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Alexandria: History and Monuments

Alexandria: History and Monuments

Alexandria · Egypt

14 stops15 km3 h 4 min
  • Audio guide
  • 4 languages
  • Offline

Walk through Alexandria’s historic landmarks, from the ruins of منارة الإسكندرية and قلعة قايتباي to castles, religious buildings, cemeteries, and archaeological sites. Along the way, you will encounter monuments that reveal the city’s varied architectural and cultural heritage. The route also brings together a Roman theatre, an ancient column complex, and the distinctive underground spaces of كوم الشقافة. Take this walk for a focused introduction to Alexandria through the places that have shaped its historical character.

The walk

Stops 1–6 of 14. The rest are in the app.

  1. Lighthouse of Alexandria

    Lighthouse of Alexandria

    The ruined lighthouse that gave Europe its word for a lighthouse

  2. Citadel of Qaitbay

    Citadel of Qaitbay

    A Mamluk fortress built on the foundations and stones of Alexandria’s lost Pharos lighthouse.

  3. Ras El Tin Palace

    Ras El Tin Palace

    A royal palace that became the setting for Farouk’s abdication and Egypt’s modern presidency.

  4. 8 more stops on this walk, in the app
  5. Tombs of Anfouchy

    Tombs of Anfouchy

    Tombs of Anfouchy, an archaeological site in Alexandria, Egypt.

  6. Tirbana Mosque

    Tirbana Mosque

    A seventeenth-century hanging mosque with shops below and a minaret resting on antique columns.

  7. Abu Ali Mosque

    Abu Ali Mosque

    Abu Ali Mosque, a Muslim place of worship in Alexandria

  8. Stop 7

  9. Stop 8

  10. Stop 9

  11. 8 more stops in the app

Data: OpenStreetMap contributors and Google Places

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How a walk works

8 more stops in the app

This page shows the first 6 of 14 stops. The rest of the walk, and the guide who narrates it, are in the app.

  1. Pick a walk

    Every stop is a real place, already in walking order.

  2. Pocket your phone

    Follow the line on the live map, or download the walk before you lose signal.

  3. Listen as you arrive

    On a narrated walk the story starts on its own at each stop, so your eyes stay on the place.

See the whole walk in the app

Free to install · Every city’s featured walk is free, start to finish.

  • A guide who talks

    Narration at every stop, starting on its own as you arrive — phone in your pocket.

  • The route, followed

    A live map with the turns called out, and a way back whenever you wander off it.

  • In four languages

    English, French, Spanish and Arabic — the words and the voice, not just the labels.

  • Or build your own

    Pick the places you actually want and the app works out the order to walk them in.

  • The unglamorous things

    Toilets, pharmacies, cash points and water, without leaving the walk.

  • No signal needed

    Download a walk before you go and it works under a souk roof or on a plane.

  • Picks up where you left off

    Stop for lunch, come back tomorrow, and the walk is exactly where you left it.