Originally a small fishing village, Hurghadha has developed into a big seaside resort in the last few years. While construction is evident everywhere, Kurghadha is now a foremost tourist resort of the Red Sea coast. It is an excellent place for people interested in water sports like windsurfing, sailing, deep-sea fishing, swimming, and especially snorkeling and diving. The unique underwater gardens offshore are some of the finest in the world, justifiably famous amongst divers. The warm waters here are ideal for many varieties of rare fish and coral reefs, which may also be observed through glass bottom boats.

Hurghadha is also a lovely beach resort offering all types of hotels and spas. Many of these hotels offer so many activities and facilities that one may never need to leave the resort. Often, the larger resorts have zoos, playgrounds, discos, bars, a number of pools and even small theaters.

For the more adventurous, it is also known as a party town when life begins at many clubs, at night.

A 30-minute drive takes you to El Gouna, a highly-organised resort community. Together, these communities and resort areas offer just about everything a visitor might wish for, from raucous parties to isolated scuba diving, with golf, bowling and fishing in between.

At Hurghadha we stayed at a fabulously luxurious resort, The Oberoi Sahl Hasheesh. Sprawling over 48 acres with comfortable and private suites, it was a fitting place to end our hectic holiday. Go, have a look at the hotel...

 

info from http://touregypt.net/hurghada/
details on El Gouna http://www.touregypt.net/el-gouna/elgouna.htm

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