Alexandria Egypt Hotels

... , it is something we have been told not to miss. My husband Dave, and I will also be checking out the tour company and hotels as we plan our Savvy Travel Summer Tour for 2010. We still have spaces and it includes an afternoon of golf at the foot of ...

... the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World by Greek traveler Antipater. to 395 AD - Roman rule from Rome, Italy. Alexandria is capital of Egypt province. to 641 AD - Christian Byzantine/Greek rule from Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey).  619 to 629 AD - ...

... get you to jump on for $5 only to tell to pay another $20 to get off. The impression I got during the drive from Alexandria to Giza was how dirty the streets seemed. Buildings seemed so unkept even the 5 star Hotels looked tired. There were "tourist ...

November 5, 2006 13:00 Local Time Alexandria, Egypt Latitude: 31° 11.6' N Longitude: 029° 52.7' E Hello Again. It has been a while since my last update so this promises to be a large one, unless it gets split into two postings. I have ...

... Palaces.    Alexandria like Cairo is very crowded, but on a smaller scale.  If you would be forced to live in Egypt, then Alexandria would be the place to be as it is seaside, so you get fresh air (a novelty) and a nice breeze.   ...

... 't want to go to any of them because I had read online that at Montazeh Beach women can feel comfortable wearing a bikini.  Alexandria is more conservative Shukri and I felt than Cairo.  There aren't as many tourists there is my guess of why ...

... was quite breathtaking, far, far larger than I had actually imagined. The pyramids were for another day. En route to Alexandria we stopped at a service station, and here is where I made another stupid mistake and am still furious with myself ...

... .) Before the drive we stopped at a buffet recommended by Rado to get some food in our stomachs before the long travel to Alexandria (~ 3-4 hours).  Another guide from the company has now met up with us.  He will take over the tour once ...

... it short." I thoroughly enjoyed my time here and will be happy to spend more time here if and when possible. Alexandria is a real waterfront city - stretching for kilometres around a wide, circular harbour and continuing along beaches and bays ...

... . 3. Bibliotheca Alexandrina is a monumental project that began with an appealing idea: to resurrect the Great Library of Alexandria, which was once the world’s best library containing thousands of texts collected from every known continent. It was ...

... way!  It took us about two hours to get from one side of town to the other, a grand distance of 25km! Alexandria itself is full of interesting remains from Alexander’s time.  We visited the Roman-style amphitheatre and the famous Library, ...

... bus with the security officer that lead us around (and carried an Uzi, booyah!), we caught an 8hour "sleeper" busride back to Alexandria, which is a complete misnomer because even at 3am they played a movie and blared crappy Egyptian music. Note to self: ...

... with the good.  We had the opportunity in 2 days to see so much history.  Our day started with an amazing sunrise in Alexandria and got better from there.  We started at the Giza pyramids....3 pyramids that are HUGE.  The weird thing is that they are ...

... perfectly well when I just whisper. Also, have my first exposure to the cats lounging around sites. Next stop is the Alexandria museum. Once a private residence and a US consulate before finally becoming the museum. It's small but has very nice displays- ...

Been in alexandria for 2 days now. Yesterday abdul a taxi driver took us round all the sights which we had asked him not too. We were also glad that not only did he consider ancient monuments as sights but also hotels, bridges and walls. Obviously we ...