Hurghada

Hurghada The city is the administrative capital of the Red Sea Governorate and occupies an area of 80 km from the coastline of the west coast of the Red Sea. It is bordered to the north by the city of Ras Gharib, to the south by Safaga, to the east by the coast of the Red Sea and to the west by the mountains of the Red Sea. The city was founded in the early 20th century, and until recently it was a small fishing village. But since the 1980s, it has been continually enlarged by Egyptian and foreign investors to become the leading coastal resort on the Red Sea. Holiday resorts and hotels provide aquatic sport facilities for windsurfers, kitesurfers, yachtsmen, scuba divers and snorkelers. Hurghada is known for its watersports activities, nightlife and warm weather. Daily temperature hovers round 30 Â°C (86 Â°F) most of the year, during July and August temperatures reach over 40 Â°C (104 Â°F). Many Europeans head to Hurghada for their regular Holidays, especially during the Winter season and spend their Christmas and New Year holidays in the city. Hurghada stretches for about 36 kilometres (22 mi) along the seashore, and it does not reach far into the surrounding desert. The resort is a destination for Egyptian tourists from Cairo, the Delta and Upper Egypt, as well as package holiday tourists from Europe. Today Hurghada counts 248,000 inhabitants and is divided into: El Ahia and El Helal, the northern part; El Dahar (Downtown) is the old part; Sekalla is the city center; El Kawsar is the modern part; El Memsha (Village road) is pedestrian road stretching over 4 km.