Top Attractions in Alexandria & the Coast
Explore the headline places in the Alexandria & the Coast cluster.
The Alexandria National Museum
Alexandria's museum of the city's long history, in a palace on Tariq al-Horreya Street, opened in 2003 with about 1,800 pieces from the Pharaonic to the Islamic periods.
Kom el-Dikka, Alexandria
The Roman theatre and lecture halls of ancient Alexandria, in the middle of the modern city, found by accident during building work and excavated mainly by Polish teams.
Pompey's Pillar
A single column of Aswan granite on a hill of rubble — the last thing standing of the Serapeum, and nothing whatever to do with Pompey.
The Catacombs of Kom el-Shoqafa
A Roman tomb cut three levels into the rock under Alexandria, where Egyptian, Greek and Roman art collide in a single room.
The Citadel of Qaitbay
A fifteenth-century fort built on the foundations — and partly out of the stones — of the Lighthouse of Alexandria.
The Bibliotheca Alexandrina
A modern library on the Alexandria waterfront, built as a deliberate answer to the ancient one that was lost.
