Alexandria Features

Alexandria Features

• Top Reasons to Go
  

  Café Culture. Linger over coffee and pastry at the famous Grand Trianon Café.... Read more

• The Ancient Library of Alexandria
  

  Relatively little is known about the ancient library itself, beyond its reputation for scholarship. It was founded by Ptolemy I in the 4th century... Read more

• Constantine Cavafy
  

  Constantine Cavafy (Konstantinos Kavafis) was born in Alexandria to Greek parents in 1863 and began writing poetry at age 19. It wasn't until... Read more

• Lawrence Durrell
  

  Lawrence George Durrell was born in 1912 in northern India to expat parents of English and Irish descent. At the age of 11, Durrell was sent... Read more