Le EgyptMatrouh governorate
🏙️ Siwa
Remote Berber oasis of salt lakes, palm groves, mud-brick ruins and the Great Sand Sea.
📍 Districts & areas
Shali (town centre)
The mud-brick fortress, the market square and cafés.
The mud-brick fortress, the market square and cafés.
Aghurmi
The Oracle Temple where Alexander consulted Amun.
The Oracle Temple where Alexander consulted Amun.
Fatnas & the lakes
Sunset island and the floating salt pools.
Sunset island and the floating salt pools.
Great Sand Sea
Dunes, Bir Wahed's hot spring and desert safaris.
Dunes, Bir Wahed's hot spring and desert safaris.
🏛️ Places to visit
- Siwa Oasis & Shali Fortress
- Temple of the Oracle, Siwa
- Fatnas Island Sunset, Siwa
- Cleopatra's Spring, Siwa
- Siwa Salt Lakes
- Gebel al-Mawta (Mountain of the Dead)
- Bir Wahed Hot Spring
🍽️ What & where to eat
- Siwan dates and date sweets
- Mint tea and Siwan dishes in the market square
🛍️ What to buy
- Siwan dates and olives
- Embroidered Siwan textiles and silver jewellery
- Salt lamps and rock-salt crafts
🏬 Where to shop
- The market square craft shops
- Women's embroidery cooperatives