Sumptuous ancient treasures, deliciously eccentric hotels and the friendliest of welcomes await in Alexandria Carol Drinkwater spends six days in Alexandria: Egypt's 'fabulous crumbling city' A highlight is a visit to its incredible library, which houses eight million books READ MORE: How posh does BA get? First class vs business video review By Carol Drinkwater For The Mail On Sunday Published: 12:17 EDT, 2 July 2024 | Updated: 12:21 EDT, 2 July 2024 e-mail View comments Long before I was born, my father, a callow lad from a modest family, dreamed of the stage. Just 17 when the Second World War broke out, he auditioned for Ralph Reader’s Royal Air Force Gang Show. Weeks later he was in the Middle East ‘entertaining the troops’.
When I was a child, he regaled me with so many stories of Egypt and the Middle East that I hungered to visit these territories. And since then, most had been achieved – save for Alexandria. A few weeks ago friends called to say they were renting an Airbnb in Alex, as the city is often known.
Would I join them? Why not? The Foreign Office advice is that Cairo and Alex are safe to visit, many miles away from the devastating conflict in Gaza . The added benefit is that crowds at the main sights would be thin. And so days later I was in Cairo, heading for Alexandria.
Carol Drinkwater spends six days in Alexandria, Egypt's 'fabulous crumbling city'. Above - the Citadel of Qaitbay 'The Foreign Office advice is that Cairo and Alexandria (above) are s.
