Drinkies

Alexandria


Takeaway beer is available in the city centre at this aptly named place. It also delivers.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Alexandria attractions

1. Eliyahu Hanavi Synagogue

0.1 MILES

Among the largest synagogues in the Middle East, this magnificent Italian-built structure served Alexandria’s once-thriving and cosmopolitan Jewish…

2. Cavafy Museum

0.23 MILES

The Alexandrian-Greek poet Constantine Cavafy spent his last 25 years in an apartment above a brothel on the former Rue Lepsius, a flat now preserved as…

3. Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

0.29 MILES

This neoclassical monument is a tribute to the Egyptians who lost their lives in the 1967 and 1973 wars with Israel.

4. Mosque of Al Qaid Ibrahim

0.36 MILES

This massive mosque, built in the 1940s, is a major landmark. It played an important role in the 2011 revolution as a gathering point for many of the city…

5. Statue of Mohammed Ali

0.39 MILES

This statue of Mohammed Ali, Egypt's modernising 19th-century ruler, presides over Midan Tahrir.

6. Kom Al Dikka

0.52 MILES

Kom Al Dikka was a well-off residential area in Graeco-Roman times, with lovely villas, bathhouses and a theatre. The area was known at the time as the…

7. Jewish Cemetery

0.63 MILES

This intimate walled Jewish cemetery has largely escaped vandalism and is pretty well kept. The many graves stand as lonely reminders of Alexandria's once…

8. Shorbagi Mosque

0.67 MILES

The picturesque Shorbagi Mosque lies at the heart of the old Ottoman Anfushi district. Built in the mid-18th century, it shows how salvaged remnants of…