Alexandria
Population 159,467 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Emergency numbers in United States
- January: 9 h 45 of daylight
- February: 10 h 46 of daylight
- March: 11 h 55 of daylight
- April: 13 h 13 of daylight
- May: 14 h 17 of daylight
- June: 14 h 52 of daylight
- July: 14 h 38 of daylight
- August: 13 h 42 of daylight
- September: 12 h 28 of daylight
- October: 11 h 13 of daylight
- November: 10 h 05 of daylight
- December: 9 h 28 of daylight
Getting there
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Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide- Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Musuem Museum · 390 m
- Athenaeum Gallery · 490 m
- Freedom House Museum Museum · 640 m
- Lyceum Museum Museum · 110 m
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- Torpedo Factory Art Center Gallery · 640 m
- Friendship Fire Station Museum · 200 m
- John Wise's City Tavern ice well 1793 Archaeological site · 340 m
- Memorial Pool Attraction · 890 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Through the year
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Annual Alexandria Holiday Boat Parade of Lights
December
Annual festival held in the first week of December at the Alexandria Marina featuring dozens of decorated boats cruising the Potomac River from Old Town Alexandria to DC's Southwest waterfront.
1 event here has no dates for this year yet. We can look them up on each event's own site.
Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Alexandria); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.
Markets
Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.
Eating nearby
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Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 17 October 2026. Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.