El Quseir (spellings vary: Kosseir, Al Qusair, Quseir, Qusseir, Qosseir; Arabic: القصير <span title="how to pronounce">el oSēr</span>) is a fishing town 100 km north of Marsa Alam on the Red Sea Coast of eastern Egypt.
El Quesir is one of the few cities on the Red Sea with some sort of history. It was a crucial harbour for goods from the far east (silk, spices) which got transported with caravans to the Nile. On the way back the caravans brought pilgrims and wheat to ship them to the Arabian peninsula.
The city of around 18,000 people is surrounded by coral reefed beaches, and hotels. We probably live in the early stages of this coast becoming another Sharm. It still retains its charm with the locals, and the hotels are impeccable.
See also: Egypt#Climate
The climate is sunny and very dry. Rainfall is almost non-existent. Summer days are very hot and summer nights are quite hot. Winters are warm with cool nights. It has one of the warmest night temperatures of any city or resort in Egypt.
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.
It is a pretty small town where you can walk everywhere within half an hour. There are some microbuses as well.
The city is an old harbour for pilgrims, goods from far east and trade to the Nile valley.
The underwater life is very attractive and diverse, with visibility on a calm day about 20 m. The diving and snorkelling is excellent, with a good number of PADI-registered dive centres in the hotels.
Around the fortress you can find the normal Egyptian souvenirs.
Tea is the drink to have. It's pretty hard to find any restaurant or shop to buy alcoholic drinks.
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