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Alexandria Centre of Arts
This place hosts twice-weekly concerts, but there is little going on in the way of theatre or music.
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Alexandria Opera House
The former Sayyid Darwish Theatre has been refurbished and now houses the city's modestly proportioned but splendid opera house. Most performances of opera and classical music are staged in this gorgeous auditorium.
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Amir Cinema
A refitted grand old place now with six screens, showing almost exclusively Hollywood tripe.
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Bibliotheca Alexandrina
The Bibliotheca is the most important cultural venue in town now, hosting major music festivals, international concerts and performances.
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Cap d'Or
The Cap d'Or, just off Sharia Saad Zaghloul, is a top spot to relax, and one of the only surviving typical Alexandrian bars. With beer flowing generously, stained-glass windows, a long marble-topped bar, plenty of ancient memorabilia decorating the walls and crackling tapes of old French chanson (type of traditional folk music) or Egyptian hits, it feels very much like an Andalusian tapas bar.
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Cinema Metro
In central Alexandria, this beautiful old place has been very well looked after - pity the movies it screens are often so uninspired.
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El-Yunani
Near Souq Ibrahimiyya, this Greek taverna is the poor-man's version of the posher Greek Club. With baby-blue walls covered in faded 1960s Greek tourism posters and slow-turning fans, it clings to musty remnants of allure. Look for the bumble-bee striped pillars at the entrance.
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Garage
The renovated garage of the Jesuit Centre and maintained by the Young Arab Theatre Fund, Garage is a breath of fresh air on the city's cultural scene, presenting new performances by local and international youth theatre groups.
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Green Plaza Mall Cineplex
This large cinema, part of the buzzing Green Plaza Mall complex, has six screens all showing first-run American blockbusters. A taxi out here will cost about around £E10 and take 25 minutes from the city centre.
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Renaissance San Stefano
The newest screens in town, with eight spiffy cinemas showing mostly Hollywood offerings, it's currently the 'it' spot for young Alexandrians. A taxi from the city centre will cost about around £E10 .
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Spitfire
Just north of Sharia Saad Zaghloul, Spitfire feels almost like a Bangkok bar - sans go-go girls. It has a reputation as a sailors' hang-out and the walls are plastered with shipping-line stickers, rock-and-roll memorabilia and photos of drunk regulars. It's a great place for an evening out in one of the world's finest harbours, listening to American rock and roll from the 1970s.
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