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Located in Alexandria city center, Alexander The Great Hotel offers air-conditioned rooms with balconies and free Wi-Fi. The hotel overlooks the Episcopal Church and features a 24-hour front desk and a tour desk service.Just a 15-minute drive away from the Library of Alexandria, this hotel has spacious rooms with a satellite TV and a telephone. Each room has a minibar and a private bathroom with a shower.Guests can start their day with a breakfast buffet in the dining area or in the privacy of their room. The hotel’s à la carte restaurant serves local dishes, while you will also find a variety of restaurant in the surrounding area.Alexander The Great Hotel is 5 minutes away from the waterfront promenade corniche in Alexandria, and free private parking is available on site.Alexandria International Airport is 5 km away, and a car rental service is also provided.
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5 Oskofia St. Beside the Greek Church in front of Saint Catherine's School, Alexandria 5372001 Egypt
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Alexander The Great Hotel
130 reviews
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Somewhat walkable
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This place reminds me of a parisienne hotel. Small clean entrance and up a level of stairs to the reception. Hubby and I stayed for 3 nights. The place is spotless, low key and traveler friendly... the ritz it's not... but we'd hate that. The central location saved us loads of Uber costs and the large pre- plated breakfast saved us having to spend on lunch and wait for a great dinner.... classic travelers ploys. Rooms 104, 105, 204, 205 have medium sized rooms, large balconies big beds, interesting but clean bathrooms and it looks like most of the ACs are nearly new. The views of St Catherine's and the courtyard are quiet and brain cooling, letting you decompress from the maelstrom of Alexandria.
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Date of stay: October 2021Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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The room was on the 1st floor where the reception is. Large spotlessly clean room. Very quite AC. Small washroom, but clean with all necessary toileteries provided.
A 10 minute walk to the cornich. The hotel entrance is located opposite the main gate of a school, between two trees. The reception is on the first floor. Free wifi at the reception. Did not have any breakfast.
Now the negative. I got a room directly facing the school. They play soccer everynight and the fullblown shouting and screaming goes on till late into the night. On a Friday, went on till 1 a.m. Today is Sunday and I am writting this review at 11.40 p.m and the shouting and screeming is still going on. God knows what time I can go to bed.
Hence please avoid getting a room facing the school.
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Date of stay: October 2021Trip type: Travelled solo
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this is a good and quiet small hotel that is located close to the market and not far from the corniche. The hotel management and staff make you feel at home. The furniture is good and seems to be newly rennovated and the bathroom is great. The only thing that needs to be improved is breakfast.
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Date of stay: January 2013
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Trip type: Travelled as a couple
Room Tip:Â The street noise can be heard in most rooms but at night the street becomes quiet
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Response from AYMAN F, General Manager at Alexander The Great Hotel
Responded Feb 4, 2013
thank you for your re-comment and you must now we are here to help you to have good vacation in alexandria and we hope to visit us again,,,, best regrades
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We lived in a studio apartment with a kitchen and living room, 14th floor of a neighboring high-rise building, fantastic view of Alexandria, fast internet, comfortable beds, very clean and comfortable. The check-in went quickly, we were immediately taken to the apartment, everything was explained and shown.
There weren't utensils for cooking in the kitchen. During the check in we asked to bring plates, pan and etc and we were told that they going to bring it in the morning. But in the morning nothing was brought, we had to go down to the reception once again and remind about the kitchen utensils. Only after that they delivered the required.
In fact, due to the lack of kitchen utensils, it made no sense to rent a studio that costs more than a regular room. We were unable to cook dinner for the children and had to go to a restaurant instead, and in the morning again we were unable to cook breakfast for ourselves and the child.
When the cookware was finally delivered to us on the second day, it was just wonderful, but the first day disappointed us greatly.
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Date of stay: March 2023
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I accommodated at Extenstion building not in a main building, it was a very new furniture executive floor.
It was a one night only I came Alex as a business overnight but it was so nice accommodation.
The view was very nice church view and side sea view from 13 floor !!
Thank you for receptionist and the nice person whose assist me to the extension building and show me two suites to choose one
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Date of stay: February 2020Trip type: Travelled on business
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The food is horrible. We can’t choose for ourselves and every single morning we stay hungry because there is not a lot of food to choose from. The umbrellas on the beach are small and horrible. They let dogs to go on the beach. I love animals but i don’t want to swim in the sea where people bathe their dogs.
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Date of stay: July 2022Trip type: Travelled with family
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Very good location. Very friendly staff. Room was in an another building a short walk away but was big. A suite with 2 single and a double bed. Good bathroom with a good shower. They printed my boarding passess at reception for free. Great place.
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Date of stay: November 2023
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I must admit that I only bumped into this hotel after a heavy online research for a room on a fully occupied weekend. I usually stay at Mercure or Sofitel but both were totally packed. The area is very impressive. It has a unique Italian/Greek feeling. The hotel is located right next to a Greek church and infront of Saint Catherine School and Church. Very welcoming, humble and decent staff. Very clean room and reasonably priced. I do recommend this hotel especially for those interested in historic areas and culture seekers.
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Date of stay: April 2012
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This "Alexotel" [aka Alexander the Great Hotel] is conveniently located 6 minutes by taxi near the train station, 6 minutes walking to the old Alexandria shopping district, and a short 15 minute walk to the Cecil Hotel, where Laurence Durell and Winston Churchill bedded down when in Alexandria. It is also a ten minute walk to the seaside highway in the center of town. When i was seeking the location of the hotel, they had not installed their sign over the door dangling from the 2nd floor yet, and i was fumbling around the street blindly at night in the rain, trying to locate the hotel [which is on the 2nd floor of a business/apartment block building. Now they have a lit sign and a hanging painted sign!] Cab drivers never heard of the name of the street it is on. Nobody tipped me off as i was trying to find this tucked away hotel, so i am pleased to help you now. As a side note, you can go almost anywhere in Alexandria by taxi for 10 Egyptian pounds or less, even if they try to ask a foreigner for 15 or 20 E. L., you can just sit in the back, give them the 10er at the end of your ride, and hop out at your destination without a fight or without police intervention. Alexandria is way way way more relaxed than Cairo. It is mellow and quite european. I think only twice did somebody pester me for small change in Alexandria. In Cairo, or Luxor, 25 times an hour. So, if you arrive in Alexandria by train or bus, just tell the taxi driver to take you to Mansella Saint Catherine. This means Catholic Cathedral of Alexandria, from the old Italian days of Alexandria. Most all taxi drivers know of this church. Directly across from it is the Greek Orthodox enormous Orthodox church of Alexandria. It has a high white concrete wall and the sky blue and white flag of Greece flapping in the wind, with Greek letters written on its entranceway [cab drivers are not as familiar with this church as the Mansella St. Catherine].
I was in Alexandria in late January, in winter, while most worldwide tourists were avoiding Egypt because of its revolution exactly one year ago. So there were not so many tourists in town. For the standard Alexotel price of $40 per room here, plus tax, I was given the deluxe suite called the Cleopatra Suite, just for me, for the same price, since tourism is slow now. I had a large bedroom, and an even larger attached and private living room, and large bath with a view of the Greek Church, like it was my own apartment, with an enticing painting on "my" living room wall, of an indolent and declining on a sofa Cleopatra [who was actually Greek and not Egyptian]. The free breakfast is quite good. The wifi connection however, is not so good. It is up and down and hit or miss. I had a strong wifi signal my first night, and a limited or no connection the entire 2nd day and night. Ayman the owner, an architect, has very detailed and intricate maps for sale of the greater Alexandria area, for only $6. It is such a good map i will frame it on my wall when i get home. For a $2 taxi ride, i went ten minutes away from the Alexander the Great Hotel, to the highly recommended [By Vicky the manager] Greek Union Club restaurant near the Pharos Light House on the waterfront. It was very elegant inside and with a fabulous view of the harbor at night. The fish and shrimps and crabs were fresh and on ice and i picked the ones that later were fire broiled and then popped into my predatory alligator like mouth. The Egyptian wine was excellent too, white wine as good as a german wine, and very reasonably priced. The hot puffed pita bread basket was a real treat too. Of course, Vicky the Greek manager of Alexotel recommended this restaurant to me. Ayman a day later recommended a worker's fish restaurant to me that has been in Alexandria almost 75 years, the Kadoura restaurant, on the coastal road about a ten minute walk from Cecil's Hotel. The blackened fish was very tasty, and half the price of the Greek Union 5-star restaurant.
For an English speaking driver and guide, either Vicky or Ayman can arrange for an honest and reputable and fair price person for you. Vicky the manager grew up for 16 years in Australia, so her english is quite good, and Ayman the owner has many Greek expat friends living in Alexandria.
So, in a nutshell, for about $45/day, for its location and helpful staff, and flexibility with customers needs, i highly recommend it. It is very familiar at Alexander the Great Hotel, and somewhat intimate, so I doubt party animals in their twenties would want to stay here, but newlyweds might enjoy the Cleopatra Suite. You MUST take a long look at both churches within minutes of the Alexotel lobby, the Mansella St. Catherine Italian Catholic cathedral, and the Greek Orthodox Main Church. And less than a ten minute walk nearby is the old shopping district of Alexandria, with some great deals on cotton and wool Egyptian made clothes, and Egyptian leather goods, many of high quality and about a tenth the price you would pay in Berlin.
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Date of stay: January 2012
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Alexotel is a modern hotel located in the heart of the city. It is found in a very convenient location, just ten minutes away from the corniche and within half an hour walk from both the citadel and the library.
For 10 Egyptian Pounds, you can get to the Catcombs (go early to beat the crowds!) and for 15, you can head to Alexandria City Centre / Carrefour for some shopping.
If you're finding your own way to the hotel, it might be hard to find the place. Just tell the taxi driver, Mensella St Catherine. The hotel is just located 1 minute away from there.
The rooms are spacious, modern and clean. For 56 EGP per night for a triple, that's great value!
One of the staff, Amro, attended to us and he was very helpful and friendly. He printed out a form that showed all the attractions, good restaurants and shopping places, in English and with their Arabic translations! (Very useful).
I would stay there again if I ever head back to Alexandria!
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Date of stay: January 2013Trip type: Travelled with family
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There are more places to choose from in the Alexandria area.
PRICE RANGE
C$30 - C$43 (Based on Average Rates for a Standard Room)
LOCATION
EgyptAlexandria GovernorateAlexandria
NUMBER OF ROOMS
20
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