Marsa Matruh is a main Egyptian tourist ceety, an serves as a getaway resort for Europeans an Cairenes eager tae flee the caipital in the swelterin simmer months. It is served bi Marsa Matrouh Airport. The ceety is kent for its white soft sands and calm transparent waters; the bay is protectit frae the heich seas bi a series o rocks formin a natural breakwater, wi a sma openin tae allou licht vessels in.
History
It stairtit as a sma fishin toun durin Auncient Egyptian times an Alexander The Great an wis named Amunia, an there are ruins o a temple o Rameses II (1200 B.C.). Then, Marsa Matrouh became kent as Paraitonion in Ptolemaic era. Yet, when Roman occupation came tae Egyp the toun became an important harbor for trade an sendin guids an crops tae Rome. It was named Paraetonium at that time. Durin Warld War II, the Breetish Airmy's Baggush Box was located to the east. During this period, Marsa Matrouh wis the terminus for a single-track railway which passed through El Alamein.
Climate
Marsa Matrouh haes a typical dry Mediterranean climate, wi cuil
winters an warm, dry simmers. As the ceety an the region as a whole
experience pleasant weather durin simmer, the ceety becomes a
destination for millions o Egyptians an foreign tourists. Rainfaw
occurs mainly durin winter, but mey an aa appear durin the hairst
or the ware. Sleet an hail can an aa occur.
| Climate data for Marsa Matrouh | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record heich °C (°F) | 25.7 (78.3) |
26.1 (79.0) |
27.6 (81.7) |
34.3 (93.7) |
38.0 (100.4) |
44.3 (111.7) |
44.7 (112.5) |
43.1 (109.6) |
39.2 (102.6) |
33.8 (92.8) |
29.1 (84.4) |
26.5 (79.7) |
44.7 (112.5) |
| Average heich °C (°F) | 15.5 (59.9) |
16.0 (60.8) |
18.6 (65.5) |
22.8 (73.0) |
27.5 (81.5) |
33.7 (92.7) |
34.8 (94.6) |
34.6 (94.3) |
27.9 (82.2) |
22.0 (71.6) |
18.3 (64.9) |
16.4 (61.5) |
24.01 (75.21) |
| Average laich °C (°F) | 10.0 (50.0) |
10.6 (51.1) |
13.6 (56.5) |
16.2 (61.2) |
19.7 (67.5) |
23.5 (74.3) |
24.8 (76.6) |
23.4 (74.1) |
18.4 (65.1) |
14.2 (57.6) |
11.0 (51.8) |
9.8 (49.6) |
16.27 (61.28) |
| Record laich °C (°F) | 2.3 (36.1) |
2.5 (36.5) |
4.7 (40.5) |
6.8 (44.2) |
8.5 (47.3) |
10.1 (50.2) |
10.6 (51.1) |
9.9 (49.8) |
8.2 (46.8) |
6.7 (44.1) |
4.0 (39.2) |
3.0 (37.4) |
2.3 (36.1) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) |
19.9 (0.783) |
14.8 (0.583) |
12.0 (0.472) |
7.9 (0.311) |
1.5 (0.059) |
0.0 (0) |
0.0 (0) |
0.0 (0) |
2.1 (0.083) |
8.6 (0.339) |
18.0 (0.709) |
22.7 (0.894) |
107.5 (4.232) |
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Monuments an Tourist Steids
- Ruins o the Temple o the Keeng, Pharaoh Rameses II (1200 B.C)
- Droun ceety o Caesar.
- Droun Palace o Cleopatra.
- Egyptian Fleet Anchorage which wis built bi the Ptolemies, the remains o the naval installations still staund wast o the port.
- Coptic Chapel: built in the early Coptic age, an contains several caves bearin inscriptions.
- Rommel's Hideoot: A cave, hewn in the rock, whaur Rommel drew up plans o his military operations. It haes nou been turned intae a military museum.
- The Breetish Cemetery: Thoosans upon thoosans o rock-hewn tombstanes staund straight rows amidst a fenced garden.
- The German Cemetery: It is a fortress like memorial that wis built on a heich owerleukin the sea.
- The Italian Cemetery: It is a heich touer fort staundin on a heich hill. The waws o the biggin are covered wi marble.
Main Beaches
- Ageebah Beach: Aboot 28 km. wast o Marsa Matrouh dountoun, it is distinguished bi its numerous natural caves an enchantin scenery.
- Al-Obayed Beach: Aboot 20 km. wast o Marsa Matrouh dountoun, beauty surpasses that o Marsa Matrouh beach.
- Romel Bay.
See an aa
- Northren coast o Egyp
