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Town in Red Sea, Egypt
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El Quseir (spellings vary: Kosseir, Al Qusair, Quseir, Qusseir, Qosseir; Arabic: القصير el oSēr) is a fishing town 100 km north of Marsa Alam on the Red Sea Coast of eastern Egypt.
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Historic fortress enlarged by the French around the turn of century 1800.
A local one owned by Egyptians.
Roots Red Sea
European run club and dive centre. BSAC affiliated, with discounted packages for BSAC members and offers both BSAC and PADI training out of their Roots Red Sea eco-resort north of town. The centre also hosts an array of marine conservation volunteer and citizen science programmes, as well as offering marine biology short taster courses (coral identification, reef surveying etc.) Accommodation on site, from "eco-huts" up to mid-range comfortable bungalows.
Spectacular views of the Red Sea.
There are Buses from the Upper Egypt Bus Company twice a day. From Hurghada and other neighbouring cities you can get the old Peugeot Taxis (shared between 7 passengers) for about LE20. and from Marsa Alam airport.
Read in the guideIt is a pretty small town where you can walk everywhere within half an hour. There are some microbuses as well.
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Marsa Alam · International · RMF
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