Alexandria abides in many places to visit and beautiful beaches to walk on their sand, but I’m sure that Bibliotheca Alexandrina is the first thing that gets in your mind when I first mention Alexandria. Bibliotheca Alexandrina was reopened in 2002 in a brand new catchy design and in a big festival that fits the great event.

Taking a look at the new Bibliotheca Alexandrina we’ll see that it contains:

The main Library that hold millions and millions of books and divided into many sections like rare books and special collections, arts and literature, history , internet archive, multimedia and audio- visual materials, daily newspapers and magazines, and many more. There are also Permanent Museums about impressions of Alexandria, Arabic Calligraphy, the history of printing, etc. Of course we can’t forget the books and gifts shop if you want to get a special souvenir mixed with some culture and art.

Outside we will find the Conference Center that also has temporary art galleries held there. The amazing Planetarium where you can see shows about outer space and feel like you’re really not on earth. For children we have the Exploratorium to refresh their knowledge of science. Moving to my favorite spot the Cluturama, a culture panorama with 9 screens that gets you inside the history of Egypt over 5000 years if not more .

All of that and more interesting stuff will be waiting for you once you get into the library. So why don’t you pack your stuff and give it a visit?! It worth going to.

Ever been to Alexandria? If yes, have you been to Al-Montazah Park? If you haven’t been there before then you’ve never been to Alexandria.

Let me tell you why, Al Montazah Gardens is one of the biggest spots-if not the biggest- in Alexandria along the courniche. It belongs to the royal family of Mohammed Aly which ruled Egypt for over 100 year, and now –and after king Farouk has left Egypt- it’s open for public to visit and enjoy what’s in it only for 5LE (almost 1$)

Al Montazah Park is located in region called Al Montazah -named after the park’s name- and it’s in the east of Alexandria. In 1892 king Abbas II built a large palace there and called it “Salamlek”. But in year 1932 king Fouad built a larger palace and called it “Haramlek”, beautiful gardens were made with a permission of King Farouk who also asked to build a bridge across the sea so he could see the whole place.

The park has many gates most important 2 of them are one by the sea and the other is by the train. Talking a walk inside the Gardens of Al-Montazah you’ll see a lot of green areas and that the gardens are perfectly organized. And it has a beach called “Aida” which is considered the best beach of Alexandria, there’s also plenty of hotels around the area if you’d like to stay near the place like “Sheraton” and inside there’s the Helnan Palestine Hotel, and El Salamlek Palace Hotel.

Feel hungry? No problem as there you can find McDonald’s where you can sit and have your meal or take it away, Al-Montazah has also clubs where you can practice your favorite sport, and places to have weddings held at. So what I’m trying to say here is that Al-Montazah is a complete city inside the city of Alexandria.