Luxury Alexandria

Alexandria lies North-West of the Nile delta. Conquered and designed by Alexander the Great. Egypt’s second largest city and less chaotic than Cairo and home to the Pharos Lighthouse one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient World. Bibliotheka Alexandria, the newly constructed library, is the greatest in the ancient world with relics from the third century BC. The original library held the greatest collection of human knowledge at the time and is believed to have been burned down during the 7th century. There are many beaches stretching east to west and they are popular for swimming and diving; beaches outside the city tend to be less crowded. The downtown Roman Amphitheatre is considered unique in Egypt and was only discovered in the early 1960’s laying on the foundations of a new building.