General Info
Bibliotheca Alexandrina
The conference will be held in Alexandria. It is Egypt’s second-largest city and its main seaport. AlexORL will be held at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria’s main convention centre. The Bibliotheca Alexandrina is situated in the Eastern Harbor, facing the sea to the north and the Alexandria University Complex to the south, close to the location of the Old Library in the Brucheion (the Ancient Royal Quarter).
Conference Venue:
ALEXANDRIA
Conference hosting city, is the second-largest city in Egypt, and its largest seaport. Alexandria extends about 20 miles (32 km) along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea in north-central Egypt.
Home of the Ancient and Modern Bibliotheca Alexandrina; known with its one of the “7 Wonders of the world”, “The Lighthouse of Alexandria; Alexandria was one of the famous cities in the world, founded around 331 BC by Alexander the Great and remained Egypt’s Capital for nearly a thousand years.
Airports
- Al Nozha Airport: 7km to the south of the city
- Borg Al Arab International Airport: 25km to the west of the city
Train Station
- Sidi Gaber station in the center of the city
- Misr station in the west-central of the city
Yellow Taxi
Yellow Taxi Touristic Taxi (Fast Call 19559)
Bus
- Public transport buses
- Touristic Red buses
- Microbus
Tram Way
The tramway network in Alexandria is the oldest in Africa, is divided to two parts passing by almost all parts of the city