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The Windsor Palace Hotel

A hotel on the Eastern Harbour corniche that dates its story to 1906 and still takes guests.

The cosmopolitan city
1906, by the hotel’s own account
Opening hours
A working hotel, open at all hours
Tickets
No entry fee
Administrative section
El Attarin — the Corniche
Open in maps(External link)Its place in time

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What sets it apart

Hand-decorated ceilings, chandeliers and public rooms named after British monarchs, on the Eastern Harbour corniche

3 documented memories

Its place in time

The cosmopolitan city · 1860 – 1950

The district at the height of its plurality: Greek, Italian, French, Levantine, Jewish and Armenian communities; the tram, theatres, hotels and cafés; classical, Art Nouveau and Art Deco buildings.

  1. Fouad Street — the Canopic Way331 BC — the Canopic Way
  2. Roman Theatre at Kom El DikkaRoman era, most likely 4th century — uncovered in 1964
  3. Shallalat GardensOn the line of the 9th-century wall, under Ibn Tulun
  4. Remains of the Alexandria City Wall9th century — under Ibn Tulun
  5. Misr Railway StationThe railway from the 1850s — present building 1927
  6. Mahatet El Raml & Saad Zaghloul SquareFrom 1863 — the Ramleh line’s terminus
  7. The Alexandria Tram1863
  8. Eliyahu Hanavi SynagogueRebuilt in the 19th century — foundation plaque dated 1881
  9. Graeco-Roman Museum1892
  10. The Statue of Nubar PashaUnveiled in 1904, according to a museum record
  11. The Windsor Palace Hotel1906, by the hotel’s own account
  12. Cavafy MuseumCavafy’s home from 1907 to 1933
  13. The Lycée Al-Horreya1909–1910 — the Shatby building from 1913
  14. Sayed Darwish Theatre — Alexandria Opera House1921 — the Mohamed Ali Theatre
  15. Alexandria National MuseumLate-1920s palace — museum since 2003
  16. The Cecil Hotel1929
  17. Museum of Fine Arts1954
  18. Bibliotheca Alexandrina2002
  • Ancient Alexandria331 BC – 7th century AD
  • The Islamic centuries7th century – 1805
  • The Mohamed Ali revival1805 – 1860
  • The cosmopolitan city1860 – 1950
  • Contemporary Alexandria1950 – today
The seated bronze statue of Nubar Pasha in front of the opera house
Before it in timeThe Statue of Nubar PashaUnveiled in 1904, according to a museum record
The entrance to the Cavafy Museum in the poet’s apartment in El Attarin
After it in timeCavafy MuseumCavafy’s home from 1907 to 1933

Highlights

  • 1The corniche view over the Eastern Harbour
  • 2Hand-decorated ceilings
  • 3Public rooms named after British monarchs

The story

  1. The Windsor Palace stands on the corniche west of Saad Zaghloul Square, at the corner of El Shohada Street. The hotel dates its story to 1906: according to its operator, the building was a late nineteenth-century residence that became a hotel that year.

  2. Its operator describes the architecture as English in style, with hand-decorated ceilings and antique furnishings, and several of its public rooms still bear the names of British monarchs.

  3. The hotel remains in operation, run today by the Paradise Inn group, and its façade forms part of the Eastern Harbour streetscape. Access to its facilities follows hotel rules; an exterior walk offers a view of its architecture.

Memories of the place

Every memory is taken from a published, documented source.

  1. 1906

    According to its operator, the building was put up in the late 1800s as the residence of a “Sir Windsor” and became a hotel in 1906.

  2. 1908

    The Baedeker travellers’ guide lists a “Windsor Hotel” at 7 Rue Averoff, “by the sea, with bar”.

  3. Today

    The hotel still operates, run by the Paradise Inn group.

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