Parks and Gardens

Alexandria boasts three famous gardens that visitors should see: Montazah Park Gardens overlooks the Mediterranean and covers an area of 370 feddans of exotic trees, palms, and flowers. The gardens belonged to the Palace of King Farouk and are open to the public with a small fee. There is also a museum, several natural bays and beaches, as well as a complete tourist centre, a 5-star hotel, restaurants and a children’s park. This is located on the far western part of Alexandria next to Sheraton Montazah El Nozha Gardens includes several gardens such as Antoniades’ Gardens: Today it contains beautifully landscaped trees and flowers, fountains, tropical greenhouses, archeological remains, including a Gnostic tomb and a cistern , as well as several marble Greek statues and the Greek
Sir John Antoniadis’ palace which was built on the model of the Versaille Palace in Paris. It is located south of the Greek district, next to the Mahmudiya Canal. Also nearby is The Zoological
Garden, which comprises an artificial lake, a huge tower to view the garden from above and a museum for natural history. The Shallalat Gardens is known for its manicured shrubs and trees and its high and low levels and waterways. There are also traces of the Hellenistic walls in the gardens and the only Alexandrian cistern. Located: east of Horreya Street.