3★+ hotels in Alexandria from €95/night (range €95–95, 1 hotels sampled, ~3 weeks out).
In Jul, Alexandria typically sees ~26°C daytime highs and 1 rainy days.
Top-rated tours and tickets from €27 — book ahead for the popular ones.
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Alexandria (pronounced al-ig-ZAN-dree-uh ; Arabic: الإسكندرية / اسكندرية al-Iskandariyya / Eskendereyya ) is Egypt's second largest city (5.2 million people in 2018), its largest seaport, and the country's window onto the Mediterranean Sea. The city is a faded shadow of its former glorious cosmopolitan self, but still worth a visit for its many cultural attractions – particularly the new Library of Alexandria – and still-palpable glimpses of its past.
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