While there, I visited Montazah Palace Gardens Park which formerly belonged to the Mohamed Ali family, Egypt's last royal line, who ruled until 1952. Palace construction began in 1892, and was completed in 1932. Secured by a high gate surrounded by an expanse of manicured lawns and tended gardens, its northern point faces the Mediterranean Sea.
Afterwards, my tour bus headed downtown where lunch was served at a seafood restaurant down on the waterfront. My meal was a marvelously prepared fresh catch-of-the-day seasoned by Middle Eastern spices. The weather was beautiful and the smell of the sea pleasant and inviting.
The next stop was the Alexandria National Museum, which will be found on the next blog.
