Alexandria

A fortress on the tip of the harbour, built on the site of the Lighthouse of Alexandria, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Stones from the fallen lighthouse were used to build it.

• The lighthouse stood for about 1,500 years before earthquakes destroyed it
• Great views of the Mediterranean and the Corniche

A modern library built near the site of the ancient Library of Alexandria, the greatest library of the ancient world.

• Its roof is a giant tilted disc facing the sea
• The walls are carved with letters from scripts of the whole world
• Museums inside: antiquities, manuscripts and science

The summer palace of Egypt’s royal family, surrounded by large gardens and private beaches.

• The palace itself is closed; the gardens are open

Underground tombs on three levels that mix Egyptian, Greek and Roman art. They were found in 1900 when a donkey fell through the ground.

• Egyptian gods dressed as Roman soldiers
• A spiral staircase leads down the shaft

A red granite column about 27 m high, raised for the Roman emperor Diocletian on the site of the Serapeum temple.

• Despite its name, it has nothing to do with Pompey

The only Roman theatre found in Egypt, with marble seats and the remains of baths and lecture halls around it.

• About 800 seats
• Found by chance in the 1960s