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| ʿAgība Beach · شاطئ عجيبة | ||
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The '' Agiba Beach (English: Agiba / Ageeba / Ageebah Beach, Arabic:شاطئ عجيبة, Shāṭiʾ Agība, „Wonder beach“) Or the 'Agiba Bay is located at the egyptianMediterranean coast, about 15 miles west of Marsā Maṭrūḥ located. After the Cleopatra Bath, it is the most popular beach in the city, especially among the Egyptians, and is open to the public.
background
There are various beaches with mostly fine sand to the west and east of Marsā Ma mitrūḥ. Common to all beaches is the clean, turquoise blue water. They are considered to be city beaches Marsā Maṭrūḥ, even if some of them are located a considerable distance from the city.
The natural beach is located in a small bay and is about 60 meters long. The beach extends a good 100 meters deep to the southwest into the hinterland and is bordered on all sides by cliffs.
getting there
The beach can be reached via the coastal road from Marsā Maṭrūḥ to the west. In the area of Porto Bambino (Arabic:بورتو بامبينو) At 1 31 ° 24 '34 "N.27 ° 0 ′ 48 ″ E use the right or north fork in the road to get to the beach. There is a parking lot in front of the lido.
You can arrive by taxi or microbus. The microbus from the National Bank in Marsā Maṭrūḥ to ʿAgība costs LE 2 (as of 9/2010).
The beach can be reached on foot via a serpentine path along the eastern cliff.
fees
Entry is LE 1 (as of 9/2010).
activities
The main activities are of course bathing and diving. The sea slopes only gently. Numerous parasols are available on the beach for sunbathing.
Women should only go swimming when fully clothed.
shop
Dealers have set up stalls for hats and ceramics in the entrance area.
kitchen
There is a small café above the cliffs, but it is only open in summer. Toilets are in the café area. There is also a restaurant in Porto Bambino.
trips
On the way to ʿAgība Beach, one passes the so-called 7 kilometers west of the city center of Marsā Maṭrūḥ on the northern headland of El Gharām Bay Cleopatra bath (Arabic:حمام كليوباترا, Ḥammām Kliyūbātrā orشاطئ كليوباترا, Shāṭiʾ Kliyūbātrā, „Cleopatra Beach“), A rocky beach. A large bust of Queen Cleopatra near the street makes it easy to find. There's a small one on the north side of the street 1 parking spot(31 ° 22 ′ 21 ″ N.27 ° 11 '32 "E.). From the parking lot, after about 400 meters in a north-westerly direction, you reach the approximately circular bay, the actual bay 1 Cleopatra bath(31 ° 22 ′ 29 ″ N.27 ° 11 ′ 20 ″ E). Admission is free. Many visitors use the stay to take photos or climb around on the rocks. Since summer 2019, a so-called "glass walkway" has led from the beach to the rock. Admission is LE 5.
About 12 kilometers from Marsā Maṭrūḥ is the 2 el Ubaiyid Beach(31 ° 23 ′ 18 ″ N.27 ° 4 ′ 4 ″ E), English: el-Ubayyid beach, Arabic:شاطئ الأبيض, Shāṭiʾ al-Ubaiyiḍ, „White beach". There are hotels on this closed beach, among others. the Carols Beau Rivage Hotel, and holiday resorts. The sea slopes only gently.
Two kilometers further north of El Ubaiyid Beach is the 3 el Guna Bay(31 ° 24 ′ 18 ″ N.27 ° 3 '49 "E), English: El Gouna Bay, Arabic:خليج الجونة, Chalīǧ al-Ǧūna, „the lagoon bay". The bay can only be reached via a slope.
The is about 1,200 meters north of ʿAgība Beach 4 Anthony Bay(31 ° 25 ′ 27 ″ N.27 ° 0 ′ 8 ″ E), Arabic:خليج أنطونيوس, Chalīǧ Anṭūniyūs. The bay, which is also bordered by cliffs, has a sandy beach, but is difficult to access.
Shortly before reaching ʿAgība Beach, branches off at 2 31 ° 24 ′ 4 ″ N.27 ° 1 '44 "E a road to the hamlet and to the archaeological site of Zāwiyat Umm er-Racham from. Here is a fortress town built under Ramses II, in which archaeologists or Egyptologists are mostly interested.
