Port Ghalib (Arabic: پورت غالب <span title="how to pronounce">port ğāleb</span>) is in Marsa Alam (Arabic: مرسى علم <span title="how to pronounce">marsa `alam</span>) along the southern Red Sea Coast of Egypt, 67 km south of El Quseir City.
Port Ghalib is resort town on the southern stretch of the Egyptian Red Sea coast. It is served by Marsa Alam airport, which is just outside of the resort, and sits around 60 km north of Marsa Alam town, and 75 km south of El Quseir. The resort is a purpose built settlement, set around a marina, and containing several large, integrated resorts, mostly aimed at the European package tourism market, and heavily orientated toward watersports. Wind-surfing and diving are both very popular here. The resort is much quieter than those further north such as Hurghada and Sharm el-Sheikh, and consequently the coral reefs receive less traffic, and are consequently in better condition, though less so than those in the far-south, such as the remote outpost of Hamata.
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 mild nights.
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The marina is fully equipped to fully serve yachtsmen sailing the Red Sea. Operated and managed by UK-based Camper & Nicholsons, the marina features Caltex diesel and petrol fuel supply, ship repair yard, ferry terminal, electricity and water supply, and solid waste disposal. The berths also offer communications, laundry service, transportation service and medical attendance.
Port Ghalib can be reached via the coastal highway which runs north to El Quseir (75 km), Safaga (165 km), Hurghada (225 km) and points north. Cairo is 685 km distant, and is better reached by air. To the south the road leads to Hamata and Berenice (170 km, 2 hr), and points south. The border between Sudan and Egypt along the Red Sea highway is disputed, and not open to tourist traffic.
The resort itself is entirely purpose built, and has little intrinsic interest in and of itself. The main draw is the Red Sea, with rich coral reefs and marine life, and the desert hinterland. It's possible in the resort to arrange trips to the Pharaonic sites of the Nile Valley, either as (very long) day trips, or multi-day trips that spend 1 or 2 nights in Luxor. El Quseir and Marsa Alam are both "real" towns, the former of which has some historical interest as being a dockyard and port since Pharaonic times.
The heart of Port Ghalib is its marina and corniche waterfront area with yachts from around the world. Here visitors and residents can lose themselves in 165 retail outlets boasting a variety of galleries, boutiques and shops with a rich variety of Oriental and Egyptian arts and crafts, harking back to the ancient trading days.
Several cafés and food and beverage outlets can be found on Port Ghalib's corniche. These include TGI Friday’s, Grand Café, Costa Coffee, Fusion, Pizza Hut and Baskin Robbins.
Four hotels with a total of 1,170 rooms are operating on the resort.
For most people, Port Ghalib is the end of the road. Settlement to the south is sparse.
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