Hurghada

Al-Gouna: a chemical compound on the suburbs of Hurghada

Hurghada (Arabic: الغردقة‎ Al Ġurdaqa, Egyptian Arabic: [el ɣæɾˈdæʔæ]) is a metropolis inward the Red Sea Governorate of Egypt. It is a principal tourist middle together with 2nd largest metropolis (after Suez) inward Arab Republic of Egypt located on the Red Sea coas.

Al-Mahmeya is a National Protected common on the coast of Hurghada

Overview

The metropolis was founded inward the early on 20th century, together with since the 1980s has been continually enlarged past times Egyptian together with unusual investors to operate the leading seashore resort on the Red Sea. Holiday villages together with hotels supply aquatic sport facilities for sailboarders, yachtsmen, scuba divers together with snorkelers.

Russian dumplings (Pelmeni) inward primal Hurghada

Hurghada stretches for almost 36 kilometres (22 mi) along the seashore, together with it does non achieve far into the surrounding desert. The resort is a finish for Egyptian tourists from Cairo, the Delta together with Upper Egypt, equally good equally packet vacation tourists from Europe, notably Serbs, Italians, Russians, Poles, Czechs together with Germans. Until a few years agone it was a little angling village. Today Hurghada counts 248,000 inhabitants together with is divided into iii parts: Downtown (El Dahar) is the quondam part; Sekalla is the metropolis center, together with El Memsha (Village road) is the modern part. Sakkala is the relatively small-scale hotel quarter. Dahar is where the town's largest bazaar, the post service role together with the long-distance omnibus station are situated.

 

taken at sharm el naga beach

The metropolis is served past times the Hurghada International Airport amongst scheduled rider traffic to together with from Cairo together with straight connections amongst several cities inward Europe. The drome has undergone massive renovations to arrange ascent traffic. Hurghada is known for its watersports activities, nightlife together with warm weather. Daily temperature hovers circular xxx degrees celsius most of the year. Numerous Europeans pass their Christmas together with New Year's Day holidays inward the city, primarily Germans, Russians together with Italians.

Resorts close Hurghada

Al Quseir

Russian dumplings (Pelmeni) inward primal Hurghada.Al Quseir is i of the Egyptian gateways, together with i of the oldest cities on the western coast of the Red Sea. In the past times it was known past times various names, such equally Thagho inward the pharonic period, Licos Limen (the white port) inward the Ptolemaic period, together with Portus Albus inward the Roman period. In the Islamic menstruation it was given the rear Al Quseir, which way "a little palace or fortress".

Located betwixt Hurghada together with Marsa Alam, Quseir used to go an of import port. Many people traveled from in that place to the terra firma of Punt to purchase ivory, leather together with incense. During the Ottoman together with the Islamic periods, Egyptians together with Muslims from North Africa traveled from Quesir equally pilgrims to Mecca. It was likewise the alone port importing java from Yemen.

During the French delineate of Egypt, Quseir was the arrival signal for Arabs together with Muslims from Hegaz coming to struggle beside the Mamalic against the French army. The most of import sites inward Quseir are the fort together with the H2O reservoir. The H2O reservoir was Quseir's alone root of drinking H2O 100 years ago.

Al Quseir Al Kadima is some other of import site equally well. It was the quondam Roman port where hundreds of amphora together with quondam pottery artifacts were found. Even the constabulary station is located at a historical site. There are straightaway many bazaars here, equally good equally cafes, java shops together with restaurants offering body of body of water food. There are several 300-year-old buildings here: the Ottoman fort together with the quondam mosques Al Farran, Al Qenawi together with Al Senousi.

Al Quseir is known for diving, amongst many miles of unspoiled coral reef. Most hotels cause got dive centres, together with in that place are some downtown, equally well. Safaris are pop here, either past times quad cycle or jeep, including trips into the desert together with visits to a Bedouin village, equally is camel-riding.

Sharm El Naga

A village, around xl km (25 mi) S of Hurghada. Its beach contains a beautiful reef cliff.

El Gouna

A privately owned luxury hotel town, almost 25 km northward of Hurghada. Quiet together with clean, the town consists of several islands separated past times channels together with connected past times bridges. Besides xiv hotels together with 3 marinas, in that place are likewise 2200 someone villas together with apartments, spell many to a greater extent than are nether construction. It is promoted past times some equally Egypt's Venice. It is built on 10 km of beachfront together with has unique together with various architecture.

El Gouna provides diving together with watersports centers, Equus caballus stables, go-karting, shopping arcades, bazaars, a broad choice of restaurants together with bars, black clubs, an mesh cafe, 4 banking concern branches, many automated teller machines (ATMs), 2 pharmacies, the El Gouna international school, a nursery, a someone hospital, iii marinas, a library, an airport, i of several casinos on the Red Sea coast, a someone radio station, a post service office, a museum, existent estate offices together with an 18-hole golf game course of educational activity designed past times Gene Bates amongst a unique aqua driving range.

 

Al-Mahmya

A tourist beachfront military camp on the protected Giftun island, 45 minutes past times boat from Hurghada.

Soma Bay

Soma Bay Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 tourist resort situated 45 km (28 mi) S of Hurghada, amongst various hotels including La Residence des Cascades, Inter-Continental, Robinson Club, Sheraton (Kempinski - opening August 2008) & Caribbean Area World Resort Soma Bay ( opened Dec 7).