L Passage

Alexandria


This cosmopolitan food mall in a downtown mansion is very popular with young, middle-class locals. Several cafes serve coffee, cakes and shisha, including Brew and Chew, the Pottery Cafe and the Nutopia, where everything is Nutella-flavoured. Various trendy chain restaurants include the urban-Lebanese Taboon, the Egyptian Man’ousha Street and Mori Sushi. A perfect place for a coffee or good lunch.


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1. Cavafy Museum

0.31 MILES

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2. Kom Al Dikka

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3. Jewish Cemetery

0.35 MILES

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4. Eliyahu Hanavi Synagogue

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5. Mosque of Al Qaid Ibrahim

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6. Alexandria National Museum

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7. Museum of Modern Art

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8. Bibliotheca Alexandrina

0.7 MILES

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