• Straw parasols and white loungers on a sandy beach facing the sea.

    Sea Gull

    Fish and grills on an Agami beach, far from the centre's crowds.

    AlexandriaAgami, west of Alexandria

    €€ Mid-rangeSea view
  • A hand holding an ice cream cone with a pink scoop and a cream scoop, out in the street.

    Alexandria's ice cream houses

    Buffalo-milk and mastic ice cream, a Greek tradition that stayed Alexandrian.

    AlexandriaCorniche and city centre

    BudgetFamily-friendly
  • Dough worked by hand, rolling pin and flour

    Alexandria's baladi fiteer

    The Egyptian layered pastry, sweet or savoury, stretched by hand in front of you.

    AlexandriaWorking-class districts, Alexandria

    BudgetWhere locals go
  • A flatbread stuffed with minced meat, oven-browned and cut into wedges on a plate.

    Alexandria's hawawshi

    Baladi bread stuffed with spiced minced meat, oven-baked until crisp.

    AlexandriaBahary and working-class districts

    BudgetWhere locals go
  • A row of chicken and pepper skewers

    Sidi Bishr's grills

    The district where Alexandria has dinner on weekdays, away from the tourist Corniche.

    AlexandriaSidi Bishr, east of Alexandria

    BudgetWhere locals go
  • An infinity pool at the edge of a garden, two empty loungers and the blue sea on the horizon.

    Four Seasons San Stefano — pool day passes

    The one hotel in Alexandria that publishes, in black and white, the price of a day at the pool with no room booked.

    AlexandriaSan Stefano, on the Corniche

    €€€ High endFamily-friendly
  • A blue pool in the foreground, a row of straw parasols, palm trees and the sea behind.

    Aifu Resort El Montazah — the day-use pool

    A day in the pool on the Montazah Corniche, no room booked, for the price of a lunch.

    AlexandriaMontazah, on the Corniche, opposite the park gate

    €€ Mid-rangeFamily-friendly
  • The Alexandria Engineers Syndicate club pool

    The pool people take for public and which is not: it is reserved for syndicate engineers and their families.

    AlexandriaAlexandria — the syndicate does not publish the club's address

    BudgetFamily-friendly