HURGHADA – Located on a crescent shaped bay with rugged mountains, Hurghada is around 237 kms south of Sinai. Founded in the 20th century, Hurghada today is the foremost tourist resort of the Red Sea Coast as well as an International Centre for aquatic sports. Here you can enjoy windsurfing, sailing, deep-sea fishing, swimming, snorkeling and diving. The unique underwater gardens offshore are some of the finest in the world. For golf lovers nearby is El Gouna which is 25 km north of Hurghada. There are exciting day-trips from Hurghada such as a trip to Giftun Island for snorkeling and to view the beautiful Red Sea through a glass-bottomed boat or even in a submarine. You can also take day trips to Red Sea Mountains by camel or by jeep.

“ The Gulf of Suez is that exquisite corridor of tinted mountains and radiant water… here and nowhere else is the vestibule between the Levant and the Tropics” – E.M.Forster, 1923

SAFAGA- Another fine city which is famous for its fantastic coral reefs and located 350 miles north of Cairo. Safaga is a port as well as well known for its black sand-dunes and mineral springs attracting tourists and especially wind surfers from around the world. You can enjoy day trips to Tobia Island or Mons Claudianus in the Red Sea Mountains.

AL-QUESSEIR – One of the Red Sea ports where Queen Hatshepsut launched her expedition to the Land of Punt. The 16th Century Fortress of Sultan Selim still stands in the town centre. Today Al-Quesseir is a quiet resort with sandy beaches, clear waters, coral reefs and a camping site for water sports. An ancient caravan trail to Qift in the Nile valley, leads from Al-Quesseir through the mountains, passing several Pharaonic and Roman sites. Recently a new road directly to Luxor has been opened.