Today, traces of allthese parts remain. Visitors can eat seafood caught by local fisherman, Take atram to view Roman ruins or drink coffee in European-style coffee shops andcafés. A waterfront city, Alex (as it is popularly known) runs along the Mediterraneanfor 20km. A walk along the magnificent Corniche sweeps round the curve of theEastern Harbour and takes you right through the city centre.

The Corniche is linedwith beaches, having full tourist facilities extending from eastern beacheslike Maamoura, Montazah, Mandara, Asafra, Sidi Bishr, San Stefano, Glim,Stanley, Rushdi, Sidi Gaber, Sporting, Al Ibrahimia, and Al Shatby, all the wayto the Western city, where the resorts of Al Agami and Hanoville.