Updated in 2025
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夏风yHere is a travel guide to Matrouh:
Preparation before the trip
- Documents: Bring valid passports, visas and other necessary documents.
- Clothing: In summer, you can prepare light and breathable clothing, such as short sleeves and shorts, and also bring sun protection clothes, sun hats, sunglasses and sunscreen.
- Other items: Prepare common medicines, conversion plugs, power banks, etc.
Transportation Guide
- External transportation: From Cairo, you can choose to take a plane, which will take about an hour to reach Matrouh Airport; you can also take a gobus or charter a car, which takes about 5 hours. From Alexandria, you can take a westbus to Matrouh, the fare is 120 Egyptian pounds, and it takes about 4 hours.
- Internal transportation: You can choose to take a minibus to attractions such as Agiba Beach; you can also choose a taxi, but you need to bargain; if you travel with multiple people, you can also consider chartering a car, which costs about 400 Egyptian pounds for 4 hours.
Recommended attractions
- Agiba Beach: Known as the "Miracle Beach", the white sand is crescent-shaped and the blue sea water is clearly layered. You can walk along the steps to the beach or take photos on the cliff, and you can also swim and snorkel.
- Cleopatra Beach: Legend has it that Cleopatra once swam here. The sea water is clear, the beach is white, and there are unique reefs that form natural bathing pools.
- Eye of Matrouh: It is a popular check-in point. Through the circular cave, you can see different levels of blue in the Mediterranean, but the waves are big at high tide, so pay attention to safety.
- Roman ruins: You can see the architectural remains of the ancient Roman period and feel the vicissitudes of history.
- Matrouh Port: You can enjoy the Mediterranean scenery and experience the life of local fishermen.
Food recommendations
- Mediterranean-style seafood: such as grilled fish and seafood marinated with local special seasonings, Samakmak Restaurant is recommended.
- Traditional Egyptian dishes: You can taste Kushari, Falafel, roast lamb, etc., and feel the authentic Egyptian taste.
- Special desserts: Honey desserts like baklava are sweet but not greasy, worth a try.
Accommodation options
- Jaz Almazar Beach Resort: Complete facilities, business center, sauna, beach volleyball, etc., good environment.
- Negresco Hotel: Close to Mesa Matruh Airport, providing snorkeling, fishing, cafe and other services.
- Caesar Bay Resort: There is an outdoor heated swimming pool, conference hall, business center, etc., and an exclusive beach area.
- Reem plaza: Good location, there is a supermarket nearby, no need to book in advance in the off-season, and the kitchen is fully equipped.
- St. Mary's Hotel: On the seaside avenue, the price is affordable, the surrounding living facilities are convenient, and you can bargain. #如歌的之旅 #朋友圈被问爆地方 #城市人文手记
爱吃巧克力的小小可爱In Egypt, the food is mainly Arabic, which is not suitable for Chinese people. Even Chinese food is made by Egyptians, so the taste is weird. The dishes here are pretty good.
爱吃巧克力的小小可爱I feel that the locals are quite leisurely. You can often see many people sitting on the street drinking black tea, smoking hookah, or chatting in cafes. So when you visit here, the pace is also slower. You can take a walk, take a break in a cafe, and have a drink.
juki235This KFC store in Alexandria is very Egyptian in style. All the flavors here are in line with the local people's tastes and are very different from the KFC in our mainland. The prices are also slightly cheaper. The taste is actually quite good. It is worth it for everyone to try the different flavors of KFC.
travelerererThis restaurant is very cost-effective. I ordered garlic toast and their grilled chicken wings which were really good. I ate four or five of them at once. I also ordered their fried rice and asked for cheese.