After a visit to the Roman Amphitheatre of Kom el-Dikka, walk up a few metres north, past the Alexandria Opera House, to find Cavafy’s Museum, or House. A large house, located on the 2nd floor of an old building, once owned by the Alexandrian-raised Greek poet Konstantin Cavafy. The poet has lived there for 25 years before he died in 1933.
Since 1992, the poet’s apartment has been turned into a museum, housing some of his personal effects, including his old brass bed, some icons hanging on the house walls, and the modest table he used as a desk. What’s most interesting to see in the museum is the “bindery”, a small room where the poet manufactured his own poetry pamphlets. Many of his books, manuscripts and letters are also displayed in the house, spread out on tables in the different rooms of the house.

Address: 4 Sharm el Sheikh St., Misr Station Alexandria
Opening Hours: From 10 am to 3 pm
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