Alexandria Money and Shopping

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Central Alexandria

Many places seem to follow set shopping hours. Winter: Tues, Wed, Fri and Sat 9AM-10PM, Mon and Thurs 9AM-11AM. During Ramadan, hours vary, with shops often closing on Sunday. Summer: Tues, Wed, Fri-Sun 9AM-12:30PM and 4-12:30 PM.

• International Language Bookstore, 18 Abd el-Hamid el-Dib Street, Tharwat tram station (Ramleh Tram). A small and pleasant little bookstore, if maddeningly difficult to find. It has a pretty decent selection of English-language books if you are into classics, and a lot of good reference books. Decent enough for children's books and beach reads.

• El Maaref Establishment, Saad Zaghloul St. Raml station (Yellow tram or Taxi), ☎ +20-3-4853055.

• Alex Book Centre, Semouha, ☎ +20-3-4294362. A big publisher and distributor of English language teaching and school curriculum materials.

• An Nabi Daniel streetsellers, An Nabi Daniel (street). Along the street An Nabi Daniel booksellers line up (at least during summer 2008). Some of these sell English books. Price negotiable.

• Carrefour City Center. Shopping mall with huge hypermarket, coffee shops and cinemas. Take a taxi to get here.
• Mirage Mall. A small high-end mall in front of Carrefour. Clothes shops including Adidas and Timberland factory outlets, plus some popular cafes and restaurants including Chili's and Pasadena Roof.

• Deeb Mall, Roushdy. Midrange shopping mall with cinemas and a food court.
• Family Mall. Midrange shopping mall in Gianaclis Station.
• Green Plaza, (next to Hilton Hotel). Big shopping mall with many shops, restaurants, cinemas and a court for videos games and bowling.
• Kirosez Mall, Mostafa Kamel. A midrange shopping mall.
• Mina Mall, Ibrahimia. Another midrange shopping mall.
• Maamoura Plaza Mall, Maamoura. Some restaurants.
• San Stefano Grand Plaza Mall, San Stefano (eastern Alexandria, next to Four Seasons Hotel). Perhaps the largest shopping mall in Alexandria. Luxury shopping, 6 cinemas, large food court.
• Wataniyya Mall, Sharawy St (Lauran). Small shopping mall.
• Zahran Mall, Smouha. Cinemas and coffee shops.