Landing at the international airport of Marsa Matrouh, we can admire beaches so enchanting that they can be compared to those belonging to the Caribbean paradise. The whiteness and softness of the sand wet by a splendid Mediterranean Sea, in fact, offer a spectacle for the eyes and a true pleasure for the body.
Although the hotel area has developed recently, the beauty of the coast of Marsa Matrouh is by no means a modern matter, so much so that the place is the subject of a rather widespread legend linking it to Cleopatra. According to tradition, in fact, the Egyptian queen – together with her beloved Mark Antony – used to bathe in these places.
The Cleopatra beach, situated precisely on the opposite side of the lagoon of Marsa Matrouh, is characterized (besides its whiteness) by the so-called Cleopatra’s bath and the Sphinx. The first is a large rock hollowed out by water inside which there is a natural pool where, it is said, the Egyptian queen loved to relax. The second, instead, is a rock shaped reminiscent of the famous Sphinx of Giza. In these places, moreover, the remains of one of the royal palaces have been found which seems to have had an underground passage connecting it directly to the beach, perhaps to allow romantic night swims.
