Marsa Alam
Marsa Alam is a tourist town in south-eastern Egypt, located on the western shore of the Red Sea.
Marsa Alam is a tourist town in south-eastern Egypt, located on the western shore of the Red Sea. It is described as a "popular" tourist destination. Marsa Alam is a relatively recently built town; its development began in 1995 through the investments of the Kuwaiti Al-Kharafi Group, which established the town and its initial facilities, resorts and infrastructure. Its growth was accelerated by the opening of Marsa Alam International Airport in 2003. Due to its crystal clear water and its white sandy beaches, it is also known as the "Egyptian Maldives."
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What Wikivoyage says to see
Apart from the mosques and the local market, there are no sights in the town.
- 01Mosque of the Islamic
- 02Suq Mosque
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Things to do
As in other Red Sea resorts, the main activities are of course swimming, diving, snorkeling and kiting. Other water sports activities such as banana boat rides are also available. Almost everywhere there are reefs off the coast of the Red Sea that have to be overcome before you can swim. In many cases, footbridges have been created for this purpose. Avoid entering the coral reefs to protect them.
- 01Public
There are some reefs where dolphins can be found, or bays where turtles, manatees and dugongs can be observed.
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Getting to Marsa Alam
- Airports
- Marsa Alam (RMF), 63 km · Red Sea (RSI), 229 km · Luxor (LXR), 230 km
- Luxor → Marsa Alam237 km · quickest by road, 5h 11m · E£475–640
- Aswan → Marsa Alam228 km · quickest by road, 6h 37m · E£445–590
- Hurghada → Marsa Alam267 km · quickest by road, 4h 6m · E£385–510
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No local-transport research exists yet for Marsa Alam
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Marsa Alam. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get in{{Marker |type Marsa Alam International Airport () | wikidata = Q123222 }} is serviced seasonally by Condor Airlines from Germany, by many charter airlines.
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