Roman Amphitheatre Alexandria

As we had just disembarked from the ship first time since we left Barcelona l was truly amazed standing on the port next to her, the shear size of this ship it was just incredible to stand next to her and look up WOW she is the third largest ship on the sea, well on our way through Alexandria l was a little shocked to see that the oldest …

We were on a mission to cover as much of Egypt as possible in this trip. So we decided to do a day trip to Alexandria. We were expecting another amazing Egyptian experience. But we all felt that this day was a bit of a flop. First of all, the traffic is terrible in Alexandria. We spent hours driving from one attraction to another even though they …

... Zaghloul square told us that that tourist activity was either "closed" or "finished" also. We were just grateful that the Roman Amphitheatre wasn't "finished," or even "closed" for that matter, and that we were allowed to take pictures of the Bibliotheca ...

... so being verboten might have been for the best... My final site visit before heading to the deep was the Roman Amphitheatre. The complex was constructed between the first and fourth centuries AD and contained not only the amphitheatre but ...

... the beach here, but it turns out it's not warm enough for that. I went to see some of the sights instead - Roman Amphitheatre, Graeco-Roman Museum and Alexandrian Library. The library is huge and very modern (I think it's the only thing modern I've seen ...

... , recognizing its strategic importance, he initiated its revival allowing Alex flourishing with a growing population to four million today. The Roman amphitheatre we visited may not be impressive in scale, but yet a superbly preserved ode to the day of ...

... failed just as it did in Giza. Fort Qaitbey is reported to be the place where the famed Alexandria lighthouse once stood. The Roman Amphitheatre is worth the visit not so much for the amphitheatre as for the pieces of the Alexandria lighthouse ...

... . Our bus drivers drove at break neck speeds, stopping traffic to make impossible U-turns. We pulled up in front of the Roman amphitheatre and were herded out of the busses as AUC staff yelled into their megaphones that we only had ten minutes. After a ...

... . A tram ride back is about as much energy as I can handle today. It is time for another snooze. Alexandria has Egypt's only still standing Roman Amphitheatre. I guess I would have been impressed, if I hadn't seen the huge 20,000 seaters from the same ...

... in Egypt. After having seen all the rooms and places in the citadel and the view over the sea we moved on to the Roman amphitheatre and to the National museum. And finally in the late afternoon we went to the famous Bibliotheca Alexandria, the library. ...

... 's Column), Kom el-Shougafa (Catacombs), the Graeco-Roman Museum, Kom el-Dikka (Roman Amphitheatre) and Qaytbay's Fortress (Naval Museum). Given that Alexandria had a fairly significant Greek community until the nationalizing policies of Nasser resulted ...

... raining. Mario and I boarded a train to Alex today, for a little adventuring on our own. We visited the recently excavated Roman amphitheatre next to the Masr train station, Pompii's pillar left over from the temple of Serapis, and some old catacombs, ...