Tourism in Alexandria

Founded the city of Alexandria, nicknamed the Bride of the Mediterranean Sea in the fourth century BC. Alexandria, the second city of ancient Egypt and its capital, over many centuries have passed, but still retains Brongaha coastal city freely, and by bringing tourists from inside and outside Egypt. Alexandria extends along approximately 70 kilometers on the Mediterranean coast, north-west of the Nile Delta, and is bordered to the south and to the east of Lake Mariot Abu Qir Bay and the city of Edco, and in the West, "Mr. Krier." Alexander the Great of Macedon began work on the construction of the city of Alexandria in 332 BC, ran bridge section of water separated the extended front of the main island of the coast called "Pharos" and the port of old-fashioned, and the village "Raktos" small. Then taken by Alexander the Great and his successor, the capital of Egypt for nearly a thousand years, until the Amr ibn al-Aas to open Egypt in 641 AD. Before the arrival of Islam moved the city between the Ptolemaic Greeks and then the Romans and then the Byzantine Empire and the Arab-Muslim Ottoman rule then. Alexandria has been characterized throughout history very unique landmarks, such as the old library, which included more than 700 000 folder, which is built from new recently, and alongside Lighthouse of Alexandria countable Seven Wonders, sheer height, which reached nearly 35 meters, until its destruction in earthquake hit the area in 1307m. Besides these features, there seaport, the largest in Egypt, being the 80% of the import and export volume of the Egyptians. It also highlights the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, which contain more than eight million books. And a large number of museums and archaeological sites, such as Bey Citadel and column masts and others. Census 2006 indicates that the number of Alexandria's population has reached more than 4.1 million people, most of whom work and make a living from trade, industry and agriculture. It consists of Alexandria 6 administrative districts: the park, east, central, west, customs, Ameria. Include six districts 16 districts, not to mention other major cities follow them, such as the Burj Al Arab City and New Borg El Arab. Alexandria and the Sea moderate Mediterranean climate, characterized by warm and dry Besifa his winter and wet and mild and rainy. From January until February prevails winter and up to a maximum of 18 degrees Celsius heat. Alexandria is also facing in this chapter storms and heavy rains. And from June until August / August summer runs and I have for not very warm as a top grades in which to thirty degrees. The spring and autumn a better understanding of times to visit Alexandria. Alexandria abound in the areas of entertainment, where spreads a lot of cinemas (Rialto, Rio, Prince, Metro), theater (Sayed Darwish Theatre, Alexandria Opera House, Lycee theater, Tunisian Perm Theater). In Alexandria, sports clubs and entertainment venues such as the Olympic Club and Sporting Club and Smouha Club, and the shopping malls and amusement such as San Stefano Grand Plaza, Green Plaza, Vantezia Land, amusement Sinbad, and others. And overwhelmed the city of Alexandria public squares (Manshiya, Ahmed Orabi, Saad Zaghloul), and there are a number of beautiful parks, such as the Royal Montazah Gardens and Montazah Palestine Hotel, also highlights some of the shortcomings of the city, such as: Palace Park and the Palace of Ras El-Teen Palace Antoniades Palace Safa. Among the other attractions of Alexandria that are not listed above: Pompey's Pillar, Bey Citadel, the Roman theater, the eastern port, Mustafa Kamel archaeological tombs, graves archaeological Anfoushi, Alexandria National Museum, the Greco-Roman Museum and the Museum of the Royal Jewelry. As for transportation, the airports in Alexandria: Nozha Airport (6 km from the city center) and the international airport tower Arabs (49 km from Alexandria), and the two ports Bharian: Port of Alexandria and Port exotic. Alexandria also has a fast network linked to other streets of Egypt: Cairo-Alexandria Desert Road, Cairo-Alexandria agricultural, international coastal highway, reconstruction axis and Alex Road Ring Road. Also located in Alexandria "tram Alexandria," a transportation network and extensive linking most parts of the city, one of the oldest tram lines in Africa and the Middle East. The tram is one of the branches of public transport links in Alexandria. The railways are wide spread and the main station is located in Egypt station downtown area