Parks & gardens

Alexandria Zoo

Egypt’s second-largest zoo after Giza’s, on 24 feddans in Nozha near the Antoniadis Gardens.

The story

What sets it apart

An observation tower above the palms, a lion house and a lake for waterfowl.

  • 1The lion house
  • 2The reptile house
  • 3The waterfowl lake
  • 4The observation tower

The Nozha Zoo, as Alexandria’s central administration for tourism and resorts calls it, lies in the Nozha neighbourhood near the Antoniadis Gardens and Smouha, on Nozha Airport Road, and the administration ranks it as Egypt’s second-largest zoo. Al-Ahram Gate (May 2026) gives its area as 24 feddans.

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According to the administration, the zoo holds a lion house, a reptile house, a waterfowl lake, a children’s garden and a natural history museum, with a wide range of animals, rare, tame and wild. From its observation tower the whole zoo can be seen among the palms.

Memories of the place

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  1. 2023

    The central administration for tourism and resorts describes the Nozha Zoo as Egypt’s second-largest, with a lion house, a reptile house, a waterfowl lake, a children’s garden and a natural history museum.

    Source: Central Administration for Tourism and Resorts, Alexandria: «حديقة حيوان الاسكندرية» (archived 23 Oct 2023)

The other memories 1
  1. May 2026

    Al-Ahram Gate reported that the zoo covers 24 feddans and is Egypt’s second-largest after the Giza Zoo.

    Source: Al-Ahram Gate: «دليل خروجات عيد الأضحى بالإسكندرية.. 5 أماكن للتنزه» (29 May 2026)

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