ALEXANDRIASteigenberger Cecil Hotel Alexandria
Built in 1929 overlooking Alexandria’s harbor, the Cecil is the hotel Lawrence Durrell wrote into his “Alexandria Quartet” novels, and where Naguib Mahfouz set part of “Miramar” — a literary landmark as much as a place to sleep. What Makes It Notable During World War II, the hotel served as the headquarters of British Intelligence […]
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