Overview Hurghada

morning @ hurghada marina

the city founded in 20th century, , until few years ago small fishing village. since 1980s, has been continually enlarged egyptian , foreign investors become leading coastal resort on red sea. holiday villages , hotels provide aquatic sport facilities windsurfers, kitesurfers, yachtsmen, scuba divers , snorkelers. hurghada known watersports activities, nightlife , warm weather. daily temperature hovers round 30 °c (86 °f) of year, during july , august temperatures reach on 40 °c (104 °f). many europeans have chosen hurghada regular holidays, specially during winter season , spend christmas , new year holidays in city. tourism russia dropped drastically after metrojet flight 9268 plane crash in november 2015.

hurghada stretches 36 kilometres (22 mi) along seashore, , not reach far surrounding desert. resort destination egyptian tourists cairo, delta , upper egypt, package holiday tourists europe. today hurghada counts 248,000 inhabitants , divided into:

el ahia , el helal, northern part;
el dahar (downtown) old part;
sekalla city center;
el kawsar modern part;
el memsha (village road) pedestrian road stretching on 4 km.

along el mamsha find many of hurghada s new hotels. dahar town s traditional bazaar, post office , long-distance bus stations, go bus , upper egypt bus situated.

the city served hurghada international airport scheduled passenger traffic connecting cairo , directly several cities in europe. new terminal opened in 2015 accommodate rising traffic.