Hotel Union

Alexandria


Book a seafront room and princely views of the Med from the balcony are yours for a pauper's budget. Alexandria's safest, most solid budget option is always bustling with a mix of Egyptian holidaymakers and foreign travellers. The simple rooms are decently maintained and clean, and the staff is a cheerful lot even if the service can be hilariously haphazard.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Alexandria attractions

1. Eliyahu Hanavi Synagogue

0.16 MILES

Among the largest synagogues in the Middle East, this magnificent Italian-built structure served Alexandria’s once-thriving and cosmopolitan Jewish…

2. Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

0.25 MILES

This neoclassical monument is a tribute to the Egyptians who lost their lives in the 1967 and 1973 wars with Israel.

3. Cavafy Museum

0.29 MILES

The Alexandrian-Greek poet Constantine Cavafy spent his last 25 years in an apartment above a brothel on the former Rue Lepsius, a flat now preserved as…

4. Statue of Mohammed Ali

0.37 MILES

This statue of Mohammed Ali, Egypt's modernising 19th-century ruler, presides over Midan Tahrir.

5. Mosque of Al Qaid Ibrahim

0.38 MILES

This massive mosque, built in the 1940s, is a major landmark. It played an important role in the 2011 revolution as a gathering point for many of the city…

6. Kom Al Dikka

0.57 MILES

Kom Al Dikka was a well-off residential area in Graeco-Roman times, with lovely villas, bathhouses and a theatre. The area was known at the time as the…

7. Shorbagi Mosque

0.63 MILES

The picturesque Shorbagi Mosque lies at the heart of the old Ottoman Anfushi district. Built in the mid-18th century, it shows how salvaged remnants of…

8. Terbana Mosque

0.64 MILES

The beautiful little Terbana Mosque stands at the junction of Sharia Faransa and Wekalet Al Limon. This entire quarter, known as Gumruk, is located on…