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Alexandria Transportation

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taxi or...similar: JOYRIDE FROM CAIRO TO ALEXANDRIA
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  • Updated By pangtidor on March 17, 2007
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  • Alexandria Tol Gate - Alexandria
    Alexandria Tol Gate
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    If you want a safe tour to alexandria from cairo, take a trip with the rented car. It will be included in a package tour, just ask any travel agencies you deal with. It will be the most convienent way to travel to Alexandria from Cairo. You will spend around 3hours on the road, faster than the bus or train. Take a joyride!! Many farms (interesting gate decoration), awesome birdhouses, great arabic architecture buildings, and colorful fruit stand on the roadside. You may see the Giza pyramids from alexandria-cairo Road too. I thought I will see a bored desert schene on our trip but I was wrong.

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    train&railway: Train between Alexandria and Cairo
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  • By MalenaN on September 20, 2005
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  • Boats in Alexandria - Alexandria
    Boats in Alexandria
    by MalenaN
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    Cairo - Alexandria Arriving to Cairo in the morning with the night train from Luxor I and Rebecka from England, who travelled the same way as me, did not stay but went on to Alexandria. The 1st class tickets for Alexandria were finished so we got seats in 2nd class and the train was leaving in about an hour. The ticket was 16 pounds. In 2nd class the seats are made of a plastic material and they can be turned around to always face the direction of the train. A man walked through the train with a small carriage selling tea, coffee and snacks. I don’t remember the price of the tea but it was more expensive than in 3rd class. It takes about 3 hours to go from Cairo to Alexandria by train. In Alexandria the train first stops at Sidi Gaber Station were a lot of people will get off. We continued to the main station Masr station. Alexandria - Cairo We were five foreigners coming with the bus to Alexandria from Siwa and we were all going on to Cairo. Luckily the bus station is near to Sidi Gaber Station. Arriving to the station we asked a guard for the next train to Cairo and he said it was leaving next hour. But we guessed there was one going within a few minutes and hurried to the platform were we found a train to Cairo and jumped on. We came into 3rd class and were all lucky to get seats. The ticket could be bought on the train and was 10 pounds. The seats were not uncomfortable at all but better than 2nd class in my opinion (because the material they were not made of). Two men walked around selling tea, and it was cheaper than 2nd class. In Cairo the train stops at Ramses Station.

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    Bus between Alexandria and Siwa
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  • By MalenaN on September 21, 2005
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  • Alexandria Transportation
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    Buses from Alexandria to Siwa leave from the bus station close to Sidi Gaber. But you can buy tickets from the office downtown (in the south western corner of Midan Saad Zaghloul) and it is good to do so at least a day before. A ticket is 27 pounds (August 2005) and the bus journey takes about 9 hours. There are a few buses going every day. Along the way the bus stops three times. First at a cafeteria, then in Marsa Matruh where it stays a bit longer, and finally at another cafeteria (close to where the road takes off to Qara Oasis). Going back from Siwa to Alexandria (there are no direct buses to Cairo) it was not possible to buy the ticket until the evening before, after 8 pm. If you are going to go to Cairo it could be quicker to change buses in Marsa Matruh rather than in Alexandria (as those direct buses take the desert road to Cairo and not the agricultural road). But be sure first there are seats available on the buses as many people from Cairo go to Marsa Matruh for holiday. The bus I travelled with left Siwa at 7 in the morning. To change to a train for Cairo in Alexandria was quick and before it got dark I had found a hotel room (after trying two other hotels first). From Siwa there is also a night bus to Alexandria.

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    Tram trip: Tram
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  • Updated By MalenaN on October 16, 2005
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  • San Stefano station - Alexandria
    San Stefano station
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    There are blue and yellow trams in Alexandria. I never travelled with the yellow line, which goes west from Mahattat Ramla. But I travelled with the blue line east from Mahattat Ramla to San Stefano, and later back the same way. The tram is slow and stops very often and it probably took more than 40 minutes to San Stefano. The fare was 25 piasters.

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    taxi or...similar: 25 years old taxis
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  • Updated By lotharlerch on April 23, 2005
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  • the donkey might be the safer option - Alexandria
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    To go around Alexandria take a taxi. They are cheap but agree about the fare before you enter the car, there are no meters. It might happen that your taxi (mostly a Soviet Lada, 20 to 25 years old), breaks down before you reach your destination. In this case give the driver a tip to make him stopping an other taxi for you (which mostly is not better than the one you just left). The drivers make incredible big and hectic movements with the steering wheel just to hold the car on a straight line along the Corniche. Safety belts can be spotted in the cars but I would not trust them, in one car I had a rusty peace of metal at the other end when I tried to close the lock....

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    airplane &airport: Dont fly to Alexandria
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  • Updated By lotharlerch on April 23, 2005
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  • has an international airport but it is incredibly small (same size as the one of Kittilä in Finnish Lapland but not that good quality architecture). The technical equipment is 3rd world standard. We could not take off due to some fog because there were totally insufficient runway lights which made it necessary to stay a day in the hotel in Alexandria and the next night on Frankfurt airport because all passengers missed their connecting flights, I came back home with 24 hours delay. But you can go via Cairo airport, and the train from Cairo to Alex is only 2 hours.

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    Walking
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  • Updated By MalenaN on October 15, 2005
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  • Street in Carmous - Alexandria
    Street in Carmous
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    I always walk a lot and I think it is a good way to see more of a place. Going to the catacombs I was thinking of taking a taxi, but finally decided to walk, and I’m happy for that. The residential area near the catacombs is completely different than the area closer to the Cornish and I now feel I have seen more sides of Alexandria.

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    Giza – Alexandria - Giza by bus
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  • Updated By Kuznetsov_Sergey on December 9, 2007
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  • Giza – Alexandria - Giza by bus - Alexandria
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    Alexandria is situated at the distance of 230 kilometers north-west Cairo. We got there by tourist bus. The excursion started at 7.00 a.m. It took us about 3 hours to reach the city and the same time to come back. We spent in the city about 7 hours. The excursion finished at 20.00 p.m. The road was rather good - better than between Hurghada and Luxor for example. We made a stop at the café for 15 minutes. A cup of coffee costs LE5 ($1). But views out of the bus window weren’t so exciting as usually. You may watch my VIDEO-Clip on my personal YouTube channel: 2 min 53 sec Egypt Giza-Alexandria by bus 2007

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    Tram trip: Tram trip in Alexandria
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  • Updated By hokomoko on June 28, 2004
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  • Alexandria /Egypt by tram - Alexandria
    Alexandria /Egypt by tram
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    Alexandria is a unic place wth its trams in Africa.Tunisia is another place wth urban rail system but that is kind of light metro.There is no tram routes in any other African place. And it is a great pleasure to watch the trams running on streets in Alexandria.Inside of tram the Egyptian people in their own style riding the tram.

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    train&railway: Train
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  • By sayedaburas on February 25, 2007
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  • Sidi Gaber Railway Station
    Sidi Gaber Railway Station
    "Mahatet Sidi Gaber"
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    Train is a swift mean of transportation to Alexandria from different Egyptian directions . Teminals are two in Alexandria: 1) Sidi Gaber which is close to the southern areas (or Raml i.e. "sand in Arabic" implying areas close to sea shore). 2) Tahreer Square Terminal which is close the Western areas. (Near to main arhaeological sites e.g. Kom El Decca, Pompey's Pillar and Catacombs).

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