Cavafy Museum, Alexandria Governorate, Egypt

4.5 (38 reviews) Spent Ranking #20 in Alexandria Speciality Museums

Everything Cavafy!

Constantine P. Cavafy is most probably my favorite poet so you can imagine my excitement when visiting his former home where he lived for the last 25 years of his life. I was pretty much awe struck, knowing that this was the street he often walked along, standing at the window’s he often stood at, looking out into his beloved Alexandria. Most of his furniture - seen in the old photo’s of the apartment - have gone although there still are alot of beautiful pieces, along with many writings and photos. Unfortunately they do not sell any books. The museum didn’t have much in English so I recommend using a translation app to scan the text into the language that you need. On the day I visited it was free although gave a donation. If you are trying to tap into a former vision of Alexandria, a former century, nostalgia, then you will find it here.
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6 Sharm El Sheikh St. Off Istanbul St. Raml Station, Alexandria 21599 Egypt

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+20 3 4861598

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5StavrosValentina 5:00 PM Jul 24, 2022
Cute Cavafy place
A small and cute museum, ex house of the big poet. For people who love Cavafy, it is a very nice place with a great collection of his works. It is not very easy to find it as there are no signs but if you are lucky you will meet a very kind local man (sells cute souvenirs) who will show you the staircase to the museum. As Greeks, we were truly enthusiastic that the man in the museum speaks Greek!
5dimkal1990 5:00 PM Aug 15, 2014
The museum is open and worths a visit!
The museum includes some rooms of Cavafys house and some staff and books of the great poet. It is located in a narrow road at the centre of Alexandria! It is small but deserves a visit to see the place where the poet spent his last 25 years! As a Greek I enjoyed so much my visit to this place and I still remember the Egyptian responsible for the tickets who spoke greek and when we went he put a Cd with Elli Lampeti ( a famous Greek actress) intoning Cavafy poems!