Marsa Alam was once a sleepy seaside town. Still developing, its lack of sophistication often strikes you at the first glance, although on closer look you know its rusticity and peaceful, unsoiled, natural beauty is perhaps its most charming quality.
A popular diving site, Marsa Alam today is a premier holiday destination on the Red Sea Riviera, having built many hotels and resorts in response to a large influx of visitors and vacationers in the past few years. A host of competitively priced hotels with international amenities to satisfy the diverse needs of holidaymakers, it has quickly risen to heights of popularity, rivaling that of Hurghada and Sharm el-Sheikh beach resorts.  
Whether you seek extravagance and luxury, or comfort stay at a reasonable budget, Marsa Alam has near 30 5, 4 and 3-star resorts designed to suit the vacationer’s taste.
Most 5 and 4-star resorts boast private beaches and diving and snorkeling facilities and availability of other water sport equipment. These resorts also have organized tour packages around Marsa Alam beaches and the nearby El Quseir Fort, including desert safaris, excursions to traditional Bedouin villages, Gebel Elba and Wadi el Gimal wildlife parks, and historical sites like the Cleopatra’s Mines. Other amenities include multi-cuisine restaurants and bars, discos, spas, kid’s centers, gyms, mini golf and tennis, quad bikes for desert sport, sundecks and loungers for the beach, etc. Customer service is generally excellent and warm, and leaves very little for complaints.
3-star resorts are perfect if you can rest satisfied with good water sport facilities, decent restaurants, bars, and cafes, and nice service…all at a reduced rate.