Ras Soma · by the Red Sea
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Ras Abu Soma, Red Sea, EgyptRas Soma by Travco: Almaza Bay on the Red Sea
Explore Travco’s Ras Soma on Egypt’s Red Sea coast. Compare homes at the Residences, Marina Gate and The Condos and see where they sit within the resort.
Ras Soma is Travco Properties’ Red Sea destination in the wider Soma Bay area. Its full name is Almaza Bay Ras Soma. It is separate from the Somabay peninsula and from Travco’s Almaza Bay on the Mediterranean North Coast.
The overall destination plan includes Ras Soma Residences, Marina Gate, The Condos and other named components. Their drawings, home types and delivery obligations should be compared separately.
Developer: Travco Properties. Ras Soma and Almaza Bay North Coast are separate destinations within its portfolio.
Ras Soma, Almaza Bay Ras Soma and Somabay: the names
| Name | What it identifies | Read next |
|---|---|---|
| Ras Soma / Almaza Bay Ras Soma | Travco’s Red Sea destination | This destination guide |
| Somabay | The separate peninsula master development | Ras Soma versus Somabay |
| Almaza Bay North Coast | Travco’s Mediterranean destination | Which Almaza Bay? |
| Marassi Red Sea | Emaar Misr’s separate development | Emaar’s Red Sea guide |
Travco runs both Almaza Bay destinations. The North Coast and Red Sea resorts have separate hotels, residential phases and sales terms. Keep the coast, destination, collection and unit reference together on every offer.
For searches such as “Somabay Ras Soma”, the important distinction is development identity. Soma Bay is the place; Somabay is the master development. Ras Soma is another destination in the surrounding coastal area. A map label or nearby hotel is useful context, but neither establishes a shared gate, owner benefit or management agreement.
Read the official Ras Soma masterplan
The Ras Soma masterplan groups homes around landscaped waterways, with hotels and shared spaces closer to the coast. Trace the walking route from the building to the sea to see where you would cross a road or enter a shared area.
A landscaped corridor is planned between the homes and the coast. Ask how that intention applies to the actual home: the open route, steps, road crossings, lighting and stage of surrounding works.
Request the current dated phase plan with your unit marked on it. Confirm the delivery stage and included amenities, then keep that drawing with the offer and specification.
Residences, Marina Gate and The Condos
Residences and Marina Gate are separate collections. Phase 1 includes Lake Villas, Beachfront Villas, Beach Villas, Shore Villas, Quad Chalets, The Condos and apartments. Phase 2 includes single-storey villas, twin villas, townhouses, Hexa Chalets and apartments. These are product names to reconcile with the sales documents, rather than a promise that every type is available today.
Our Ras Soma Residences buyer guide compares the two published phase menus and the questions each home type raises. The Condos guide goes deeper into the apartment brochure, including an illustrated layout and floor-plan example. Those pages serve different decisions: choosing a collection, then choosing a usable home.
A marina-facing apartment, a quad chalet and a standalone villa have different relationships to shared space and neighbours. Compare enclosed accommodation, outdoor allocation, entrance and finishing before treating a bedroom count as a complete description. For a resale, reconcile the seller’s wording with the original contract and current developer statement.
Homes for sale: what makes an offer comparable?
Ask for a dated offer stating the full destination and collection name, unit reference, seller, currency, validity period and payment dates. It should identify the internal and outdoor areas, the measurement convention and what finishing is supplied. An old starting-price headline cannot establish today’s price for the home you want.
For a developer offer, compare the payment schedule with delivery obligations and the written specification. For an assignment, show the cash required at transfer alongside the remaining developer balance. Include scheduled maintenance and agreed brokerage in the complete commitment, with transfer and statutory charges identified separately. Our payment-plan guide explains the comparison.
The dated market-reporting archive below retains earlier figures previously published on this page. It is not a live inventory or a refreshed quotation. The current decision should rest on the exact property file. If a new offer appears cheaper, first establish whether it concerns another collection, smaller product, different finishing or a different payment basis.
Hotels and amenities: separate the destination from the home
The developer’s destination site identifies Steigenberger Resort Ras Soma and illustrates a wider programme of beach, marina, leisure and hospitality components. A hotel booking is a contract for a named hotel stay. A residential purchase is a different agreement. Neither should be used as shorthand for the other’s services or rights.
If an amenity is central to the purchase, ask which named facility serves the collection, its current operating position, how owners and guests enter, and whether there are separate charges or membership conditions. Obtain the answer in writing. A developer’s hospitality experience provides context but cannot settle the rights attached to one home.
For a viewing or future stay, Soma Bay Guide’s Ras Soma area guide covers arrivals and daily life. Confirm the actual gate and meeting point with the host or project team. Do not substitute a hotel entrance or the outline of a masterplan for those instructions.
Choosing between Ras Soma and the surrounding destinations
Compare places at the level of the home and routine you will use. Within Somabay, there are different residential collections and delivered homes to inspect. Within Ras Soma, the selected collection and its own delivery stage must be established. Marassi Red Sea has another developer, plan and set of residential releases. A coastal address does not make these interchangeable.
Use Ras Soma versus Somabay for the destination comparison, then shortlist actual homes on matching terms. For the Emaar alternative, read Marassi Red Sea and our Marassi Red Sea versus Ras Soma comparison. A useful viewing day should test entrances, the property’s position and the ordinary journeys outside it, as well as the outlook.
Follow Ras Soma project news and release documents using the updates form below. For a particular home, send KÂMO the full collection name and unit reference.
Research notes and official material
Official material reviewed 16 October 2026
Identity checked against Travco Properties’ Ras Soma page and its linked Almaza Bay Ras Soma website. Phase names checked against the destination’s Phase 1 and Phase 2 pages. The masterplan is reproduced from the official destination website. Original publication and capture dates are not assumed from upload paths. Image provenance. Our interpretation and buyer comparisons are independent editorial work.
Compare the wider Red Sea Riviera
For the wider coastal context, read our Red Sea Riviera guide: a visual introduction to the mainland areas, developer identities and questions to ask before choosing a home.
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Earlier market reporting · August 2026 archive
This archive preserves earlier public-market reporting retrieved in August 2026. It is not refreshed by the 16 October editorial review. Some statements have been superseded by newer official material. Use the current guide above and a dated unit offer for decisions.
Almaza Bay Ras Soma is Travco Properties' resort destination on the natural bay of Ras Abu Soma, on Egypt's Red Sea coast near Safaga — about 35–40 minutes from Hurghada International Airport, and immediately adjacent to, but entirely separate from, KÂMO's home market of Somabay. Travco Properties, the real-estate arm of Travco Group (founded 1979; Jaz Hotels) and developer of the North Coast's Almaza Bay, launched the destination to press in April 2023 (Invest-Gate) — the 'Almaza Bay' name is a deliberate brand extension, not a second phase of the North Coast project. Masterplanned by WATG across a reported 2,656,562 sqm (about 633 feddans) with 1,300 m of beach frontage, the destination's first residential phase, Ras Soma Residences, spans about 200,000 sqm and 386 units — 82 villas, 112 quad chalets and 192 apartments. A second phase, Marina Gate, adds a reported 84 feddans (13% footprint).
Two five-star hotels are reported operating on-site — the Steigenberger Resort Ras Soma and a Jaz-branded property — with Marina Gate planned to add further hospitality, an international marina, retail and dining, beach clubs, dive centres and a wellness centre. Residences are under construction with nothing yet delivered; reported delivery windows run 2027–2029. Public listing portals report phase-1 apartments from around EGP 12.9M–13M, chalets from around EGP 20M–24M, and villas from around EGP 40M, with beachfront villas reported up to around EGP 63M; Marina Gate (phase 2) villas are reported separately from around EGP 18.59M — a different phase and format, not a lower phase-1 price. Reported terms are a 10% down payment with instalments of up to 6–7 years.
Travco Properties, the real-estate arm of Travco Group (founded 1979; Jaz Hotels), launched Almaza Bay Ras Soma in 2023 as a resort destination on the bay of Ras Abu Soma, extending its North Coast Almaza Bay brand to the Red Sea (public record).
Earlier questions and answers
Where is Almaza Bay Ras Soma?
On the natural bay of Ras Abu Soma, Egypt's Red Sea coast near Safaga, about 35–40 minutes from Hurghada International Airport — immediately adjacent to Somabay.
Who is the developer, and why does it carry the Almaza Bay name?
Travco Properties, the real-estate arm of Travco Group (founded 1979; Jaz Hotels) and developer of the North Coast's Almaza Bay. Almaza Bay Ras Soma is a deliberate brand extension of that North Coast project to the Red Sea, launched to press in April 2023 (Invest-Gate) — it is not a second phase of the North Coast development.
Is Almaza Bay Ras Soma part of Somabay?
No. 'Soma Bay' — two words — is the place: the bay itself. 'Somabay' — one word — is Abu Soma Development Company's separate master-planned resort on that bay, KÂMO's home market. Almaza Bay Ras Soma is Travco Properties' own, entirely separate destination on the neighbouring bay of Ras Abu Soma. The three names are easy to conflate but describe three different things.
How big is the destination, and what phases exist?
A reported 2,656,562 sqm (about 633 feddans) with 1,300 m of beach frontage, masterplanned by WATG. Phase 1, Ras Soma Residences, covers about 200,000 sqm with 386 units — 82 villas, 112 quad chalets and 192 apartments. Phase 2, Marina Gate, adds a reported 84 feddans (13% footprint).
What is the delivery status?
Two five-star hotels are reported operating on-site — the Steigenberger Resort Ras Soma and a Jaz-branded property. Residences are under construction with nothing yet delivered; reported delivery windows run 2027–2029.
What are the reported prices and payment terms?
Public listing portals report phase-1 apartments from around EGP 12.9M–13M, chalets from around EGP 20M–24M and villas from around EGP 40M (beachfront up to around EGP 63M); Marina Gate (phase 2) villas are reported separately from around EGP 18.59M — a different phase and format, not a lower phase-1 price. Reported terms are a 10% down payment with instalments of up to 6–7 years.
How does KÂMO verify these figures?
KÂMO confirms current pricing, phase status and payment terms directly with Travco Properties before any reservation — ask KÂMO to pull the current file.
Reported starting prices
Reported terms: 10% down · up to 6–7 years — public listing portals, retrieved 2026-08
Official material reviewed 16 October 2026
Request the current unit price, payment schedule, specification and transfer conditions.
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Common questions
Is Ras Soma the same as Somabay?
No. Ras Soma is Travco Properties’ separate Red Sea destination. Somabay is the peninsula master development in the wider Soma Bay area. Their homes, entrances, management and facility rights must be checked separately.
Is Almaza Bay Ras Soma an official project name?
Yes. Almaza Bay Ras Soma is the full name of Travco’s Red Sea resort. It is separate from Almaza Bay on the North Coast.
Can I see the Ras Soma masterplan?
The developer-published overall illustration is shown in this guide. It explains the design arrangement, but is not a surveyed boundary or a construction-status map. Request the current dated release drawing for a specific home.
Are Ras Soma Residences and The Condos interchangeable?
No. Home types vary by phase. The Condos has its own brochure and apartment layouts. Identify the exact collection and unit on the offer.
Does this page publish current Ras Soma prices?
No live price schedule or availability feed is established here. Earlier reported figures remain in a clearly dated archive; request a current unit-specific offer and complete payment schedule.
Does a Ras Soma home include hotel or Somabay access?
Do not infer access from a neighbouring hotel or destination name. Confirm the named facility, guest category, admission arrangements and any charges for the selected home.
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