Ras Alam Al Roum North Coast 2026 Prices · Qatari Diar Developments

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Introduction to Ras Alam Al Roum on the North Coast

Ras Alam Al Roum North Coast is the largest sovereign real-estate partnership between two nations that Egypt has ever seen, developed by Qatari Diar Developments in direct partnership with the New Urban Communities Authority on a strip twelve kilometres east of Marsa Matrouh city.

Ras Alam Al Roum North Coast launch-phase unit prices start from 9,000,000 Egyptian pounds (9,000,000 EGP) and reach up to 35,000,000 Egyptian pounds (35,000,000 EGP) depending on unit tier, while the developer team continues finalising official payment schedules.

Ras Alam Al Roum extends over 4,900 feddans (roughly 20.2 square kilometres) with a direct Mediterranean seafront of 3,750 metres. Its integrated masterplan includes residential apartments, townhouses, standalone villas and a hospitality district housing 4,500 hotel keys plus commercial zones.

Ras Alam Al Roum North Coast targets Egyptian, Gulf and European families seeking a coastal address for permanent living. It also targets investors entering the northwestern strip with a sovereign Qatari developer backed by paid-up capital of 8.1 billion US dollars.

Total investment committed to Ras Alam Al Roum reaches 29.7 billion US dollars, split between 3.5 billion US dollars paid to the Egyptian government for the land and 26.2 billion US dollars in in-kind development delivered over fifteen calendar years across multiple sales and construction phases.

Ras Alam Al Roum begins its opening phase in early 2026 under an Egyptian Cabinet decision. Qatari Diar commits to a staggered handover ending phase one in 2031 and completing the full masterplan by 2041, giving Ras Alam Al Roum the longest execution horizon on the Egyptian coastal strip.

Where is Ras Alam Al Roum located on the North Coast?

Ras Alam Al Roum North Coast sits on the northwestern Mediterranean strip inside Matrouh Governorate at latitude 31.325 north and longitude 27.410 east, twelve kilometres east of Marsa Matrouh city and a short drive from the international coastal road connecting Alexandria and Matrouh.

Ras Alam Al Roum enjoys a logistical depth rare on the North Coast: Marsa Matrouh International Airport lies only six kilometres from the main entrance, making direct air access from Gulf states and European capitals faster than the long overland approach from Cairo or Alexandria.

Nearby Landmarks around Ras Alam Al Roum

• 6 km separate Ras Alam Al Roum North Coast from Marsa Matrouh International Airport via a direct road without intermediate junctions.
• 12 km to the centre of Marsa Matrouh city, its corniche, its commercial district and its historic hotels, keeping daily civic services within easy reach of Ras Alam Al Roum.
• 4 km separate student families at Ras Alam Al Roum from the modern Matrouh University, a rare feature for a coastal project of this scale.
• 4 km from Semla train station, reconnecting Ras Alam Al Roum to the Egyptian rail network through the Alexandria to Matrouh corridor.
• 7 km from Hashish Port, enabling local marine movement for private yachts and leisure boats out of Ras Alam Al Roum.
• 50 km west of Ras El Hekma, placing Ras Alam Al Roum at the far end of the new western coastal development belt.
• 240 km east of New Alamein city, about three and a half hours along the coastal road heading east from Ras Alam Al Roum.
• 440 km northwest of Cairo via the newly upgraded Ad Dabaa Corridor now serving the entire northwestern coastal belt.

The geographic position of Ras Alam Al Roum grants a coastal exclusivity uncommon elsewhere on the Marsa Matrouh strip, since Qatari Diar develops this long shoreline without a directly adjacent competitor, keeping traffic inside Ras Alam Al Roum within measured bounds.

Before signing any Ras Alam Al Roum booking, compare the location with the closest sovereign-developed peers on the western strip: review Modon Ras El Hekma as the Emirati sibling on the Ras El Hekma peninsula, and Soul North Coast as a recent western-strip reference.

Coordinates: 31.325 north and 27.410 east. You can view the exact location of Ras Alam Al Roum on the interactive map below this page, where the masterplan is displayed with the main surrounding landmarks.

Design of Ras Alam Al Roum by Qatari Diar

Ras Alam Al Roum North Coast operates on an integrated urban plan sized like a standalone city rather than a residential precinct: the 4,900 feddan plot carries a built-up ratio near forty per cent, while the remaining area is reserved for green spines, public beaches, inland lakes and service compounds.

Ras Alam Al Roum draws its architectural signature from modern Mediterranean heritage: pale stone facades that reflect sunlight, low-pitched roofs that reduce cooling load, and generous windows opening onto the sea or the inland lakes, echoing the language Qatari Diar deployed inside Lusail in Doha.

Ras Alam Al Roum is divided urbanistically into six main districts connected through pedestrian spines and cycling paths: a beachfront residential district, an inland townhouse district, a standalone villa suburb, a hospitality zone of 4,500 hotel keys, a central commercial hub, and an international conference and expo centre.

Ras Alam Al Roum relies on a multi-tier internal road network separating vehicle movement from pedestrian movement, with one main corridor for cars linking the gate to the commercial core while the rest of the grid is reserved for electric golf carts and bicycles.

The environmental philosophy inside Ras Alam Al Roum uses solar-powered desalination for landscape irrigation and locally sourced heat-reflective construction materials, cutting the operating carbon footprint of the full Ras Alam Al Roum city significantly below traditional coastal projects on the same strip.

Unit Types and Areas at Ras Alam Al Roum

Ras Alam Al Roum North Coast offers a wide-spectrum residential mix designed to suit Egyptian, Gulf and European family archetypes at once. The range from an economical apartment to a luxury villa lets demand inside Ras Alam Al Roum be met without leaving the umbrella of a single developer.

The Ras Alam Al Roum unit categories include seven main tiers:

• Residential apartments — with areas from 70 square metres up to 140 square metres, one to three bedrooms; the tier most searched under Apartments for sale in Ras Alam Al Roum by young owners and small families.
• Townhouses — with areas from 180 square metres up to 240 square metres, three bedrooms and a private ground garden facing the inland spines of Ras Alam Al Roum.
• Twin houses — with areas from 240 to 300 square metres, four bedrooms, designed for two families sharing capital inside Ras Alam Al Roum.
• Standalone villas — with areas from 300 to over 600 square metres, five bedrooms or more, plus a private pool and a large garden; the tier searched most under Villas for sale in Ras Alam Al Roum North Coast.
• Beachfront chalets — with areas from 80 square metres, arranged on the front rows directly overlooking the Mediterranean Sea inside Ras Alam Al Roum.
• Branded hotel residences — with areas from 80 square metres and year-round hotel service for owners who prefer to run their Ras Alam Al Roum unit as rental inventory.
• Commercial units — retail shops and inland offices arranged along the main commercial spines inside Ras Alam Al Roum.

The delivery standard inside Ras Alam Al Roum is fully finished super lux to Qatari Diar international specification, and owners can choose a second interior finishing pack through the developer programme, granting personalisation flexibility inside the same unit shell.

Ras Alam Al Roum buyers should review the detailed price sheet at the top of this page before making a booking decision, since the auto-rendered unit table shows the updated starting price per tier inside Ras Alam Al Roum based on the developer latest published data.

What are Ras Alam Al Roum Prices in 2026?

Ras Alam Al Roum North Coast opens its launch phase with prices starting from 9,000,000 Egyptian pounds (9,000,000 EGP) for the compact apartment and reaching 35,000,000 Egyptian pounds (35,000,000 EGP) for the standalone villa, so Ras Alam Al Roum pricing spans the full family-to-investor spectrum.

Price Comparison Table 2026

Price differentiation inside Ras Alam Al Roum depends on four main variables: unit elevation from the beach, view orientation, booking queue position, and the sales phase itself, so Ras Alam Al Roum prices for equivalent units are expected to rise after each new phase is launched.

Ras Alam Al Roum pricing in early 2026 reflects the lower end of the northwestern coastal strip price map, since Qatari Diar continues an inaugural pricing that aims to build a loyal customer base before the full pricing that follows in later phases of Ras Alam Al Roum.

What is the Payment Plan for Ras Alam Al Roum?

Ras Alam Al Roum North Coast offers during its launch phase flexible payment schedules published by Qatari Diar per active sales phase, with an option to link instalments to construction and handover milestones to reduce family exposure during the long Ras Alam Al Roum build period.

Qatari Diar has not published as of this page publication date a unified official down-payment percentage nor a unified installment year count for Ras Alam Al Roum, and the numeric details are instead recorded inside each client file when the requested tier booking window opens.

Payment schedules expected inside Ras Alam Al Roum are likely to be multi-track: a low down payment plan with longer installments, a high down payment plan with a cash discount, and a middle plan that combines flexibility with a competitive Ras Alam Al Roum price.

Ras Alam Al Roum offers Gulf clients and Egyptian expatriates special international money-transfer facilities, since Qatari Diar works with regional banks on linking payment flows to the buyer original accounts without noticeable currency conversion losses across phases.

The Ras Alam Al Roum handover date follows a phased schedule: phase one is delivered in 2031 after five years from construction start in early 2026, while the full masterplan is completed by 2041 after fifteen years from the beginning of actual execution.

For the latest detailed Ras Alam Al Roum payment plans by unit tier, contact the CompoundGate team through the call and WhatsApp buttons on this page to be connected directly with the accredited project advisor.

Why Invest in Ras Alam Al Roum?

Ras Alam Al Roum North Coast represents the largest investment opportunity on the northwestern coastal strip, since the scale of development at Ras Alam Al Roum exceeds the single-project scale to become the scale of a fully independent city, generating a compounded price demand across the handover years.

The Qatari sovereign backing behind Ras Alam Al Roum practically reduces default risk compared to private developers, since Qatari Diar rests on 8.1 billion US dollars in paid-up capital and international assets exceeding 35 billion, providing a real guarantee for the Ras Alam Al Roum buyer.

The expected hospitality rental yield inside Ras Alam Al Roum reflects Qatari Diar international operation pattern: a hotel unit owner receives an annual share of the room rental via a unified hotel management contract, making a small Ras Alam Al Roum unit a productive asset rather than a stored asset.

Investment in Ras Alam Al Roum also benefits from NUCA policy of enhancing northwestern coastal projects through road infrastructure, airport and rail network upgrades, raising the resale liquidity of a Ras Alam Al Roum unit across the next five years.

The most suitable target investor inside Ras Alam Al Roum is the medium-horizon investor (five to ten years), since the multi-phase handover schedule means that the first real profit realisation appears with Ras Alam Al Roum phase one completion in 2031.

Services and Facilities at Ras Alam Al Roum

Ras Alam Al Roum North Coast delivers an integrated services matrix that is not limited to seasonal leisure services but extends to cover the daily needs of year-round living, positioning Ras Alam Al Roum as a standalone city rather than a summer village.

The main service axes inside Ras Alam Al Roum are:

• Hospitality district — hosts 4,500 hotel keys distributed across selected international chains, making Ras Alam Al Roum one of the largest hospitality clusters on the Egyptian Mediterranean.
• Central commercial district — retail blocks arranged along pedestrian spines, hosting international restaurants, cafes and global brand stores inside Ras Alam Al Roum.
• Medical services — a fully international hospital inside Ras Alam Al Roum, plus specialty clinics and pharmacies distributed across the sub-districts.
• Educational services — international schools for year-round Ras Alam Al Roum residents, an international university within close reach, and multiple nurseries inside the project.
• Sports facilities — sports clubs with full amenities, competitive golf courses, tennis courts to international specifications, and a private yacht marina for Ras Alam Al Roum residents.
• Private beaches — 3,750 metres of shorefront reserved for Ras Alam Al Roum residents with walking paths, relaxation seating and beach restaurants.
• Leisure district — an international conference and expo centre, cinemas, water parks, and water sports including diving clubs inside Ras Alam Al Roum.

Ras Alam Al Roum runs its facilities year-round rather than only seasonally, aligned with the permanent-residence philosophy promoted by Qatari Diar, which sets Ras Alam Al Roum apart from traditional eastern-strip villages that empty outside the summer.

To compare the services against neighbouring peers of Ras Alam Al Roum, review Soul North Coast as a project with a similar integrated services envelope, Katameya Coast as a reference for coastal family-living design, and La Vista Ras El Hekma as a mature Ras El Hekma benchmark.

What are the Key Features of Ras Alam Al Roum?

Ras Alam Al Roum North Coast combines the features of a tourism city and a permanent residential city, setting Ras Alam Al Roum apart from traditional projects on the northwestern coastal strip that focus only on the leisure dimension.

The structural difference between Ras Alam Al Roum and other neighbouring projects is the sovereign ownership of the developer, since most North Coast operators are private companies with projects under 1,000 feddans, while Ras Alam Al Roum stands out at 4,900 feddans.

What are the Drawbacks of Ras Alam Al Roum?

Key Drawbacks of Ras Alam Al Roum and Suggested Solutions

Drawback one: the long handover schedule at Ras Alam Al Roum places phase one delivery in 2031, five years after construction start, which may be considered a long wait for a family seeking immediate residence inside Ras Alam Al Roum.

Mitigation: a Ras Alam Al Roum investor can resell the unit before the handover date at a capital gain via the secondary market, or lease it after handover to capture hospitality demand. Qatari Diar also offers cash discounts on early booking at Ras Alam Al Roum.

Drawback two: the geographic distance of Ras Alam Al Roum from Cairo is 440 kilometres, making the overland journey to Ras Alam Al Roum longer than the average eastern-strip project distance, which sits between 100 and 200 kilometres from the capital.

Mitigation: the proximity of Marsa Matrouh International Airport (only 6 kilometres from Ras Alam Al Roum) shortens the trip to a half-hour flight from Cairo via scheduled flights, and the new Ad Dabaa Corridor cuts the overland journey to Ras Alam Al Roum to about four hours from New Cairo.

About the Developer: Qatari Diar Developments and Previous Projects

Qatari Diar Developments is the property-development arm wholly owned by the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), the sovereign wealth fund of the State of Qatar, established in 2005 and headquartered in Lusail city northeast of Doha, and is the sole developer responsible for Ras Alam Al Roum in Egypt.

Qatari Diar manages an international portfolio exceeding 35 billion US dollars across 42 development projects in 18 countries, with paid-up capital of 8.1 billion US dollars, and Ras Alam Al Roum represents its second-largest direct Qatari investment inside Egypt.

The flagship international project of Qatari Diar is Lusail City north of Doha, launched in December 2005 and extending across 38 million square metres, providing the operational reference that Ras Alam Al Roum standards are cloned from.

Delivered Qatari Diar Developments projects inside Qatar include the Doha Exhibition and Convention Center, Hotel Park and The Commercial Avenue, while Qatari Diar Developments also executes Simaisma in Qatar and Diar Ras Al Hadd in the Sultanate of Oman ahead of launching Ras Alam Al Roum.

The international execution record of Qatari Diar provides practical guarantees to the Ras Alam Al Roum buyer, since the company commits to construction standards and asset management specifications after handover mirroring what it applied inside Lusail, giving Ras Alam Al Roum a clear operating horizon in the coming years.

For more details on the Qatari Diar investment record, browse all real estate developers on CompoundGate, and for comparison with similar Emirati sovereign projects on the North Coast strip near Ras Alam Al Roum, review Modon Ras El Hekma and Montage Residences Ras El Hekma.

Edited and verified by the CompoundGate Editorial Team. Last updated: July 13, 2026.