The crystal water of the North Coast's Sidi Abdel-Rahman at the L'Azurdi Bay resort (Photo: Zeinab El-Gunidy)

A beach at Sidi Abdel-Rahman's El-Alamein hotel (Photo: Zeinab El-Gundy)

A surf boat at a Sidi Abdel-Rahman resort (Photo: Zeinab El-Guindy)

The beach at El-Alamein Hotel, one of the few hotels in the area (Photo: Zeinab El-Guindy)

A lifeguard chair at Hacienda Bay beach, Sidi Abdel-Rahman (Photo: Lamia Hassan)

Like other areas in the North Coast, Sidi Abdel-Rahman's beaches are part of private upscale resorts (Photo: Diplomats village 3 in Sidi Abdel-Rahman)

A white sand beach at Sidi Abdel-Rahman's L'Azurdi Bay (Photo:Zeinab El-Guindy)