"Egyptian Venice" on the Red Sea is called the city of El-Guna in Egypt, located 30 km north of Hurghada. Built two decades ago, the resort of El Gouna is located on more than 20 islands, between which along the sea lagoons and canals run small boats and yachts.
Lazing at the resort of El Gouna, it seems that you are isolated from the outside world, this is done deliberately for a good holiday. There are two marinas, a newspaper, a radio station and a television station, a hospital, and factories for the production of beer, wine and mineral waters. Most importantly, everything is organized in such a way that the ecology suffers the minimum. El Gouna operates its own airport, from which flights are made to Cairo and Luxor .
Hotels in El Gouna are different from hotels in other resorts in Egypt because there are no multi-storey buildings and skyscrapers. Altogether in El Gouna 17 hotels, of which 3 hotels have 5 *, 8 hotels - 4 *, the rest - 3 *. All hotels are built according to a single architectural plan and represent buildings in pastel colors of no more than three floors. The city was awarded several times international prizes for architecture. The largest and best hotels in El Gouna are: Steigenberger Golf Resort, Sheraton Miramar Resort, Mövenpick Resort & SPAClub and Club Med (4 *). Hotel Sheraton Miramar Resort is interesting because it was created by the architect Michael Graves who built hotels in the American Disneyland. In addition, there are many private villas here. The rest in El Gouna is preferred by the Germans and the Dutch.
Hotels in the resort have a common infrastructure, in addition, there is a special system, where you can dine at any hotel. Guests to travel around the resort use buses and boats. Direct access to the sea have only a few hotels, and from the rest of the hotels to the beach you need to sail on a boat. The most popular among tourists are the beaches of Mangroovy Beach and Zeytouna Beach.
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Rest in El-Goun is very diverse for Egypt: secluded beaches, desert safaris, diving on reefs and wrecks, night entertainment for young people, a variety of programs and excursions for children and adults. Let's get acquainted with what interesting can be seen in El Gouna.
Golf Club
The Golf Club is one of the main attractions of El Gouna. It is designed for golfers of different levels: from beginners to professionals. This fashionable world-class golf club is considered the best in the Middle East. Here you can play all year round and simultaneously enjoy the mountain landscapes of East Egypt and the Red Sea.
Kafr
Kafr is the central island of the resort of El-Gouna, all of its buildings are made in the traditional Egyptian style with courtyards and endless alleys. Here is the entire infrastructure of entertainment: shops, cafes, restaurants, art galleries, bars and discos. Life in the center subsides only for a few hours before dawn.
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In Kafr, you can visit the wellness center, as well as a historical museum with an observatory. It contains copies of the most famous historical exhibits of Egyptian museums.
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Island-beach of Zeitoun
Island Zeytuna - island-beach, which is located all for beach recreation, a free aquarium, where almost all the fish of the Red Sea are represented. You can get here by boat provided by the hotel.
El Gouna has a coastline of 10 km. There are several world-class diving centers that provide an opportunity to dive into the underwater world of the Red Sea, rich in coral reefs and sunken ships.
From El Gouna tours are organized almost anywhere in Egypt.