Montaza Park
Al Mandarah Bahri, Qism El-Montaza, Alexandria, Egypt
Description:
The picturesque Montaza Park is a great place to relax and enjoy. It's broken ashore.
sea, so it combines excellent beaches and beautiful alleys, planted with coniferous cassowary, Mediterranean pine, date palms and ficus trees. It is good to walk here, admiring antique statues, ponds and tropical greenery.
Montaza Park is located on the eastern edge of Alexandria, on the shore of a small cozy bay. From the city center to it about seventeen kilometers. The area of the park covers almost one hundred and fifty hectares. Montaza Park is home to a royal palace built in the early twentieth century as the summer residence of Khedive Abbas and King Farouk. Structurally, the palace consists of several buildings, the largest was intended for men, the smallest - for women. The architecture of the Grand Palace of Montaza combines Turkish and Florentine styles. All buildings of the palace complex are distinguished by the richness of interior decoration and luxury of interiors. The Montaza Palace and Park are the completion of the 32-kilometer Alexandria Embankment, on which the main city attractions are located. Currently, the Grand Palace is used to receive official guests and tourists are not allowed inside.