو العباس · Anfushi
Cream domes and four lesser cupolas over the tomb of the Andalusian Sufi the city took as its patron.
Tip: Entry is free; avoid Friday midday, take your shoes off at the door, and women need a headscarf and long sleeves.
🚇 minibus or taxi from Saad Zaghloul (1.7 km)
Featured in: Ministerio de Awqaf
Show on mapجامع البوصيرى · Anfushi
Abu al-Abbas's neighbour honours the poet of the Burda and closes the city's most photogenic mosque square.
Tip: The best light for the ensemble comes an hour before sunset, from the seaward pavement.
🚇 minibus or taxi from Saad Zaghloul (1.6 km)
Featured in: Ministerio de Awqaf
Show on mapجامع سيدى ياقوت العرشى · Anfushi
The third of Anfushi's Sufi trio, with the tomb of al-Mursi's Yemeni disciple and far fewer visitors.
Tip: Enter through the side courtyard: from there you see the three domes lined up, which the square does not show.
🚇 minibus or taxi from Saad Zaghloul (1.8 km)
Featured in: Ministerio de Awqaf
Show on mapجامع القائد ابراهيم · Raml Station
Mazarita's tall white minaret, by Mario Rossi, presiding over the busiest square on the Corniche.
Tip: The square in front is a historic protest spot: if you see a gathering, walk on and come back another day.
🚇 minibus to Mahatet El Raml, then 5 min on foot
Featured in: Ministerio de Awqaf
Show on mapمسجد النبي دانيال · Kom el-Dikka
Legend puts Alexander the Great's tomb under its crypt; what is actually down there are two Ottoman sarcophagi.
Tip: Nabi Daniel street is the second-hand booksellers' street: leave the mosque and walk north past the stalls.
🚇 train to Mahattat Misr, then 5 min on foot
Featured in: Ministerio de Awqaf
Show on mapمسجد العطارين · Attarine
Built over a church of Saint Athanasius, it is the natural starting point for the antique-dealers' maze.
Tip: Use the mosque as your landmark: the antique lanes start right west of its door.
🚇 minibus to Saad Zaghloul, then 8 min on foot
Featured in: Ministerio de Awqaf
Show on mapكنيس إلياهو هانبي · Raml Station
Italian marble columns and pews for 700: the restored synagogue that remembers Alexandria's Jewish community.
Tip: It is not a walk-in: you must request permission in advance and show your passport, and do not photograph the gate from the street.
🚇 minibus to Saad Zaghloul, then 3 min on foot
Featured in: Ministerio de Turismo y Antigüedades · reseñas de visitantes
Show on mapالكاتدرائية المرقسية · Mansheya
The historic seat of the Coptic patriarchate, where tradition places the preaching of Mark the Evangelist.
Tip: Sunday mornings there is sung Coptic liturgy: slip in by the side door and stay at the back.
🚇 minibus to Saad Zaghloul, then 3 min on foot
Featured in: Patriarcado Copto Ortodoxo
Show on mapكاتدرائية الإيفانجيليسموس · Attarine
Seat of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria, the "second" see of the ancient pentarchy.
Tip: It sits beside the Greek Club and the coffee roasters: do all three in a half-hour walk.
🚇 minibus to Saad Zaghloul, then 8 min on foot
Featured in: Patriarcado Griego Ortodoxo de Alejandría
Show on mapكاتدرائية مار مرقس الأنجليكانية · Mansheya
An 1854 neo-Gothic church on Mansheya square, built for the British cotton merchants.
Tip: The caretaker usually opens if you knock on the side door on a weekday morning; a small tip is expected.
🚇 minibus to Saad Zaghloul, then 7 min on foot
Featured in: Diócesis Anglicana de Egipto
Show on mapمقابر الأنفوشي · Ras el-Tin
Ptolemaic rock tombs painted to imitate marble and alabaster, cut into the Ras el-Tin spit.
Tip: A small, nearly empty site: if the gate is shut, the guard is usually in the booth opposite and opens right away.
🚇 minibus or taxi from Saad Zaghloul (2.4 km)
Featured in: Ministerio de Turismo y Antigüedades
Show on mapجبانة الشاطبي · Chatby
The city's oldest cemetery, from 332 BC, contemporary with Alexandria's foundation.
Tip: In June 2026 the main hall flooded when a pump failed: it has been drained and two new pumps installed, but check that it is open.
🚇 minibus or taxi from Mahatet El Raml (1.9 km)
Featured in: Youm7 / Área de Antigüedades de Alejandría (jun 2026)
Show on mapجبانة مصطفى كامل · Mustafa Kamel
Four Hellenistic tombs with colonnaded courtyards and horseman frescoes, hidden among Rushdy's apartment blocks.
Tip: It barely appears on tours: use the side street, carry small cash, and ask the guard to turn the lights on.
🚇 minibus or taxi from moqaf Sidi Gaber (1.4 km)
Featured in: Ministerio de Turismo y Antigüedades
Show on mapكوم الناضورة · Al Labban
The hill of the old Ottoman observatory, the best free viewpoint over the western harbour and the old town.
Tip: Climb at sunset: you see the fishing fleet coming back into the western harbour, and there is no gate or ticket.
🚇 minibus or taxi from Saad Zaghloul (1.3 km)
Featured in: Ministerio de Turismo y Antigüedades
Show on mapسور الإسكندرية القديم · Chatby
The Arab-medieval stretch surviving between Chatby and Shallalat, with square towers inside the park.
Tip: You can walk the whole walled circuit inside the Shallalat Gardens: it is free and it is downtown's shadiest stroll.
🚇 train to Mahattat Misr, then a taxi (1.2 km)
Featured in: Ministerio de Turismo y Antigüedades
Show on mapحدائق الشلالات · Chatby
Artificial waterfalls, Roman cisterns and the only standing piece of medieval wall, right downtown.
Tip: A token entry fee of a few pounds; by mid-afternoon it fills with families and it is downtown's best shaded bench.
🚇 minibus or taxi from Mahatet El Raml (1.2 km)
Featured in: Municipalidad de Alejandría
Show on mapحديقة المنتزه · Montaza
A hundred and fifty hectares of palms and pines around King Farouk's palace, with its own beach and sea bridge.
Tip: The Haramlik palace is NOT open inside: you pay only for the garden (about 50 EGP) and the beach is charged separately at the gate below.
🚇 minibus to Al Mandara, then 13 min on foot
Featured in: Administración de Montaza · reportes locales 2026
Show on mapجزيرة الشاي · Montaza
The islet with a little wooden bridge inside Montaza, the most photographed corner of the eastern shore.
Tip: It sits inside Montaza's paid grounds; arrive before 10am if you want the bridge shot without people.
🚇 minibus or taxi from Al Mandara (1.6 km)
Featured in: Administración de Montaza
Show on mapالقطار الملكي · Montaza
The royal carriage, parked forever among the park pines, with its wood-panelled saloon.
Tip: It is signposted inside the park but almost nobody looks for it: ten minutes on foot east of the Haramlik.
🚇 minibus or taxi from Al Mandara (1.3 km)
Featured in: Administración de Montaza
Show on mapشاطىء المعمورة · Mamoura
The calmest bay on the eastern edge, with painted wooden cabins and water still at 25 °C in October.
Tip: Out of peak season the gate fee drops a lot and the sand empties out: it is October's best swim in the whole city.
🚇 minibus or taxi from Al Mandara (2.1 km)
Featured in: Climates to Travel (temperatura del mar)
Show on mapشاطئ المندرة · Mandara
Wide sand and gentle surf on the popular east side, with parasol cafés and roast-corn vendors.
Tip: This is a local family beach: modest swimwear for women, and parasols rent by the day, not the hour.
🚇 minibus to Al Mandara, then 7 min on foot
Featured in: Municipalidad de Alejandría
Show on mapشاطيء سيدى بشر · Sidi Bishr
Alexandria's busiest beach, split into three bays by stone breakwaters.
Tip: Bay 3, at the eastern end, is the quietest; avoid Friday, the city's day off.
🚇 minibus or taxi from Sidi Bishr - Manshya (1.2 km)
Featured in: Municipalidad de Alejandría
Show on mapشاطىء ميامي · Miami
A name imported from Florida and a spirit that is pure Alexandria: cabins, skiffs and freska stalls.
Tip: It is the eastern Corniche's densest street-food stretch: try grilled corn and sweet potato at sunset.
🚇 minibus or taxi from Sidi Bishr - Manshya (1.5 km)
Featured in: Municipalidad de Alejandría
Show on mapكوبري ستانلي · Stanley
Four neo-Arab towers standing over the sea, the visual icon of the modern Corniche.
Tip: You can walk across it and at night it is fully lit; the best shot is from the eastern pavement, with Stanley bay behind.
🚇 minibus or taxi from Bakous (1.8 km)
Featured in: Municipalidad de Alejandría
Show on mapشاطيء ستانلي · Stanley
The horseshoe bay under the bridge, with stepped terraces dropping to the water like an amphitheatre.
Tip: Coastal-protection works are moving along the Corniche in stretches: if the sand access is fenced off, view it from the bridge.
🚇 minibus or taxi from Bakous (1.8 km)
Featured in: CairoScene (obras costeras, oct 2026)
Show on mapشاطيء جليم · Glym
Small, deep and sheltered, with the promenade cafés hanging right over the sand.
Tip: It is the closest beach to San Stefano: pair it with a coffee on the Gleem Bay terrace and walk back along the Corniche.
🚇 minibus or taxi from Bakous (1.1 km)
Featured in: Municipalidad de Alejandría
Show on mapشاطئ الشاطبي · Chatby
The students' city beach next to the library, with its timber casino on stilts.
Tip: It is free and five minutes on foot from the Bibliotheca: the perfect midday break from the museums.
🚇 minibus or taxi from Mahatet El Raml (1.9 km)
Featured in: Municipalidad de Alejandría
Show on mapشاطئ الانفوشى · Anfushi
The fishing quarter's beach, with blue skiffs beached on the sand steps from the mosques.
Tip: At dawn the night's catch comes ashore: the best moment of the day to see Anfushi actually working.
🚇 minibus or taxi from Saad Zaghloul (2.2 km)
Featured in: Municipalidad de Alejandría
Show on mapحديقة انطونيادس · Nouzha
French parterres, marble statues and a 19th-century Greek villa in the Nouzha district.
Tip: It is part of the same complex as the zoo and the Sculpture Garden: one ticket covers all three.
🚇 minibus or taxi from moqaf Sidi Gaber (1.8 km)
Featured in: Municipalidad de Alejandría
Show on mapحديقة حيوان الإسكندرية · Nouzha
The 1907 Nouzha zoo, with belle-époque iron aviaries and deep ficus shade.
Tip: The ticket costs very little and the grounds are huge; travelling with kids, it is Alexandria's best cheap morning.
🚇 train to Sidi Gaber, then a taxi (1.6 km)
Featured in: Municipalidad de Alejandría
Show on mapحديقه السلسلة · Chatby
The landscaped headland beside the library, on the ancient Cape Lochias of the Ptolemaic palaces.
Tip: From the cape's tip you see the whole Eastern Harbour curve up to Qaitbay: downtown's best free sunset.
🚇 minibus or taxi from Mahatet El Raml (1.2 km)
Featured in: Municipalidad de Alejandría
Show on mapميدان سعد زغلول · Raml Station
The city's living room: the nationalist leader's statue facing the sea, ringed by 1900s hotels and patisseries.
Tip: It is Alexandria's ground zero: from here you walk to Trianon, the Cecil, Délices and the minibus terminal.
🚇 minibus to Saad Zaghloul, then 2 min on foot
Featured in: Municipalidad de Alejandría
Show on mapميدان المنشية · Mansheya
The old Place des Consuls, with Mohamed Ali's equestrian statue and the Italian façades of the cotton trade.
Tip: Attarine souk and the fabric alley both start here: the best base for a downtown shopping morning.
🚇 minibus to Saad Zaghloul, then 7 min on foot
Featured in: Municipalidad de Alejandría
Show on mapميدان محطة الرمل · Raml Station
The terminal square where the blue tram used to beat; today it is the minibus hub and an open-air shopping centre.
Tip: The Raml tram was suspended and dismantled in 2026 for the light-rail works: what leaves from here today are minibuses.
🚇 minibus to Mahatet El Raml, then 2 min on foot
Featured in: Ministerio de Transporte · Al-Monitor (feb 2026)
Show on mapمسرح سيد درويش - أوبرا الإسكندرية · Raml Station
A 1921 Italian-style house with a horseshoe of gilded boxes, named after the father of modern Arab music.
Tip: Concert tickets cost a fraction of European prices: check the bill at the box office on Fouad Street.
🚇 minibus to Saad Zaghloul, then 6 min on foot
Featured in: Ópera de Alejandría
Show on mapسينما ريو · Kom el-Dikka
A 1940s art déco picture house in the heart of downtown, with its original neon sign still lit above the door.
Tip: Screenings are in Arabic without subtitles, but tickets cost almost nothing and the lobby alone is worth the walk.
🚇 train to Mahattat Misr, then 6 min on foot
Featured in: Asociación de Cines de Egipto
Show on mapمركز الاسكندرية للابداع الفني · Attarine
The old Villa Aghion turned cultural lab: independent cinema, young theatre and exhibitions.
Tip: The programme changes weekly and almost everything is free: check the board at the door or the centre's Facebook first.
🚇 minibus to Saad Zaghloul, then 7 min on foot
Featured in: Ministerio de Cultura de Egipto
Show on mapمسرح المدينة للفنون · Attarine
An independent theatre in a 1928 building, the engine of Alexandria's contemporary scene.
Tip: They stage dance and experimental theatre most weekends; message them on social media to hold a seat.
🚇 train to Mahattat Misr, then 7 min on foot
Featured in: ElMadina for Performing and Digital Arts
Show on mapمركز الجزويت الثقافي بالإسكندرية · Cleopatra
A film club, documentary workshops and concerts in a Cleopatra house with a tree-shaded courtyard.
Tip: Host of several editions of Alexandria's film festival; screenings are usually free and subtitled in English.
🚇 train to Sidi Gaber, then 8 min on foot
Featured in: Jesuit Cultural Center Alexandria
Show on mapمعهد جوته بالإسكندرية · Azarita
An open library, photography shows and concerts in a villa in the Ptolemies' quarter.
Tip: The reading room with wifi is free to use in office hours: downtown's best refuge when it rains.
🚇 minibus to Mahatet El Raml, then 10 min on foot
Featured in: Goethe-Institut
Show on mapمعهد ثربانتس بالإسكندرية · Azarita
The Spanish house of the Egyptian Mediterranean: film seasons, flamenco and a Spanish-language library.
Tip: A good stop for Spanish speakers: the agenda is on their site and almost all events are free.
🚇 train to Mahattat Misr, then 11 min on foot
Featured in: Instituto Cervantes
Show on mapبسارية للفنون · Azarita
An independent gallery in a Fouad Street flat representing Alexandria's young generation.
Tip: It is on an upper floor with no big sign: ring the bell, they almost always open, and small works sell cheap.
🚇 train to Mahattat Misr, then 6 min on foot
Featured in: B'sarya for Arts
Show on mapدسك آند دون · Saba Pasha
A gallery and design shop in Saba Pasha with prints and ceramics by Egyptian makers.
Tip: One of the few places in town to buy small, portable contemporary art; they take cards without fuss.
🚇 minibus to Bakous, then 7 min on foot
Featured in: Dusk&Dawn Alexandria
Show on mapفندق شتيجنبرجر سيسيل · Mansheya
The 1929 hotel of the "Alexandria Quartet": a cage lift, the Monty bar and a view over Saad Zaghloul square.
Tip: You do not need to stay: walk into the lobby, look at the original cage lift and have a drink in the first-floor bar.
🚇 minibus to Saad Zaghloul, then 2 min on foot
Featured in: Lawrence Durrell, El Cuarteto de Alejandría
Show on mapفندق وندسور بالاس · Mansheya
A 1906 Edwardian façade facing the Eastern Harbour, with the seafront's highest terrace bar.
Tip: The top-floor terrace is open to non-guests and is the cheapest lookout over the bay: order tea and linger.
🚇 minibus to Saad Zaghloul, then 2 min on foot
Featured in: Paradise Inn Group
Show on mapطاحونة المندرة الاثرية · Mandara
The stone tower of the last Ottoman windmill surviving on the city's eastern shore.
Tip: It stands on a small neighbourhood square, with no sign or ticket desk: a two-minute look from the street on the way to Montaza.
🚇 minibus to Al Mandara, then 3 min on foot
Featured in: Ministerio de Turismo y Antigüedades
Show on mapسوق السمك · Anfushi
You pick your fish off the ice, it is weighed in front of you and it goes up to the first-floor terrace facing Qaitbay.
Tip: Ask for bisara and baladi bread while you wait: they come with the meal but nobody offers them unless you do.
🚇 minibus or taxi from Saad Zaghloul (1.4 km)
Featured in: Tripadvisor Alejandría · prensa gastronómica egipcia
Show on mapقدورة · Anfushi
Alexandria's fish institution since 1959: no menu, you pick from the tray and it comes grilled or salt-baked.
Tip: Ask the price per kilo BEFORE they weigh it; salt-baked bori is the dish worth the queue.
🚇 minibus or taxi from Saad Zaghloul (1.1 km)
Featured in: Tripadvisor Alejandría · prensa gastronómica egipcia
Show on mapقدورة - فرع القلعة · Bahary
The branch at the foot of the citadel, with pavement tables and the same ice counter as the original.
Tip: It is the city's best pairing: citadel at midday and lunch here without walking more than five minutes.
🚇 minibus or taxi from Saad Zaghloul (1.9 km)
Featured in: Tripadvisor Alejandría
Show on mapالنادى البحرى اليونانى · Bahary
A sea terrace in the old Greek nautical club beside Qaitbay: fish, mezze and Egyptian wine.
Tip: One of the few places in town with a wine list; ask for a railing table and arrive before sunset.
🚇 minibus or taxi from Saad Zaghloul (2.0 km)
Featured in: Scene Eats · Tripadvisor Alejandría
Show on mapسيدرا · Bahary
Lebanese cooking with a citadel view: sojok, batata harra and mezze to share over the water.
Tip: The upper terrace has the best Qaitbay view in the area and charges nothing extra to sit there.
🚇 minibus or taxi from Saad Zaghloul (1.9 km)
Featured in: Scene Eats
Show on mapأحمد محمد فول · Raml Station
The temple of Alexandrian ful and falafel since 1957: ten bean versions and parsley-green taameya.
Tip: Eat early and cheap: order ful bil-zeit, taameya and baba ghanoug, and pay cash on the way out.
🚇 minibus to Mahatet El Raml, then 2 min on foot
Featured in: Tripadvisor Alejandría · prensa gastronómica egipcia
Show on mapسي جال · Glym
A fish classic on Glym bay, with a tank at the door and halls built for big families.
Tip: The thing to order is sayadeya, rice cooked in fish stock with caramelised onion; ask for it separately.
🚇 minibus or taxi from Bakous (1.2 km)
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Show on mapقرية بلبع للمشويات · Sidi Bishr
A huge grill house in Sidi Bishr where Alexandrians go for kebab, kofta and hawawshi until dawn.
Tip: It runs past midnight and Fridays mean a long wait: put your name down and wait on the pavement.
🚇 minibus to Sidi Bishr - Manshya, then 4 min on foot
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Show on mapحسني · Mandara
An eastern fishmonger-restaurant: choose at the counter, they fry or grill it and serve it with tahina and lemon.
Tip: Far cheaper than the downtown classics and just as good: this is where the neighbourhood eats, not the tourist.
🚇 minibus to Al Mandara, then 4 min on foot
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Show on mapشيه غابي أو ريتروفو · Raml Station
A 1979 trattoria with chequered cloths and oven pizza: what survives of Italian Alexandria.
Tip: One of very few downtown places serving alcohol; it fills at night and they do not take phone bookings.
🚇 minibus to Mahatet El Raml, then 6 min on foot
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Show on mapتاڤرنا · Raml Station
Sweet and savoury fiteer, shawarma and Egyptian pizza on the busiest corner of Saad Zaghloul square.
Tip: Order fiteer meshaltet with honey and rumi cheese: the national breakfast-dessert, made in front of you here.
🚇 minibus to Mahatet El Raml, then 2 min on foot
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Show on mapإيليت · Raml Station
Christina Constantinou's café-restaurant, with green picture windows and Toulouse-Lautrec posters since 1950.
Tip: Durrell and Tsirkas used to sit here; ask for a table by the green window onto Safiya Zaghloul street.
🚇 minibus to Mahatet El Raml, then 5 min on foot
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Show on mapحسين وعلي حسين · Azarita
Alexandrian fried fish on Hippocrates street, no tablecloth and the best price per kilo downtown.
Tip: It feeds workers and university students: packed at 2pm, so go before or after.
🚇 minibus to Mahatet El Raml, then 11 min on foot
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Show on mapكبدة أولاد الفلاح · Raml Station
The Alexandrian liver sandwich in its canonical version: hot pepper, garlic, lemon and crisp bread.
Tip: Ask for it "hara" if you handle heat and "sada" if not; you eat it standing and it costs less than a coffee.
🚇 minibus to Mahatet El Raml, then 5 min on foot
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Show on mapكبده الفلاح · Raml Station
A kebda and sogo' stall with a permanent queue at the end of Qaysar street, open past midnight.
Tip: The local trick is half kebda, half sogo' in one bread: it is called mix and it is not on the board.
🚇 minibus to Mahatet El Raml, then 5 min on foot
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Show on mapكشرى ع السخن · Raml Station
Freshly made koshary, with the spicy tomato sauce served on the side and real fried onion.
Tip: Ask for the garlic vinegar (da'a) on the side and add it yourself: locals say koshary is unfinished without it.
🚇 minibus to Mahatet El Raml, then 4 min on foot
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Show on mapفيروز · Raml Station
Neighbourhood Arab cooking on Safiya Zaghloul street: molokheya, stuffed pigeon and grilled chicken.
Tip: Hamam mahshi (pigeon stuffed with freekeh) is the Egyptian feast dish: order a day ahead for the best one.
🚇 minibus to Mahatet El Raml, then 4 min on foot
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Show on mapلابيرو · Attarine
A small French bistro on Nabi Daniel street, with a daily blackboard and one of downtown's rare wine lists.
Tip: Few tables and evenings only: message them on Instagram the same day to be sure of a seat.
🚇 train to Mahattat Misr, then 7 min on foot
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Show on mapإل بونتو · Raml Station
Wood-fired Neapolitan pizza downtown, with long-fermented dough and fiordilatte mozzarella.
Tip: The margherita costs a fraction of European prices; evenings run a wait, so arrive before 8pm.
🚇 minibus to Saad Zaghloul, then 7 min on foot
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Show on mapروبينوز · Rushdy
A Rushdy Italian with fresh pasta and an open oven, the neighbourhood favourite for two decades.
Tip: Two blocks from the Rushdy Corniche: pair it with the Stanley walk and stroll back.
🚇 minibus or taxi from moqaf Sidi Gaber (1.1 km)
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Show on mapكريڤ · Chatby
International brunch facing Chatby beach, the favourite of students from the nearby university.
Tip: It opens early and the wifi holds: the best stop to work a while between the library and the beach.
🚇 minibus or taxi from Mahatet El Raml (1.8 km)
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Show on mapأوك باي · Azarita
Sushi and Asian cooking in Azarita, the alternative after three straight days of fried fish.
Tip: The fish is same-day from the Anfushi market: order the bori nigiri, which you will not find elsewhere.
🚇 train to Mahattat Misr, then 7 min on foot
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Show on mapچامبوچو · Anfushi
An Anfushi fishmonger-grill where the neighbourhood buys prawn and squid and has it cooked on the spot.
Tip: Buy the fish at the counter, pay the cooking fee separately and sit at the plastic tables outside.
🚇 minibus or taxi from Saad Zaghloul (2.0 km)
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Show on mapأسماك آل بندق · Camp Chezar
Fish by weight in Camp Chezar, with a salt oven in full view and long neighbourhood tables.
Tip: Five minutes on foot from the Bibliotheca and half the price of the harbour classics: the area's best value.
🚇 train to Sidi Gaber, then a taxi (1.8 km)
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Show on mapنيجرو · Miami
Greek-style fish in Sidi Bishr: griddled with oregano, lemon and olive oil instead of deep-fried.
Tip: One of the few around that griddles the fish: order it that way with tomato-and-onion salad.
🚇 minibus or taxi from Sidi Bishr - Manshya (1.1 km)
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Show on mapسمكتي · Mandara
A modern fish house in Mandara, with an ice display, salt oven and quick family service.
Tip: The natural stop if you spend the day in Montaza: ten minutes by minibus along Abu Qir street.
🚇 minibus to Al Mandara, then 12 min on foot
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Show on mapمسمط فلفل · Siouf
A neighbourhood masmat: offal, sogo' and liver on the griddle over baladi bread, served until dawn.
Tip: This is worker and night-out food, not tourist food: order small the first time and watch how the next table eats it.
🚇 minibus to Al Mahata, then 2 min on foot
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Show on mapكشري الديب · Siouf
Siouf koshary with the hottest sauce in the east and portions that feed two.
Tip: The small portion is plenty; if you do not want heat, say "bidun shatta" before they serve you.
🚇 minibus to Al Mahata, then 2 min on foot
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Show on mapمسمط الفاروق · Karmouz
The historic Karmouz masmat, serving fatta and lamb soup since before dawn.
Tip: It opens at dawn for the market crowd: at 6am it is the most local breakfast you will eat in Egypt.
🚇 minibus to Bab al Melouk, then 4 min on foot
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Show on mapفطير العمدة · Bab Sharq
Hand-stretched baladi fiteer baked in minutes, filled sweet with honey or savoury with pastirma.
Tip: Watch them spin the dough in the air before you order: the show is part of the dish and it is free.
🚇 train to Mahattat Misr, then a taxi (1.2 km)
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Show on mapألبان سويسرا · Camp Chezar
A Camp Chezar dairy-café since 1930: yoghurt, white cheese, honey and the city's best dairy breakfast.
Tip: Order "areesh" cheese with black honey and baladi bread: the Alexandrian breakfast almost no tourist tries.
🚇 train to Sidi Gaber, then a taxi (2.0 km)
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Show on mapجليم باي · Glym
A terrace complex hanging over Glym bay, with several kitchens and the east's best sunset.
Tip: Book the lower terrace, right by the water: the upper one has the same menu and half the view.
🚇 minibus or taxi from Bakous (1.2 km)
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Show on mapسي فوليا · Smouha
Mediterranean cooking with a Greek accent in Smouha, one of the city's soundest modern tables.
Tip: It is far from the sea yet cooks fish better than many on the Corniche: order the charcoal octopus.
🚇 train to Sidi Gaber, then 5 min on foot
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Show on mapبيبلوس - فور سيزونز · San Stefano
The Lebanese table of Alexandria's only MICHELIN Key hotel, open to non-guests as well.
Tip: The Four Seasons San Stefano holds one MICHELIN Key; the restaurant takes outside bookings and asks for a card.
🚇 minibus or taxi from Factoria (1.2 km)
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Show on mapقهوة فاروق · Anfushi
An Anfushi ahwa baladi: straw chairs on the pavement, Turkish coffee in a kanaka and apple shisha.
Tip: Ask for "ahwa mazbout" if you want it semi-sweet; just saying "ahwa" gets you "ziyada", almost caramel.
🚇 minibus or taxi from Saad Zaghloul (1.4 km)
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Show on mapقهوة السمان · Anfushi
A fishermen's café on the Anfushi Corniche, its tables facing the blue skiffs head-on.
Tip: Order cold karkadé, the hibiscus infusion: cheaper than coffee and what the neighbourhood drinks at midday.
🚇 minibus or taxi from Saad Zaghloul (1.3 km)
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Show on mapالقهوة اليونانية · Mansheya
Downtown's "Greek coffeeshop": mint tea, Turkish coffee and backgammon boards from first thing.
Tip: Nobody will rush you: two hours over a mint tea costs the price of a bottle of water.
🚇 minibus to Saad Zaghloul, then 2 min on foot
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Show on mapتريانون · Raml Station
A 1905 patisserie-café with painted ceilings and a mille-feuille display, facing Saad Zaghloul square.
Tip: Cavafy ate here; sit in the inner room rather than outside to see the ceiling frescoes.
🚇 minibus to Mahatet El Raml, then 2 min on foot
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Show on mapديليز · Raml Station
The same Greek family since 1922: it baked King Farouk's coronation cake and is still on Saad Zaghloul street.
Tip: Open 8am to 1am every day; order the pistachio mille-feuille and the kunafa cheesecake.
🚇 minibus to Saad Zaghloul, then 2 min on foot
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Show on mapأتينيوس · Raml Station
A 1903 Greek hall with columns, mirrors and a band: where Cavafy and Ahmed Shawqi crossed paths.
Tip: Check the menu before taking a pavement table: the Corniche terrace charges noticeably more than inside.
🚇 minibus to Mahatet El Raml, then 2 min on foot
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Show on mapبودرو · Mansheya
The name of the famous 1909 tearoom revived downtown, with an inner garden and French pastry.
Tip: Mind the detail: the original Baudrot closed in 1962 and today's is a recent revival under the same name.
🚇 minibus to Saad Zaghloul, then 4 min on foot
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Show on mapسوفيانوبولو · Mansheya
A 1908 Greek roaster: beans on show, antique grinders and a counter where you drink standing.
Tip: Buy half a kilo ground as a souvenir: they vacuum-pack it, it weighs nothing and it is the city's best cheap gift.
🚇 minibus to Saad Zaghloul, then 5 min on foot
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Show on mapمحمصة البرازيل · Mansheya
Opened in 1929 by returnees from Brazil, its art déco counter and its smell both intact.
Tip: There are no tables: you order at the counter, drink standing and leave; the Saad Zaghloul branch is the original.
🚇 minibus to Saad Zaghloul, then 2 min on foot
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Show on mapمحمصة البرازيل - الأزاريطة · Azarita
The Azarita branch of the 1929 roaster, same Turkish coffee and a shorter queue than the main house.
Tip: It is on the way to the Bibliotheca: the perfect ten-minute stop before the museums.
🚇 minibus to Mahatet El Raml, then 8 min on foot
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Show on mapكافيه دو لا بيه · Raml Station
A French name with an Alexandrian soul: Turkish coffee, shisha and the noise of Qa'id Ibrahim square at the door.
Tip: Take a pavement table at dusk: from here you watch Mario Rossi's minaret light up at nightfall.
🚇 minibus to Mahatet El Raml, then 2 min on foot
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Show on mapبوفيه مصر · Raml Station
A popular Raml Station classic: tea in a glass, sandwiches and the whole city parading past.
Tip: Downtown's best observation post: order tea and watch the minibus terminal churn.
🚇 minibus to Mahatet El Raml, then 2 min on foot
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Show on mapعمر الخيام · Raml Station
A classic Corniche ahwa with wooden chairs and shisha, right behind Qa'id Ibrahim square.
Tip: Shisha is charged per head and coal refills are free: say "fahm gedid" when it dies down.
🚇 minibus to Mahatet El Raml, then 2 min on foot
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Show on mapكاب دور · Mansheya
A 1900 art nouveau bar with a curved wooden counter and mirrors, one of the few historic bars still open.
Tip: It pours local Stella beer with fish tapas; the room is traditional and male, so go with company if you are a woman.
🚇 minibus to Saad Zaghloul, then 6 min on foot
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Show on mapأندريه · Raml Station
A Fouad Street patisserie-café with a petits-fours display and lifelong regulars.
Tip: Buy by weight to take away: the petits-fours trays cost far less than the same pastry at the table.
🚇 minibus to Mahatet El Raml, then 6 min on foot
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Show on mapحلواني مانا · Azarita
Basbousa, kunafa and harissa straight from the oven in one of Azarita's busiest sweet shops.
Tip: You buy by the kilo and eat with your fingers, standing: ask for 250 g mixed and try the seasonal mango kunafa.
🚇 train to Mahattat Misr, then 7 min on foot
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Show on mapحلواني أمير · Attarine
A Mansheya sweet shop with trays of basbousa, baklava and zalabya sold by weight from early on.
Tip: It is the souk's sweet stop: leave Attarine, cross the square and buy half a kilo for the rest of the day.
🚇 minibus to Saad Zaghloul, then 8 min on foot
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Show on mapآيس كريم عزة · Mansheya
A downtown ice-cream parlour with the usual Egyptian flavours: mango, date, pistachio and buffalo cream.
Tip: Order mango while the season's fruit lasts: October is the last good month of the year.
🚇 minibus to Saad Zaghloul, then 2 min on foot
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Show on mapجيلاتي مكرم · Ras el-Tin
A historic Ras el-Tin parlour, with Ottoman-style stretched ice cream and Friday neighbourhood queues.
Tip: Sahlab with pistachio is the local flavour; it sits on the way to the Anfushi tombs, so do both together.
🚇 minibus or taxi from Saad Zaghloul (2.1 km)
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Show on mapكازينو الشاطبي · Chatby
A timber pavilion on stilts over Chatby beach: tea, shisha and the sea under the floorboards.
Tip: It is not a gambling casino: in Egypt "casino" means a terrace café; people come at sunset for the view.
🚇 minibus or taxi from Mahatet El Raml (1.8 km)
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Show on mapتريبلو سي · Sidi Gaber
Third-wave specialty in Sidi Gaber: own roast, V60 and properly pulled espresso.
Tip: The best filter in town, three blocks from Sidi Gaber station: an obvious stop right off the Cairo train.
🚇 minibus to moqaf Sidi Gaber, then 12 min on foot
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Show on mapماجز استيت · Attarine
Specialty right in the historic centre, with Egyptian and Ethiopian beans and a bar to watch the pour.
Tip: One of the few downtown doing filter and cold brew; good sockets and wifi if you need to work.
🚇 minibus to Saad Zaghloul, then 6 min on foot
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Show on mapإكوادور كوفي · Azarita
An Alexandrian specialty-coffee chain born in Louran, now with branches across the city.
Tip: The safe bet for decent espresso outside downtown: there is a branch in almost every neighbourhood.
🚇 train to Mahattat Misr, then 10 min on foot
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Show on mapمقهى روبوستا · Kom el-Dikka
A modern café on Fouad Street with its own gelato counter and breakfast until mid-afternoon.
Tip: They serve breakfast until 4pm: useful if you arrive late from Cairo with nothing eaten on the train.
🚇 train to Mahattat Misr, then 5 min on foot
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Show on mapكافيين · Chatby
A student café by the university, with long tables, sockets and neighbourhood prices.
Tip: The best cheap place to work near the Bibliotheca: stable wifi and nobody hurries you.
🚇 minibus or taxi from Mahatet El Raml (1.6 km)
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Show on mapذا تشوكليت فاكتوري · Azarita
An Azarita chocolate shop and café, with handmade bonbons and thick hot chocolate for winter.
Tip: The Spanish-style hot chocolate is the best defence against November's first rain front.
🚇 train to Mahattat Misr, then 7 min on foot
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Show on mapكرواسون داليكسيا · Azarita
A French bakery in Azarita with butter croissants, pain au chocolat and coffee to go.
Tip: They open very early: the ideal quick breakfast before the museums open at 9am.
🚇 minibus to Mahatet El Raml, then 8 min on foot
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Show on mapأوبلادي · Kom el-Dikka
A café-bookshop on Nabi Daniel street, with weekend live music and shelves to browse.
Tip: Small gigs on Thursday and Friday nights; the notice goes up on their feeds the same day.
🚇 train to Mahattat Misr, then 6 min on foot
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Show on mapليلى · Rushdy
A Rushdy café with Lebanese pastry, a leafy terrace and an unhurried afternoon crowd.
Tip: The natural stop between Stanley and San Stefano on a Corniche walk: one block from the sea.
🚇 minibus or taxi from moqaf Sidi Gaber (1.3 km)
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Show on mapلابوار · Azarita
A benchmark Egyptian patisserie, with tarts, breads and the area's best chocolate gateau to take away.
Tip: The reliable option for something sweet on the way to the library; there is also a Louran branch.
🚇 minibus or taxi from Mahatet El Raml (1.1 km)
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Show on mapدكة · Ibrahimiyya
An Ibrahimiyya café with a yard, home baking and the neighbourhood feel downtown has almost lost.
Tip: It sits in the quarter where much of the Greek community lived: walk Ibrahimiyya after your coffee.
🚇 train to Sidi Gaber, then a taxi (2.1 km)
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Show on mapإكوادور كوفي - لوران · Louran
The chain's original house in Louran, where the specialty scene of the city's east began.
Tip: The best coffee stop for a day on the eastern shore: one block from the Louran Corniche.
🚇 minibus to Factoria, then 10 min on foot
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Show on mapحلواني كلاسيك · Louran
An eastern sweet shop with cases of kunafa, basbousa and gâteaux, the sweet benchmark of Louran and Siouf.
Tip: Buy warm kunafa bil-eshta and eat it right there: cold it is not half of what it is fresh.
🚇 minibus to Factoria, then 10 min on foot
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Show on mapحلواني برنيس · Sidi Bishr
A Sidi Bishr bakery-patisserie with open ovens and trays replenished all afternoon.
Tip: The logical sweet stop after Sidi Bishr beach: five minutes on foot from the bay.
🚇 minibus to Sidi Bishr - Manshya, then 11 min on foot
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Show on mapهريسة أحمد حسنين · Sidi Bishr
Specialists in harissa, the semolina-and-coconut cake soaked in syrup that Alexandria eats with tea.
Tip: Do not mix it up: here harissa is a semolina sweet, not the Maghrebi chilli paste; it is sold by the tray.
🚇 minibus or taxi from Factoria (1.1 km)
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Show on mapشارع سوق العطارين · Attarine
The old spice market is now Egypt's antiques-and-furniture maze: chandeliers, mirrors and art déco.
Tip: Forget the brochure about spices: Attarine today is furniture and antiques, and mid-morning is the best time.
🚇 train to Mahattat Misr, then 9 min on foot
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Show on mapأبو موسى للأنتيكات · Azarita
An antiques shop with lamps, clocks and objects from the cosmopolitan interwar Alexandria.
Tip: Haggling is expected, calmly and politely: start around 60 % of the asking price and close near 75 %.
🚇 train to Mahattat Misr, then 11 min on foot
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Show on mapعزمي للأنتيكات · Azarita
An Azarita dealer specialising in silver, European porcelain and glassware from the Greek houses.
Tip: Ask for a receipt if you buy anything over a hundred years old: without papers, Egyptian customs can hold it.
🚇 train to Mahattat Misr, then 6 min on foot
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Show on mapحلقة السمك · Anfushi
The western harbour's fish auction: ice crates, shouting and the city's best free show.
Tip: Come between 6 and 8am; after that it empties out. Closed shoes, the floor is always wet.
🚇 minibus or taxi from Saad Zaghloul (2.1 km)
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Show on mapالسوق الفرنسي · Mansheya
A covered arcade in Mansheya, with fabric, haberdashery and clothes cut to measure in the back workshops.
Tip: Egyptian cotton is sold cut to measure: bring your measurements written down and a shirt takes 48 hours.
🚇 minibus to Saad Zaghloul, then 5 min on foot
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Show on mapسوق الساعة · Karmouz
A popular clothing, fabric and curtain market in Karmouz, where half of Alexandria stocks up.
Tip: It is a neighbourhood market, not a tourist one: small cash, no visible jewellery, bag in front of you.
🚇 minibus to Bab al Melouk, then 5 min on foot
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Show on mapسوق محطة مصر · Mahattat Misr
Fruit, vegetables, poultry and fish in the lanes around Alexandria's railway station.
Tip: The best place in town for seasonal dates and guava: October is guava month.
🚇 train to Mahattat Misr, then 6 min on foot
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Show on mapمول سان ستيفانو · San Stefano
The seafront mall in San Stefano, with international brands, cinemas and a bay view.
Tip: The only mall in town with a Mediterranean view; its air conditioning is the midday refuge.
🚇 minibus or taxi from Factoria (1.2 km)
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Show on mapكارفور سيتي سنتر · Carretera del Desierto
The city's largest mall, on the desert road, with a hypermarket and food court.
Tip: It is far from downtown on the desert road: only worth it by taxi or on your way to or from Cairo.
🚇 minibus or taxi from Moharram Bek (2.0 km)
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Show on mapزهران مول · Smouha
Smouha's mall, the handiest in town when you need something and do not want to cross the whole city.
Tip: It has a pharmacy, exchange and supermarket under one roof: Alexandria's most efficient logistics stop.
🚇 minibus to moqaf Sidi Gaber, then 11 min on foot
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Show on mapمكتبة أوليسة · Azarita
A second-hand bookshop by the university, stocked in French, Italian and Greek from Alexandrian libraries.
Tip: Ask about the back room: that is where the old books and city photographs live, not the window.
🚇 minibus or taxi from Mahatet El Raml (1.5 km)
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Show on mapمكتبة ألف · Rushdy
A modern Rushdy bookshop with an English section, a café inside and good translated Egyptian fiction.
Tip: The best place to buy Cavafy, Durrell or Naguib Mahfouz in English before walking the city.
🚇 minibus to moqaf Sidi Gaber, then 12 min on foot
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Show on mapالنساجون الشرقيون · Sidi Bishr
Egypt's big carpet maker, with pharaonic and Coptic-pattern rugs that ship abroad.
Tip: Small rugs fit in a suitcase; ask about international shipping if you buy a large one.
🚇 minibus to Sidi Bishr - Manshya, then 12 min on foot
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Show on mapنور الدين تكس · Anfushi
Fabric and carpets on Gaish Road, in the commercial heart of the Anfushi quarter.
Tip: Real Egyptian cotton is sold cut to measure, not in sealed packs: ask for the origin label.
🚇 minibus or taxi from Saad Zaghloul (1.2 km)
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