--- title: "Marsa Alam – what to see, and every way to get there | Mixroutes" description: "How to get to Marsa Alam from Luxor, Aswan and Hurghada: every way compared, with today's quickest and its fare. Marsa Alam is a tourist town in…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/places/marsa-alam" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/places/marsa-alam.md" image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c3/Carnelia_Beach%2C_Marsa_Alam_%282232052889%29.jpg" --- ![Marsa Alam](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c3/Carnelia_Beach%2C_Marsa_Alam_%282232052889%29.jpg) # Marsa Alam Marsa Alam is a tourist town in south-eastern Egypt, located on the western shore of the Red Sea. [Plan a trip to Marsa Alam](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Marsa%20Alam) [From Luxor](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Luxor&to=Marsa+Alam) ## Every way there - 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) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. The field note What is in and around Marsa Alam, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move. [Read the note on Marsa Alam](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/marsa-alam) What Marsa Alam has - Y Scheduled flights Marsa Alam (RMF), 63 km - Y Trains and coaches Transitous carries 2 timetable feeds for this country, 0 with real-time - N Ferries no crossing within 25 km - Y Driving and taxi OpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band - N Bike and scooter share no share feed known - N Cruises no open itinerary source anywhere Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known. 25.067°, 34.900° 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." Get in ## Getting to Marsa Alam Marsā ʿAlam is on the Egyptian or African coast of the Red Sea, about 275 km south of Hurghada and 215 km south of Safāgā. The town sits at the intersection of Coastal Highway 24 and the road to Edfu. The trunk road 24 runs directly through the city. The hotels are also close to this road. 1. Bus 2. Marsa Alam International Airport See ## Worth seeing Apart from the mosques and the local market, there are no sights in the town. 1. Mosque of the Islamic 2. Suq Mosque 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. How locals move ## Getting around Marsa Alam the local way - 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. Last edited 2026-09. Text adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsa_Alam) and [Wikivoyage](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Marsa_Alam), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons. --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/places/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. Index of every page: https://www.mixroutes.com/llms.txt