El Gouna beach

El Gouna - is a tourist area with artificial beach located to the north of Hurghada. El Gouna is sometimes compared with Venice due to a large number of canals and bridges. The creators of the complex did the best tourist area in Egypt. Unfortunately, the quality of beaches is not too high in most hotels. Shore and seabed: sand, stones. [edit]

Coordinates: 27.392616, 33.686677

Hotels [edit]

El Gouna has huge number of hotels from very cheap to super expensive. If you are thinking about the room cost a few thousand dollars per night, remember that this is quite like Maldivian price. Decide, is it worth to pay such a money for Egypt.

How to get there [edit]

Fly to Hurghada International Airport (HRG). Next hire a taxi. El Gouna is located near the airport, so you won't have to go long. Also El Gouna has its own small airport. Your hotel will offer you all possible kinds of transfer.

When to go [edit]

The Red Sea in Egypt has good weather any time of year. However, each period has its own specifics. Many people think that it's too hot here in summer. While it is sometimes quite cold in the winter half of the year, - too cold even for sunbathe.

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