Hurghada Guide

Hurghada is one of the easiest places in the world to learn to dive and one of the more rewarding places to keep diving. Warm water, high visibility, shallow reefs for beginners and serious wrecks within day-trip range — all from a city[...]

Hurghada Marina opened in 2008 and changed the shape of the city's evenings. Before it, there was Sekalla and the hotel bars. Now there is a waterfront promenade where you can walk for an hour with the yachts on one side and restaurants on the[...]

El Dahar is the oldest part of Hurghada and the only part that was not built for tourism. Everywhere else in the city grew up around hotels; El Dahar was here first, and it is still where people live, shop and work. Locals call it Downtown. If[...]

Senzo Mall opened in 2009 on a site of around 170,000 square meters and is still the largest shopping centre on the Red Sea coast. It is fully air-conditioned, and on a July afternoon in Hurghada that single fact makes it one of the more[...]

Sherry Street runs off the main Sheraton road in Hurghada, and it is where the city eats when it is not at work. Locals, long-stay residents and returning visitors all end up here, which is the most reliable indicator you will get that a street[...]