Marsa Matruh
Good to know
- Best time to go
- May to June and September for warm seas without the domestic high-season crowds
- Budget
- $
- Coordinates
- Open in maps
A summer resort on Egypt's western Mediterranean coast famous among Egyptians for startlingly clear turquoise bays such as Ageeba and Cleopatra Beach. Outside the July and August rush it reverts to a sleepy provincial town with white-sand coves largely to yourself.