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Hurghada Travel Guide
Of course, the main reason to visit Hurghada
is for the beautiful Red Sea, which is
excellent for diving or snorkeling. If you
aren't licenced to dive, it is often
possible to snorkel and see incredible coral
reefs and hundreds of varieties of tropical
fish just 10 meters from the beach. Again,
either your hotel will have dive escorts on
site, or they can arrange a scuba diving
expedition with guides. In late March, the
water is still quite cold (21 Celsius), so a
wet suit is necessary, and even snorkeling
in a bathing suit is too cold after about 10
minutes. It is also windy in late March;
sustained 20 MPH are common. Make sure your
Beach resort Hotel provides wind screens on
the Beach. Hurghada has a variety of
activities for those who enjoy the sea and
the beach. Activities include scuba diving,
snorkeling, windsurfing, para sailing,
jetskis. You can also ride a glass boat (a
boat with a glass bottom) where you can see
the amazing coral reefs and underwater
scenery. For those of you who want to have a
desert adventure you can also ride
motorbikes or beach buggies into the desert.
The town of Hurghada was founded in the
early 20th century, and until a few years
ago, remained a small fishing village.
However since the 1980s has been continually
enlarged by American, Arab and European
investors to become the leading bathing
resort on the Red Sea.
The city stretches for about 40 km along the
seashore, and it doesn't reach far into the
surrounding desert. If it takes place in or
on the water you can do it here: sailing,
windsurfing, swimming, deep-sea fishing,
but, above all, diving and snorkeling. The
unique underwater gardens offshore are some
of the finest in the world, justifiably
famous amongst divers.
Today, the city of Hurghada counts 40,000
inhabitants and is divided into 3 parts:
Downtown is the old part, Sekalla is the
modern part, and finally El Korra Road is
the most modern part. Sakkala is the
relatively modest hotel quarter. Dahar is
where the city's largest bazaar, the post
office and the long distance bus station are
located. Several restaurants, shops and
bars, small pubs and internet cafes are
available all over Hurghada.
Hurghada is known as a party city, and with
its several clubs, life could be said to
begin there at night. Usually nearly every
hotel has its own disco. For example the
most famous ones at the moment are Papas
Beach and Calypso. Renowned for belly
dancing, Arabic and Nubian folklore, is Alf
Leila Wa Leila (One thousand and one
nights). It's a big open air area, which
offers a bit of everything.
Actually, Hurghada is also a town under
development. However several new hotels and
construction are taking place, and we can
expect to see some great new restaurants,
hotels and other facilities in the near
future. Usually the city of Hurghada is
known for providing access to many
uninhabited offshore reefs and islands.
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