Talist

Siwa Oasis


Talist, meaning 'lake' in the Amazig language, is a place to get away from it all. On offer in this family-owned ecolodge are simple but comfortable rooms, beauty and tranquillity. Natural materials like stone, cotton and kershef, a mixture of salt and rock, are used, and there is a great pool overlooking the lake.

A lovely candlelit dinner can be ordered in advance (LE150). Electricity is only available to charge devices.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Siwa Oasis attractions

1. Fatnas Spring

2.65 MILES

This fairly secluded pool is on a small island in the salty Birket Siwa, accessible across a narrow causeway. Nicknamed ‘Fantasy Island’ for its idyllic…

2. Bilad Ar Rum

4 MILES

Just north of Kharmisah, around 17km northwest of Siwa Town, the City of the Romans has about 100 tombs cut into the rock of the nearby hills and the…

3. House of Siwa Museum

4.41 MILES

This small museum contains an interesting display of traditional clothing, jewellery and crafts typical of the oasis. It’s worth the entry fee just to…

4. Fortress of Shali

4.49 MILES

Central Siwa is dominated by the spectacular organic shapes of the remains of this 13th-century mud-brick fortress. Built from kershef (chunks of salt…

5. Old Mosque

4.52 MILES

Just above the entrance to the Fortress of Shali is the old mosque with its distinctive chimney-shaped minaret. The mosque was recently restored and a…

6. Gebel Al Mawta

4.57 MILES

This small hill, at the northern end of Siwa Town, is honeycombed with rock tombs peppered with wall paintings. Its name, Gebel Al Mawta, means 'Mountain…

7. Tomb of Niperpathot

4.61 MILES

In the Tomb of Niperpathot, one of the oldest in the oasis, the inscriptions and crude drawings are made in the same reddish ink you can see on modern…

8. Tomb of Mesu-Isis

4.62 MILES

The unfinished Tomb of Mesu-Isis in Gebel Al Mawta is interesting for its beautiful depiction of cobras in red and blue above the entrance. The tomb was…