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Your Holiday
Hotels
in Hurghada are situated in a strip parallel to the beach and
run for almost 20km, ranging from 5 star luxury accommodation to
more simple and traditional Egyptian guesthouses.
Make sure you experience the local
shops and bring yourself a souvenir home. The best buys in Hurghada
are Papyrus or the traditional Egyptian 'shisha pipes'. And at just
5 hrs from the UK, you are just one short flight from paradise.
History
Hurghada was once just
a tiny fishing village, and was not visited by anybody from outside
of the local area. This was true as recently as the 1970s. However,
once tourists discovered the clear blue water and great opportunities
for diving, Hurghada quickly grew into a major tourist destination.
Today, the result is a stretch of
20 km with beach hotels. Most of these
hotels are laid out along one major road,
and all a short transfer from the international airport, to which
it's easy to find cheap flights..
About the Modern Resort
Hurghada is a popular
tourist resort for divers and those who just enjoy swimming. Egyptians,
Saudis and other Arabs join the stream of Europeans and Americans
coming here throughout most of the year.
Hurghada is in reality three main
centres and numerous self-contained tourist villages now growing
into one body. To the north, lies the place that is closest to being
a town, Ad-Dahar, which has more than half of the total local population,
and the the most price worthy hotels and restaurants.
Nearby
A couple of kilometres
south, comes Sigala, a place that suffers from being between Ad-Dahar
and New Hurghada a few kilometres more to the south. There are some
hotels here, some restaurants, but relatively few tourists.
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