Located on Egypt's dazzling Mediterranean North Coast (Sahel), El Alamein combines world-famous World War II heritage with ultra-modern luxury seaside living, turquoise crystal waters, exhilarating aerial adventures like tandem skydiving and paramotoring, and high-speed water sports.
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Why visit El Alamein
The Second World War military cemeteries, the British and the Commonwealth ones
The War Museum with its tanks, artillery and uniforms
The Italian war memorial and the remains of the 1942 battle
The North Coast beaches and the turquoise water of the Mediterranean
The skydiving and the paramotor over the dunes and the sea
Getting there
El Alamein is on the Mediterranean coast between Alexandria and Marsa Alam. It has no airport of its own — the nearest is Borg El Arab, about an hour away, and Alexandria is 90 minutes. Most of the tours are day trips from Alexandria or Marsa Alam.
Best time to visit
March to June and September to November for the beaches, and October to March for the war sites, where the open desert is at its best. The summer is hot and dry, and the military cemeteries have little shade.
It is the most complete war museum of the Second World War in the region, with the vehicles, the artillery and the personal effects of the soldiers who fought here. Together with the cemeteries it tells the story of the battle from both sides.
Two to three hours for the military cemetery, the museum and the Italian memorial, which are spread over a few kilometres. Most of the tours combine them with an afternoon at the beach.
The North Coast has clear, shallow water and several wrecks close to the shore. The diving here is mostly shore entries and a couple of shallow wrecks — the reef of the Red Sea is the better destination for experienced divers.
Yes — the coastal drop zones are a known destination for tandem skydiving and for paramotoring over the dunes and the sea.
