Since the 1990s, Alexandria has been a city of change, gaining a rather renewed energy and spending huge amounts of money revamping
much are the area to promote tourism. With public spaces now full of trees, the opera house fully restored, and the seafront Corniche promenade completely revamped Alexandria has never been so tourist friendly. Particularly notable was the relatively recent opening of the stylish National Museum of Alexandria, which houses a huge amount of information about the city's past.