The Cap d’Or, just off Sharia Saad Zaghloul, is one of the only surviving typical Alexandrian bars. With beer flowing generously, stained-glass windows, a long marble-topped bar, plenty of ancient memorabilia decorating the walls and crackling tapes of old French chanson (a type of traditional folk music) or Egyptian hits, it feels like a throwback to Alexandria's cosmopolitan past.
Bohemian crowds come to drink cold beer, snack on great seafood and just hang out at the bar talking or playing guitar with fellow drinkers.
