YaFandem
Saved and trip planner
All addresses
Sailboat masts silhouetted against an orange sky as the sun sets over a marina.

Marsa Matrouh and Siwa · Marina, north coast

The tables of Marina

The north coast's marina and its summer terraces.

€€€ High end

Around the Marina basin, a run of restaurants and cafés open only for the season: fish, international cooking, ice cream, and a night promenade along the pontoons. The centre of gravity of the Egyptian summer.

The extra bit

Prices rise with the season: the same table costs twice as much in August as in June.

Know before you go

Marina is a gated resort: access depends on the season's rules, to check before coming.

Directions

Marina el-Alamein, north coast

Directions

In the same spirit

  • Siwa Oasis

    Our favourite

    A desert depression with salt lakes, a palm grove, and a mud-brick fortress in the middle.

    Marsa Matrouh and SiwaSiwa

    €€ Mid-rangeSunset

  • Ageeba Beach

    A small turquoise cove at the foot of a limestone cliff, west of Marsa Matrouh.

    Marsa Matrouh and SiwaMarsa Matrouh

    € BudgetSea view

  • Cleopatra's Spring

    A stone pool fed by a spring, lit after dark, on the Aghurmi road out of Siwa.

    Marsa Matrouh and SiwaSiwa

    € BudgetOpen late