--- title: "Marsa Alam – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Marsa Alam, Egypt: Marsa Alam is a tourist town in south-eastern Egypt, located on the western shore of the Red Sea. Every way there from the planner, and…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/marsa-alam" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/marsa-alam.md" image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c3/Carnelia_Beach%2C_Marsa_Alam_%282232052889%29.jpg" --- Town in the Red Sea Governorate, Egypt # Marsa Alam Marsa Alam is a tourist town in south-eastern Egypt, located on the western shore of the Red Sea. ![Marsa Alam](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c3/Carnelia_Beach%2C_Marsa_Alam_%282232052889%29.jpg) Marsa Alam · Wikimedia Commons The place 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." Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsa_Alam), CC BY-SA 4.0. See ## What Wikivoyage says to see Apart from the mosques and the local market, there are no sights in the town. 1. Mosque of the Islamic 2. Suq Mosque From [Wikivoyage: Marsa Alam](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Marsa_Alam), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Do ## 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. 1. Public There are some reefs where dolphins can be found, or bays where turtles, manatees and dugongs can be observed. From [Wikivoyage: Marsa Alam](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Marsa_Alam), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Go there ## Getting to Marsa Alam **Airports:** Marsa Alam (RMF), 63 km · Red Sea (RSI), 229 km · Luxor (LXR), 230 km\ - Luxor → Marsa Alam 237 km · quickest by road, 5h 11m · E£475–640 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/luxor-to-marsa-alam) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Luxor&to=Marsa+Alam) - Aswan → Marsa Alam 228 km · quickest by road, 6h 37m · E£445–590 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/aswan-to-marsa-alam) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Aswan&to=Marsa+Alam) - Hurghada → Marsa Alam 267 km · quickest by road, 4h 6m · E£385–510 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/hurghada-to-marsa-alam) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Hurghada&to=Marsa+Alam) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Marsa%20Alam) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. Not yet researched ## 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. What Wikivoyage says about moving around - Get in {{Marker |type Marsa Alam International Airport () | wikidata = Q123222 }} is serviced seasonally by Condor Airlines from Germany, by many charter airlines. From [Wikivoyage: Marsa Alam](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Marsa_Alam), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09. The nearest places where the work is done 1. [Dahab](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/dahab) EG 8 ways of moving, 29 sources 383 km 2. [Wadi Rum](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/wadi-rum) JO 8 ways of moving, 23 sources 504 km 3. [Petra and Wadi Musa](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/petra) JO 12 ways of moving, 17 sources 588 km 4. [Kastellorizo](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/kastellorizo) GR 8 ways of moving, 27 sources 1,332 km 5. [Lalibela](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/lalibela) ET 8 ways of moving, 31 sources 1,513 km If you know how people move in Marsa Alam – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Cmarsa-alam&title=Marsa+Alam&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fmarsa-alam), and the note gets an entry. [The place page for Marsa Alam](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/marsa-alam) [All the notes](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes) [Every note on Egypt](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes#c-EG) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/marsa-alam, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. Mixroutes is made by Lascade LLC, Sharjah Media City, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. 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