The North Sun Festival at Marassi attracted thousands of visitors for five days of nonstop activities and entrainment.

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Believe it or not, Sahel has become a destination option for Egyptian vacationers and beach goers during the spring vacation. This year, Sahel was revived once more with the trip of those seeking the good old times with a splash of something new as they made their way to the North Sun Festival at Marassi.

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The festival, which welcomed thousands of vacationers seeking to be sun kissed on Marassi’s white sandy beaches and in its turquoise waters in the spring time for the 1st time in Sahel’s history; A predominantly Summer only destination.

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The North Sun festival, which lasted for five days from the 28th of April till the 2nd of May, had something for everyone across all ages and interests

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IGNITE Egypt camped on the beach during the festival and undertook a fitness challenge among the participants with a winning team to be rewarded that had festival goers huffing and puffing to group beach yoga sessions that tried their best to take the Cairo energy out of the contributors and pump them full of Sahel vibes!

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Those with an ear for music were not left wanting with eight different live musical performances from various genres including Les Petits Chats, HOH, Massar Egbari, Disco Misr and others at both Al Alamein Hotel and the beach club house.

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Golfing enthusiasts were not left disappointed by the festival either as it featured a one day tournament at the Marassi Power Play Golf Open which saw winners who took home two air tickets to Dubai.

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Since we’re on the subject of the good old times, who can forget how cozy movie nights felt when we were kids? Marassi sure didn’t as each and every night of the festival saw family movie nights at Al Alamein Hotel; Ending every night in style.

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They’ve done it again and didn’t fail to exceed expectations as the North Sun Festival sure put Marassi on the radar for what to do in Easter and we are looking forward for this to be an annual reoccurring event.