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A fishing harbour south of Marsa Alam: mangrove on the shore, islands a few kilometres out.
Marsa Alam & the Red SeaHamata, Marsa Alam
Mountains, gravel plains and acacias south of Marsa Alam. Not a place for an ordinary car.
Marsa Alam & the Red SeaMarsa Alam
The Gulf of Suez, about two hours from Cairo: freighters on the horizon and a day by the sea.
Marsa Alam & the Red SeaAin Sokhna
A fourth-century Coptic monastery under an Eastern Desert cliff, still lived in today.
Marsa Alam & the Red SeaEastern Desert
A shallow sandy bay north of Marsa Alam, known for its turtles and its seagrass meadows.
Few shops, plenty of dive gear: the bare necessities of the southern Red Sea.
A white sand beach and clear water, with not a hotel on the horizon.
Marsa Alam & the Red SeaSouth of Marsa Alam
A horseshoe reef where a colony of spinner dolphins comes to rest.
Marsa Alam & the Red SeaHamata, southern Red Sea
A 300-metre-long seamount, one of Egypt's best-known dive sites.
Marsa Alam & the Red SeaOff Marsa Alam
Mangroves standing in salt water, flamingos and a Bedouin village.
Marsa Alam & the Red SeaWadi el-Gemal, southern Red Sea
Wooden huts by the reef, hours from the nearest hotel.
Marsa Alam & the Red SeaMarsa Alam and Hamata
An Ottoman port left intact between Hurghada and Marsa Alam.
Marsa Alam & the Red SeaQuseir
A fortified monastery in the desert, around the cave of the first Christian hermit.
Marsa Alam & the Red SeaEastern Desert, near the Red Sea
A new city on a plateau at seven hundred metres, above the Gulf of Suez.
Few addresses, plenty of fish: the southern Red Sea's table.
Fish from a real port, served on a seafront with no resort.