Urban Travel, Sustainability & Accessibility

  ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT The souk, set among fading grand apartment buildings, is a blur of activity from dawn to dusk.

ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT Colors take on a magical tone as dusk approaches over the market in the chilly Mediterranean spring.

ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT Deliveries are more likely to arrive via mule or horse carriage than by truck or van.

  ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT Pathways are so narrow, you have to watch out – lest you knock over the bounty on display.

  ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT Tourists are rarely spotted at the locals market.

ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT Flour, water, salt, heat and love + bake till heavenly.

   ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT Give us our daily bread. This is a whole grain pita-type bread. It is baked in a fiery oven streetside.

  ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT We can attest to the deliciousness of the hot out of the oven bread in Alexandria. Our trip to Egypt was for business....

  ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT Because Egypt is an Islamic-majority nation, many shoppers and vendors are in Muslim dress – though very few women wear ...

ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT A traveler can learn a lot about a city by visiting its market places.

ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT Located in the center of Alexandria, townspeople gather under ancient, often crumbling buildings of the souk to stock thei...

  ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT Souk shoppers stand elbow to elbow on ancient, narrow, pedestrian streets.

  ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT Market day means ancient carts, drawn by horse and mule, bringing goods to the belly of Alexandria.