Byoum · Lake Qarun shore, Fayoum · Orascom Developments
Byoum
Orascom Developments' Lake Qarun resort in Fayoum — fully delivered, resale market only
What is Byoum?
Byoum is Orascom Developments' resort on the shore of Lake Qarun in Fayoum Governorate, near Tunis Village, and is entirely separate from any destination named simply 'Fayoum.' Unlike El Gouna or O West, Byoum isn't organised into named geographic phases; instead it offers six villa typologies (Type A through F) ranging from 98 to 348.19 m², plus 'Kayrawany' apartment clusters sized 56 to 145 m², with every unit already fully delivered and no primary price or sales plan published by Orascom on either orascomde.com or byoum-alfayoum.com.
The name Byoum, per the project's official brochure, is a Coptic-origin word meaning 'sea' or 'lake' — a direct nod to its Lake Qarun setting. Byoum's stated size itself varies by source: a 1 million m² land bank on the corporate site versus 447,720 m² of built area in the sales brochure, figures that may simply describe two different things — total land versus built footprint — rather than a genuine contradiction.
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Where is Byoum located?
Byoum sits directly on the shore of Lake Qarun in Fayoum Governorate, near the well-known Tunis Village, making it geographically the closest of Orascom Developments' five destinations to Cairo and the furthest from the Red Sea coast. Byoum includes the Byoum Lakeside Hotel, whose landscape was designed by Nature (Nature LSA), alongside a general 'commercial area' mentioned in the project brochure as a service amenity separate from the residential units offered for sale.
- Directly on the shore of Lake Qarun, near Tunis Village
- The closest of Orascom's five destinations to Cairo, and the only one off the Red Sea
- Byoum Lakeside Hotel, landscape design by Nature (Nature LSA)
- A general commercial area, classed as an amenity, not for sale
- No relation to other projects named simply 'Fayoum'
What unit types and prices does Byoum offer?
Unit types: Standalone villas, Twin villas, Apartments (Kayrawany clusters)
Byoum's only active market today is resale, with no official primary price from Orascom Developments, and secondary-market listings show a sharp, unresolved gap for what looks like the same specification: a standalone 359 m², six-bedroom villa with a direct Lake Qarun view was listed at EGP 10,500,000 on both Bayut (listed 20 May 2026) and Property Finder (listed around July 2026), while a near-identical villa (359 m², 6 bedrooms, 7 bathrooms) was listed at EGP 19,000,000 on Aqarmap in August 2026 — an unexplained ~81% gap between the two, presented here as a low-confidence range without favouring either figure.
No official price for any Byoum unit is published by Orascom Developments; all figures above come from documented resale listings dated August 2026 and carry low confidence given the spread — confirm pricing directly before committing.
What amenities are inside Byoum?
What is the Byoum master plan?
No official or secondary source credits a single architecture firm with Byoum's overall residential master plan; the only named design credit found is Nature (Nature LSA), responsible specifically for the landscape design of Byoum Lakeside Hotel, not the residential community. Byoum's residential design runs on six distinct villa typologies from 98 to 348.19 m², plus four 'Kayrawany' apartment clusters (C, D, E, F) sized 56 to 145 m², combining an Arabian-style architectural language on the larger villas with a distinctly Nubian style on the twin-villa (Type F) units.
Why invest in Byoum?
Byoum stands out among Orascom Developments' destinations as the one genuinely ready-to-move-in option: villas and apartments already fully delivered on the shore of Lake Qarun in Fayoum, in a distinctive Arabian and Nubian architectural style with landscaping by Nature (Nature LSA), for buyers who don't want to wait on a future handover date. That said, any price quoted for a Byoum unit needs independent verification — this research documented an unreconciled 81% gap between two platforms quoting the same villa specification in August 2026, making direct negotiation and price confirmation more important here than at any other Orascom destination.
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