El Mandara
El Mandara or Al Mandarah is a neighborhood in Alexandria, Egypt.
El Mandara or Al Mandarah is a neighborhood in Alexandria, Egypt.
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Worth seeing in and around El Mandara
4 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Montaza Palace
Montaza Palace is a palace, museum and extensive gardens in the Montaza district of Alexandria, Egypt. It was built on a low plateau east of central Alexandria overlooking a beach on the Mediterranean Sea.
700 m · palace in Alexandria, Egypt · Wikipedia - 02Arab Academy for Science and Technology and Maritime Transport
The Arab Academy for Science, Technology & Maritime Transport or is a regional university operated by the Arab League, which runs programs in marine transportation, business, and engineering. Most of its campuses are in Egypt.
3.2 km · university in Egypt · Wikipedia - 03Montaza, Alexandria
Montaza is the name of both a district and a park in Alexandria, Egypt. The district includes the park, but the two are legally distinct.
300 m · district and a park in Alexandria, Egypt · Wikipedia - 04Sanctuary of Arsinoe Aphrodite at Cape Zephyrion
The Temple to Arsinoe Aphrodite at Cape Zephyrion was a sanctuary commissioned around 279 BCE by Kallikrates, the commander of the Ptolemaic Naval Fleet. A Graeco-Macedonian Ptolemaic Queen of Egypt, Arsinoe II was directly involved in public affairs, war planning, and public and private ritual rites.
3.8 km · Temple of Aphrodite in Alexandria · Wikipedia
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Getting to El Mandara
- Airports
- Alexandria (HBE), 50 km · El Alamein (DBB), 154 km · Sphinx (SPX), 155 km
- Alexandria → El Mandara1798 km · quickest by air, 11h 52m · E£9,340–14,430
- El Alamein → El Mandara1774 km · quickest by air, 10h 34m · E£9,570–14,780
- Al Jiza → El Mandara1974 km · quickest by air, 11h 57m · $600–890
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for El Mandara
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for El Mandara. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThere is also a bus from Gedid to Sidi Gaber, and from Sidi Gaber most parts of the city are accessible by minibus or tram if you are looking to save money.
- Get inYou can take a minibus from Cairo for about (October 2025).
- Get inWhile this is your cheapest option from most departure points, know that the minibuses can be hot and cramped, and your driver will likely drive like a mad person, so take them at your own risk.
- Get inBut all of these are package tourist itineraries, and not available to book as point-to-point ferries.
- Get aroundIf you are on a day trip to Alexandria, hire a taxi outside the railway station for the day.
From Wikivoyage: Alexandria, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to El Mandara
El Mandara is 14 km from Alexandria, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Miami (Alexandria)Neighborhood in first Montaza district, Alexandria, Egypt3.4 km
- AsafraNeighborhood in second Montaza district, Alexandria, Egypt2.3 km
- El MaamoraNeighborhood in second Montaza district, Alexandria, Egypt1.1 km