Alexandria Travel Guide: Sights & Hidden Gems

The Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa are a three-level Roman-era tomb complex cut into the rock of Alexandria in the 2nd century AD, where Anubis wears Roman armour. Open daily from 9:00 to 17:00. Here is what you see on each level, the ticket price, how long to allow and how to fit it into a day in Alexandria.

Alexandria is the seafood capital of Egypt. Our pick of the top fish restaurants, from Fish Market on the Corniche to Samakmak in Anfushi and Zephyrion in Abu Qir, plus how ordering by the kilo works, the dishes to try and how to fit a fish lunch into a day in the city.

The palace most people mean by "King Farouk Palace" is the Montaza Palace in Alexandria, his summer home, where the gardens are open to visitors but the palace itself is not. In Cairo you can visit Abdeen Palace and his Nile rest house in Helwan, now the Farouk Corner Museum.