Bibliotheca Alexandrina · photo: René Dinkel, CC0

Self-guided walking tour of Alexandria

25 sights · Egypt

Tell us what you like and how much time you have, and you get a walking route past the best sights of Alexandria, with a map and thumbs-up from other visitors. Free, no account needed.

The route planner itself is in Dutch for now; the map and the route work the same.

What is there to see?

• Architecture (13)
• History (7)
• Museums (3)
• Parks & green (3)

3-hour walk past the highlights of Alexandria

4 stops · 8.0 km · a loop from the centre with time to look around at each stop. Want to go inside somewhere? Set a longer stay in the route planner.

1. Photo: Roland Unger, CC BY-SA 3.0
   🚶 11 min walkSaint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral
2. Photo: Franck devedjian, CC BY-SA 4.0
   🚶 5 min walkCaesareum of Alexandria
3. Photo: René Dinkel, CC0
   🚶 22 min walkBibliotheca Alexandrina
4. Photo: D-Stanley, CC BY 2.0
   🚶 45 min walkEl-Mursi Abul Abbas Mosque

More well-known sights in Alexandria

1. Pompey's Pillar
2. Alexandria National Museum
3. Ras el-Tin Palace
4. Cathedral of Evangelismos
5. Kom El-Dikka
6. Heptastadion
7. Alexandria Opera House
8. Attarine Mosque
9. St. Catherine's Cathedral, Alexandria
10. Palais d’Antoniadis
11. Alexandria Zoo
12. Tirbana Mosque
13. Shallalat Gardens
14. Qaed Ibrahim Mosque
15. Nabi Daniel Mosque
16. Al-Busiri Mosque

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