Alexandria, Egypt, Egypt

Travel Blogs from Alexandria, Egypt (221)

Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt travel blog
Alexandria
Mar 20, 2008

Alexandria is different to the other parts of Egypt we have visited. The Greek and Italian influence can be seen in the people and they speak with a different accent to other parts of Egypt.  It is not as English friendly.  The people seem to ...

A travel blog entry by shazlex
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Last day of the Feast!, Alexandria, Egypt travel blog
Last day of the Feast!
Oct 15, 2007

Arrived in Alexandria having slept fairly well on the train.  Checked into our hotel right on the corniche...very flash! Took the tram to Fort Qaitbay and goofed around with the locals there...mostly roving bands of young men ...

A travel blog entry by tracystravels
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The Land of Pharaohs, Alexandria, Egypt travel blog
The Land of Pharaohs
Mar 25, 2006

... through eternal rose-tinted glasses, and Alexandria is most definitely one of those. The home of pharaohs and conquerors, Alexandria was for centuries Egypt's gateway and the centre of the known world, and so, perhaps fittingly, this was where I first set ...

A travel blog entry by el_condor
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Alexandria - the search for sunken ruins, Alexandria, Egypt travel blog
Alexandria - the search for sunken ruins
Feb 23, 2006

I hadn't even considered diving when heading up to Alexandria, but wandering along the Corniche that first sunny day yielded and interesting advertisement pointing out the 'Submerged Antiquities' to be found in the harbour. Not long after I stumbled on ...

A travel blog entry by technotrekker
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