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3 p.m. 25.02.16

Day Trips from Alexandria

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Not only the beauty of inside Alexandria will capture your soul. But also going outskirts this magnificent town will take your breath away. The best places where you can get away to are as follows:

Aboukir

Managing a projection, protected on all sides by old fortifications, the small angling town of Aboukir has a distinguished history that resists its little size.

This is the place, on August first 1798; the Battle of the Nile was battled in which Nelson exacted an obliterating rout on the French armada. Here, as well, in 1799, Napoleon crushed a numerically unrivaled Turkish power; and here likewise, in 1801, Sir Ralph vanquished the leftovers of the French armed force and constrained them to empty Egypt.

For Naval history-buffs this military past of fights is a sufficient motivation to visit, yet for the normal tourist, the principle explanation behind a trip here is to test some of Egypt's finest fish.

Which is of interest to many tourists and even more for Alexandrians is that Aboukir is home to a large group of astonishing fish eateries that local people run to in the late spring months. Stuffing yourself loaded with shrimp and crab while dusk singes over the Mediterranean is the ideal end to an Alexandrian day. 

El Alamein

The hardscrabble township of El Alamein holds an entrancing spot in advanced world history. It was over this dry bit of unremarkable desert that the Allies first conclusive triumph in World War II's North Africa crusade was won.

 The ridiculous fights that occurred here in October 1942 slaughtered or injured more than 80,000 officers from nations as fluctuated as Australia, New Zealand, India, and Great Britain (Allies) and additionally Germany and Italy (Axis Forces).

Today, the war dedications that stand are an impactful indication of the 13 days of battling that asserted such a variety of lives. The somewhat great El Alamein War Museum benefits a vocation of giving a diagram to the El Alamein battle with a lot of military memorabilia showed. The Commonwealth Cemetery is a wonderfully kept tribute to the fallen with the 7,000 headstones in controlled columns between all around tended desert plants.

Only north of town, along the beach front roadway is the square shaped German Memorial where a large portion of the 4,500 German dead are covered and another couple of kilometers north is the Italian Memorial, which is likewise home to a little, however fascinating, exhibition hall.

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