Marsa Alam Discovery
In February my family and I went to South of Egypt to discover new places for potential business. Our targeted destination was Marsa Alam, South od Egypt, 350 km far from Hurghada. We took it by road, from Sharm el Sheikh in one day, via Suez city, the 1st time I saw Suez canal from another side, very beautiful in fact, unfortunately I did not take any pictures, hope next time to have camera by my hand. So we moved in the early morning, passed Suez city, Hurghada, Safaga and then by evening reached Marsa Alam. We stopped for some days in a nice hotel Resta Resort. It is situated not in Marsa Alam exactly, but around 25 km far from it and just 1 km far from the International airport of Marsa Alam which we also explored and had even some problems with security there:) As we were really tired we left city exploration for the next day.
So in the morning after the breakfast we got in our jeep and forwarded to Marsa Alam city, honestly there is no city as we understand it and as we expected to see it. But we saw much more than just a "city", as so called Marsa Alam city is located around 20 km far from the hotel we stayed it took some time to reach the destination, and the area we passed by was really great. Not that many places in Egypt still have virgin nature, sandy empty beaches, long white sandy beaches and NO ONE around. Hotels there are located some km far from each other, so between them you still find long shore, you can stop any minute, get off your car and swim in the red sea, as it was February, we did not want to try that option as it was really cold and windy (for us, locals) but we saw several brave divers who did it :)In fact that were the only people we met on our way to Marsa Alam city. We reached the city fast enough but did not actually find anything in the city, some shops, some buildings, hotels along the shore, unfortunately all hotels were closed or unfinished, so no guests at all. The area in general reminds Sharm el Sheikh 10 years ago, when we just moved there: few hotels along the shore, long distance between them and no people and entertainments at all. There is still no development for the area, hope our new government will pay some attention to this great area with such potential for tourism. Now only brave and lazy tourists, who wants to relax and go nowhere just to the beach come to the area. But there is a big plus of the area! It is very warm there even in winter, as it is more to the south than Sharm el Sheikh, very close to Luxor and other Upper Egypt attractions.
There is a nice place worth mentioning called Port Ghibli, aimed more for Arab than European tourists. There area has some famous hotels inside, shopping promenade and artificial lagoon for yachts parking (sorry, do not really know how it's called in English exactly). So, if you have your own yacht you can come to Port Ghibli for holidays. There is also similar yacht parking in Taba Heights.
So, all in all, for now there is still nothing to do in Marsa Alam, just relax on a private beach of your hotel and no go around at least for the next 5-10 years. The nearest place (350 km far from the area) is Hurghada where you can have a lot of entertainments.
So in the morning after the breakfast we got in our jeep and forwarded to Marsa Alam city, honestly there is no city as we understand it and as we expected to see it. But we saw much more than just a "city", as so called Marsa Alam city is located around 20 km far from the hotel we stayed it took some time to reach the destination, and the area we passed by was really great. Not that many places in Egypt still have virgin nature, sandy empty beaches, long white sandy beaches and NO ONE around. Hotels there are located some km far from each other, so between them you still find long shore, you can stop any minute, get off your car and swim in the red sea, as it was February, we did not want to try that option as it was really cold and windy (for us, locals) but we saw several brave divers who did it :)In fact that were the only people we met on our way to Marsa Alam city. We reached the city fast enough but did not actually find anything in the city, some shops, some buildings, hotels along the shore, unfortunately all hotels were closed or unfinished, so no guests at all. The area in general reminds Sharm el Sheikh 10 years ago, when we just moved there: few hotels along the shore, long distance between them and no people and entertainments at all. There is still no development for the area, hope our new government will pay some attention to this great area with such potential for tourism. Now only brave and lazy tourists, who wants to relax and go nowhere just to the beach come to the area. But there is a big plus of the area! It is very warm there even in winter, as it is more to the south than Sharm el Sheikh, very close to Luxor and other Upper Egypt attractions.
There is a nice place worth mentioning called Port Ghibli, aimed more for Arab than European tourists. There area has some famous hotels inside, shopping promenade and artificial lagoon for yachts parking (sorry, do not really know how it's called in English exactly). So, if you have your own yacht you can come to Port Ghibli for holidays. There is also similar yacht parking in Taba Heights.
So, all in all, for now there is still nothing to do in Marsa Alam, just relax on a private beach of your hotel and no go around at least for the next 5-10 years. The nearest place (350 km far from the area) is Hurghada where you can have a lot of entertainments.
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