They called it the Maldives of Egypt, Marsa Alam is a paradise place in Egypt it is a village with a small harbor, Marsa Alam considered as a base for fishing trips, to enjoy your fishing holiday in Marsa Alam you will find the Dokki Shooting Club that has a rest house, it can arrange deep sea fishing trips.
You will be amazed by the magical nature in Marsa Alam and the magnificent aquarium that contains Sharks, lobsters, turtles and muraena.
What makes Marsa Alam a special place for a great holiday that you will find many offshore coral reefs and good diving facilities, there’s also a beautiful nature reserve stretches from here to Giebel Elba in the south.
You can see that Marsa Alam in recent years had a lot of development.
Marsa Alam will not be only a fishing village but it will be the place for the largest marina in the Middle East, also there are plans to golf courses and five-star resorts with great facilities, but know you can find nice three and four-star resorts.
Marsa Alam located between the Red Sea coast road and the road from Edfu, this road was built by Ptolemy II in the Greek period, that what makes it now an important road where you can find some historical landscape.
Among that road many many gold mining operations taking place there.
There are two main areas considered as gold mining communities, Wadi Barmiya, and about 30 kilometers further into the mountains. Wadi Baramiya extends into another larger Wadi named Miya.
Actually, Marsa Alam is really a beautiful place for visitors who want to spend great holiday