144 places verified on OSM · local guides, HEPCA and the Egyptian press · no Eater coverage
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This interactive map of Hurghada (Egypt) brings together 144 hand-picked places: 60 attractions, 38 restaurants, 30 cafés and 16 shops. It also includes 5 walking routes with their stops in order. For every place you get what it is, a practical tip and how to get there by public transport. It is free, works on your phone and needs no sign-up.
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2.5 km · 3 h · the old town, the real souk and a neighbourhood café. Best from 17:00. · 7 stops
2 km · 3 h · the contrast between the fishing harbour and the marina. Start at 18:00 and dine facing the mosque. · 7 stops
3 km · 4 h · Egyptian street food, ahwa with shisha and the promenade. Starts at 20:00, not before. · 7 stops
Full day by boat from the Marina · 8:00 departure · bring Egyptian pounds in cash for the national park fee. · 6 stops
35 km by taxi or microbus · full day · the windy-day card, everything indoors except Sand City. · 6 stops
جزيرة جفتون الكبير · Parque Nacional Islas Giftun
The big island of the national park: white sand, reef a short swim offshore and the clearest water on this map.
Tip: The national park fee (about USD 5 / ~250 EGP per person) is usually NOT included: ask before you book and carry Egyptian pounds in cash.
🚇 By boat from Hurghada Marina or the Tourism Port: a 45-60 min crossing.
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Show on mapجزيرة جفتون الصغير · Parque Nacional Islas Giftun
Giftun's little sister: fewer boats, more fish and the coral walls divers come for.
Tip: Ask for an 8:00 departure instead of 9:30: you beat the fleet and get the reef to yourself for a full hour.
🚇 Boat only, from Hurghada Marina; usually combined with Mahmya or Paradise.
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Show on mapأورانج باي · Giftun Kebir
Big Giftun's postcard beach: a long sandbank, turquoise water and straw parasols.
Tip: Orange Bay, Mahmya and Paradise are THREE different clubs in the park, not the same place: confirm which one your agency is selling.
🚇 By boat from Hurghada Marina; most transfers include hotel pick-up by minibus.
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Show on mapمحمية · islas Giftun
The park's most polished beach club: palms, hammocks and a grilled lunch facing the reef.
Tip: It is the priciest of the three clubs and the price usually includes lunch; the park fee is still charged separately.
🚇 Daily boat from Hurghada Marina; early departure, back mid-afternoon.
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Show on mapباراديس · islas Giftun
Fine sand, pool-clear water and a reef that starts steps from shore: the park's snorkelling pick.
Tip: Bring reef shoes: the reef edge has dead coral and urchins, and standing on live coral is banned park-wide.
🚇 By boat from Hurghada Marina, almost always in the same package as Mahmya.
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Show on mapجزيرة مجاويش · Magawish
The closest island to shore: half an hour by boat and you are floating over soft-coral gardens.
Tip: It is the short plan when the wind picks up: it sits sheltered and the crossing is far calmer than to Giftun.
🚇 Boats from the Magawish jetty and from the Marina; half a day is enough.
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Show on mapجزر أبو منقار · frente a Sakkala
The low islets right off town: shallow water, turtles and the first stop of nearly every boat trip.
Tip: Seagrass zone: if you spot a turtle, stay still and do not chase it; approaching head-on makes it flee.
🚇 Ten minutes by boat from Hurghada Marina or the Sakkala jetties.
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Show on mapأم قمر · norte de Hurghada
A table-top island in open sea ringed by vertical walls: one of the classic northern dives.
Tip: The wall drops from 10 to over 30 m deep: ask for an advanced slot if you want the canyons on the island's south side.
🚇 Dive boat only from Hurghada Marina; a good hour north.
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Show on mapأبو رمادة · sur del parque
The southern cathedral: huge coral blocks, dense shoals and postcard visibility.
Tip: Ask for the south side ('Abu Ramada South'): the pinnacles start at 12 m and work for snorkelling too.
🚇 Dive boat from Hurghada Marina; usually run as a two-dive day.
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Show on mapشعب العرج · norte, camino a El Gouna
The reef lagoon where a pod of spinner dolphins rests: the most sought-after spot in the northern Red Sea.
Tip: HEPCA's code of conduct is a decree in the Red Sea Governorate: boats 30 m away, 4 knots max, no chasing and no entering their resting lagoon, no touching and no feeding. Fines reach EGP 10,000.
🚇 Full-day boat from Hurghada Marina or the north of town; a 90 min crossing.
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Show on mapالفنادير · norte de Hurghada
A long reef running parallel to the north coast: Hurghada's easiest and most repeated drift dive.
Tip: The northern stretch is the good one: a plateau at 12 m with soft coral and, with luck, green turtles grazing.
🚇 Dive boat from Hurghada Marina; 20-30 min north.
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Show on mapجوطة أبو رمادة · el Acuario
They call it 'the Aquarium': coral blocks on white sand in shallow water, packed with tame fish.
Tip: It sits 7-14 m deep, so it reads perfectly from the surface. Do not feed the fish: it is banned and it wrecks their diet.
🚇 Boat from Hurghada Marina; nearly every full-day snorkelling trip stops here.
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Show on mapشعاب الموز · este de Giftun
A banana-shaped reef between Giftun and open sea: healthy hard coral and big visibility.
Tip: Ask for it on low-wind days: it sits on Giftun's exposed side and gets cancelled when it blows.
🚇 Dive boat from Hurghada Marina, usually paired with Erg Sabina.
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Show on mapإرج سابينا · este de Giftun
A lone pinnacle rising out of the blue: where the big shoals show up.
Tip: There is current: this is an intermediate dive. Go down the line and come back to the same point.
🚇 Dive boat from Hurghada Marina; an hour east.
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Show on mapأبو سلامة · norte de Hurghada
A shallow, colourful coral garden that German divers nicknamed 'the gummy-bear reef'.
Tip: Bottom at 5-12 m: one of the few reefs where snorkellers see what the divers see.
🚇 Boat north from Hurghada Marina; it also features on snorkelling trips.
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Show on mapجوطة أبو مكادي · Makadi Bay
Makadi's home reef: pinnacles on sand, ten minutes from the bay.
Tip: If you are staying in Makadi and do not want a full boat day, this is the half-day that is worth it.
🚇 Boat from Makadi Bay beach; ten minutes out.
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Show on mapشعاب أبو حشيش · sur
A long reef off Sahl Hasheesh, with coral gardens and plenty of small life.
Tip: Bring a small torch: the cracks hide stonefish and nudibranchs you will miss without light.
🚇 Boat from Sahl Hasheesh or Hurghada Marina.
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Show on mapEl Mina wreck · frente al puerto
The Egyptian minesweeper sunk in 1970 off the port: Hurghada's wreck, guns and all.
Tip: It rests on sand around 30 m deep: a deep, short dive, so book it as the first of the day.
🚇 Dive boat from Hurghada Marina or the Tourism Port: ten minutes out.
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Show on mapبوسيدون · norte, frente a El Gouna
A shallow reef at the map's northern tip, with coral heads almost breaking the surface.
Tip: It usually runs on the same day as Dolphin House: ask whether your boat includes it before booking.
🚇 Boat from the northern Hurghada jetties or from El Gouna.
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Show on mapBalena wreck · frente a Magawish
A small ship sunk at 8 m just off the coast: the wreck you can see while snorkelling.
Tip: Top at 3 m, bottom at 8.5 m: the only wreck on this map you can see without a tank.
🚇 Short boat ride from the Magawish jetty or from Sakkala.
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Show on mapحصن أبو شعر · norte del mapa
The 4th-century Roman fort that guarded the Mons Porphyrites road and became a church around AD 400.
Tip: It is the only genuine ancient ruin on this map: Hurghada was founded in 1905, there are no pharaohs here. Bring water and a hat, there is no shade at all.
🚇 Taxi or tour up the northern road past El Ahyaa; no microbus goes there.
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Show on mapأولد فيك · Sakkala / Sheraton Road
The classic city beach on Sheraton Road, with loungers, a bar and a jetty out to the reef.
Tip: Almost no beach in Hurghada is free: there is a day fee here, and ask at the gate whether a lounger and a drink are included, because it changes by season.
🚇 Microbus along Sheraton Road, get off at Old Sheraton, then walk.
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Show on mapدريم بيتش · Sheraton Road
Wide sand and a very long shallow shelf: the day beach that works best with kids.
Tip: Check at the gate first: the day rate differs on weekdays and weekends, and the ticket is sometimes credited against what you order.
🚇 Microbus along Sheraton Road to the El Fersan stretch; the gate is on the street.
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Show on mapشاطئ الساقية · Marina Hurghada
The closest beach to the Marina: walkable from the promenade and one of the cheapest.
Tip: It is the cheapest day beach downtown; bring small notes because the gate often has no change.
🚇 On foot from Hurghada Marina, following the promenade south.
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Show on mapشاطئ السواقي · Ad-Dahar
North Ad-Dahar's beach: less touristy, more local, with fishermen off to one side.
Tip: You will see Egyptians swimming fully dressed here: that is normal, not odd. If you are a woman, a sarong over your swimsuit saves you the stares.
🚇 Microbus along the Ad-Dahar seafront to the aquarium, then two blocks on foot.
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Show on mapالشاطئ العام رقم ٣ · Sakkala
One of the few public beaches downtown: no frills, with Hurghada's own weekend crowd.
Tip: Friday is the big local day: if you want quiet, come on a Tuesday.
🚇 Microbus along Sheraton Road to Sakkala, then two blocks towards the sea.
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Show on mapالشاطئ الحر - الأحياء · El Ahyaa
Open, unfenced shoreline in the north: the map's genuinely free beach.
Tip: No services, no shade, no lifeguard: bring everything, water included, plus reef shoes for the coral at the edge.
🚇 Microbus towards El Ahyaa on the northern road; ask to be dropped at the shore turn-off.
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Show on mapشاطئ زيتونة · El Gouna
El Gouna's island beach, linked by a wooden boardwalk: the map's chic edge.
Tip: El Gouna town falls just outside this map's western edge; this beach and Abydos marina are the slice that does fit.
🚇 GoBus coach or taxi to El Gouna (about 25 km north), then the resort's internal shuttle.
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Show on mapشاطئ كليوباترا · Makadi Bay
Makadi's crescent of sand, reef to the right and water that is nearly always flat.
Tip: Nearly the whole front is hotel-owned: if you are not staying there, ask about the day pass before you get out of the taxi.
🚇 Microbus or taxi down the Safaga road to Makadi Bay; about 30 km south.
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Show on mapبلو بيتش كلوب · Marina Hurghada
A beach club right beside the Marina: pool, sand and music until sundown.
Tip: The day pass often includes a drink: get them to spell it out before you pay, not after.
🚇 On foot from Hurghada Marina, along the seafront promenade.
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Show on mapالشاطئ البري · Sahl Hasheesh
Sahl Hasheesh's undeveloped stretch: dune, fringing reef and nobody.
Tip: The reef starts steps from shore and it is alive: enter only through the sand channels and never stand on coral.
🚇 Taxi to Sahl Hasheesh, then walk the promenade to the far southern end.
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Show on mapمسجد الميناء · Al Mina', Marina
The biggest mosque in the Red Sea Governorate: a white dome and twin 40 m minarets that mark the port.
Tip: The shot is the mosque and the Coptic church opposite in one frame. To go in: shoes off, shoulders and knees covered, headscarf for women, and never during Friday midday prayer.
🚇 On foot from Hurghada Marina; it is right across Al Shohda Street.
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Show on mapالكنيسة القبطية · Ad-Dahar
The old town's Coptic church, stone crosses and a silent courtyard steps from the souk's noise.
Tip: Coptic liturgy is early Sunday and it is a sonic experience; if you go in, sit at the back and do not photograph the altar.
🚇 Microbus to Ad-Dahar, then walk along Al Lowa' Soliman Mazhar Street.
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Show on mapكنيسة الشهيد أبانوب · Sakkala / Hadaba
Hurghada's other Coptic church, deep in the Hadaba residential grid, brick bell tower and all.
Tip: The walk around the block is worth as much as the church: greengrocers, workshops and the Hurghada people actually live in.
🚇 Microbus along Sheraton Road to Sakkala, then four blocks inland on Ahmed Badrkhan Street.
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Show on mapمسجد عبدالمنعم رياض · Ad-Dahar
A neighbourhood mosque in the heart of Ad-Dahar: the one that sets the day's rhythm with the call to prayer.
Tip: Set an alarm: the first call to prayer comes before dawn, and from Ad-Dahar you hear five minarets at once.
🚇 Walk from the Ad-Dahar souk, three blocks along Al Farik Abd Al Aziz Fahmy Street.
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Show on mapمسجد بلال · Al Arab, Ad-Dahar
A small mosque in Al Arab, next to the fruit market: pure everyday life.
Tip: On Friday at noon the street fills with prayer mats: watch from a distance and never cross in front of someone praying.
🚇 On foot from the Ad-Dahar fruit and vegetable market, on Al Masaleh Street.
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Show on mapمسجد التضامن · El Ahyaa
The mosque of the northern new town, far off-circuit, with a square of its own.
Tip: No tourists here: if you want to try the microbus for the first time, this short hop is the ideal rehearsal.
🚇 Microbus towards El Ahyaa along Al Hegaz Street; any driver drops you at the door.
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Show on mapالدهار · Old Town
Hurghada before tourism: narrow streets, the souk, men's cafés over backgammon and the catch of the day.
Tip: This is where Hurghada's own people shop; the Marina souk was built for tourists. Come in the late afternoon, when shops reopen after the siesta.
🚇 Microbus from Sakkala along the seafront: any one calling out 'Dahar' works.
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Show on mapالسقاله · centro moderno
The modern downtown: Sheraton Road, bars, dive shops and the junction where everyone gets lost.
Tip: The microbus has a fixed, tiny fare, but it is cash in Egyptian pounds: load up on coins and small notes before you head out.
🚇 It is the microbus hub: from anywhere on this map one passes through Sakkala.
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Show on mapالميناء · puerto y marina
The port quarter: fishing boats, the big mosque, the fish hall and the boats that leave for the islands.
Tip: At 6 am they land the fish: the most photogenic half hour of the day anywhere in Hurghada.
🚇 Microbus north along Sheraton Road to the Marina; the quarter starts right there.
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Show on mapالبلدة القديمة · Ad-Dahar
The old core proper: the 1905 grid where the fishing village started.
Tip: Hurghada was founded in 1905 as an Ababda fishing hamlet and grew on 1913 oil: there is nothing medieval here, and that is exactly the story.
🚇 Microbus to Ad-Dahar; the old core is the square between the souk and the seafront.
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Show on mapممشى شيرى السياحى · Sakkala
The city's pedestrian promenade: 4 km of wide pavement, palms, bars and lights past midnight.
Tip: It only comes alive at 21:00 and runs until 2 am. By day it is empty and hot; do not come before sunset.
🚇 Microbus along Sheraton Road, hop off anywhere in Sakkala: the promenade runs parallel.
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Show on mapميدان العروسة · Sheraton Road
The mermaid roundabout on Sheraton Road: the landmark every taxi driver in town navigates by.
Tip: Save it as your meeting point: saying 'Medan Arousa' works better than any written address.
🚇 Any Sheraton Road microbus passes it; tell the driver 'Arousa'.
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Show on mapمارينا الغردقة · Al Mina'
The yacht harbour with its row of restaurants, boats and the mosque behind: the map's night postcard.
Tip: Walking in is free. Island boats leave here between 7:30 and 9:00: if you booked, confirm the berth the night before.
🚇 Microbus north along Sheraton Road; get off at the Marina and walk in.
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Show on mapميناء الغردقة · Al Mina'
The lifelong fishing harbour, right next to the smart marina: two Hurghadas 100 m apart.
Tip: Ask before photographing the fishermen; a 'min fadlak' and a smile nearly always gets a yes.
🚇 On foot from Hurghada Marina, up Al Shohda Street.
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Show on mapميناء الغردقة السياحي · Al Mina'
The jetty the dive boats leave from: at 7 am it is an anthill of tanks and wetsuits.
Tip: Always ask for a CDWS-certified centre and check the boat carries oxygen on board: the check almost nobody does.
🚇 On foot from Hurghada Marina, or by taxi from any Sakkala hotel.
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Show on mapمارينا ابيدوس · El Gouna
El Gouna's southern marina, canals and pastel houses: the only slice of El Gouna inside this map.
Tip: The 2026 El Gouna Film Festival is over (15-23 October): the town is back to its normal rhythm and prices drop.
🚇 GoBus coach or taxi from Hurghada to El Gouna; about 25 km north on the coast road.
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Show on mapمطار الغردقة الدولي · Al Hadaba
Egypt's second busiest airport and the door nearly all of the Red Sea arrives through.
Tip: Switch your eSIM on before take-off: terminal wifi is poor and the first taxi is easier to haggle with a map in hand.
🚇 Taxi or hotel shuttle on the airport road; 15-20 min from Sakkala.
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Show on mapمتحف الغردقة · Sakkala / Al Hadaba
The Red Sea Governorate's first antiquities museum: around 2,000 pieces spanning every era of Egypt.
Tip: It opens in two shifts: 10:00-13:00 and 17:00-23:00. The evening slot is the good one, lit building and no heat.
🚇 Microbus along Al Nasr Street to the museum; it sits right on the road.
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Show on mapساند سيتي · Alf Leila W Leila
A whole park of giant sand sculptures: pharaohs, dragons and cartoon characters, all in packed sand.
Tip: Open 09:00-17:00 daily and entirely outdoors: go early or you take the sun head-on with zero shade.
🚇 Microbus or taxi to Alf Leila W Leila Square, next to Senzo Mall.
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Show on mapميني إيجيبت · Makadi
All of Egypt in models: pyramids, Abu Simbel and Karnak to scale, an hour's look at what sits 300 km away.
Tip: A good sunset plan with kids, when the models light up; at midday the yard is an oven.
🚇 Taxi or microbus down the Safaga road towards Makadi; it is right on the highway.
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Show on mapأكواريوم الغردقة الكبير · New Town
Egypt's largest aquarium, open since 2015: an underwater tunnel, a reptile zone and the whole Red Sea without getting wet.
Tip: It is THE card for a windy day when every boat is cancelled: keep it in your back pocket.
🚇 Microbus along Al Nasr Street to the Intercontinental District; a couple of blocks away.
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Show on mapأكواريوم البحر الأحمر · Ad-Dahar
Ad-Dahar's small, old aquarium on the seafront: cheap, modest, stocked with fish from the reef out front.
Tip: Open 09:00-21:00. Do not compare it with the Grand Aquarium: this one is a 30-minute visit at a fraction of the price.
🚇 Microbus along the Ad-Dahar seafront to Al Bahr Street.
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Show on mapماكادي أكوا بارك · Makadi Bay
One of the Red Sea's biggest water parks: slides, wave pools and a full day of fresh water.
Tip: If you are not staying at the resort you need a day pass and they do not always sell them: ring ahead before paying for the taxi.
🚇 Taxi or microbus down the Safaga road to Makadi Bay; about 30 km south.
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Show on mapتيتانيك أكوا بارك · New Town
The downtown water park, far closer than the Makadi ones: the quick plan with kids.
Tip: The slides shut when it blows hard: if the day looks windy, call before crossing town.
🚇 Microbus along Al Nasr Street to the Intercontinental District.
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Show on mapباراديس كايت · El Ahyaa
A flat, shallow lagoon in the north: where Hurghada teaches kiting in waist-deep water.
Tip: Hurghada's wind window runs May to October: October is inside it, with roughly two in three days sailable and 15-25 knots in the afternoon.
🚇 Microbus or taxi towards El Ahyaa on the Ismailia road; it is right on the coast.
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Show on mapمدرسة الكايت · Al Helal, Ad-Dahar
A kite school in north Ad-Dahar, away from the southern resort crush.
Tip: Insist on an IKO- or VDWS-credentialled instructor and rescue cover included: not every Hurghada school has it.
🚇 Microbus north along the Ad-Dahar seafront, Al Helal neighbourhood.
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Show on mapسهل حشيش · 20 km al sur
The designed bay to the south: a 3 km promenade, imported sand and a mock 'sunken city' to snorkel over.
Tip: The 'sunken city' is a modern installation built for diving, not a ruin: it sits 8-10 m deep and reads fine with a snorkel.
🚇 Taxi or microbus on the Safaga road, about 20 km south of Sakkala.
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Show on mapخليج مكادي · 30 km al sur
The southern resort bay, fringing reef intact and the calmest water on this map.
Tip: If you stay here, downtown Hurghada is a 40-minute taxi away: negotiate a return with waiting time, far cheaper than two trips.
🚇 Taxi or microbus on the Safaga road; about 30 km south of Hurghada.
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Show on mapحى مجاويش · Magawish
The lagoon neighbourhood south of town: windsurfing, kiting and Hurghada's cleanest sunset.
Tip: The wind arrives in the afternoon: 15:00 to 17:00 is the good window for windsurfing and the worst for a calm swim.
🚇 Microbus south along Al Nasr Street; say 'Magawish' and they drop you at the entrance.
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Show on mapالدار دارك · Sakkala / Hadaba
Home-style Egyptian cooking in the middle of Sakkala: molokhia, stuffed pigeon and fattah as a family makes them, not a hotel.
Tip: Order the hamam mahshi (pigeon stuffed with freekeh): it needs a little notice and it is the dish nobody dares to order.
🚇 Microbus along Sheraton Road to Sakkala, then two blocks inland.
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Show on mapموبي ديك · Sheraton Road, Sakkala
The Sheraton Road institution: grill, camel steak and 4,600 reviews from people who come back every year.
Tip: The camel steak in pepper sauce is what made it famous; book after 20:00 or you will be waiting on your feet.
🚇 Microbus along Sheraton Road; it is right on the avenue, opposite the Regina Royal.
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Show on mapذا هيفن · Marina Hurghada
A table over the water at the Marina: Red Sea fish, sushi and yachts for a backdrop.
Tip: Open 12:00-01:00. Ask for a waterside table and the sayadeya: the day's fish cooked with rice and caramelised onion.
🚇 On foot along the Hurghada Marina restaurant row.
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Show on mapقهرمانة · Marina Hurghada
A huge terrace over the Marina, with shisha, grill and the lit mosque across the water.
Tip: It shuts at 6 am: the last place standing when the rest of the Marina has pulled the shutters.
🚇 On foot from the Hurghada Marina entrance, first row.
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Show on mapنوبيان سكاي · Marina Hurghada
Nubian cooking from southern Egypt facing the yachts: colour, spice and tagines nothing like resort food.
Tip: Open 10:00-02:00. Nubian food comes from Upper Egypt, not the coast: try it here because it is rare in Hurghada.
🚇 On foot along the Hurghada Marina promenade, at the far end of the row.
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Show on mapغرناطة · Old Sheraton Road
An Old Sheraton Road veteran: seafood, pasta and a sea-facing terrace that runs until 4 am.
Tip: Open 09:00-04:00: one of the very few places in Hurghada where you can have breakfast and dinner at the same table.
🚇 Microbus along Sheraton Road to Old Sheraton; just past the Sunrise Holiday.
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Show on mapالحلقة · frente a la lonja, Al Mina'
Opposite the port fish hall: you pick your fish off the ice bed and they grill it. No alcohol.
Tip: You pay by the kilo and the price is agreed BEFORE they weigh it: ask the per-kilo price of each species, then choose.
🚇 On foot from Hurghada Marina, beside the Al Mina mosque.
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Show on mapالمينا للأسماك · Al Mina'
The port's other fish house: less touristy than its neighbour and with the same ice bed.
Tip: Open 11:00-01:00. Bolti (tilapia) and bouri (mullet) are the cheap ones; naggil (grouper) is the pricey one.
🚇 On foot along Shedwan Street, a block from the Al Mina mosque.
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Show on mapالمصطفى للأسماك · Al Orouba, Ad-Dahar
The Ad-Dahar fish place locals defend: a 5.0 rating and zero decoration.
Tip: No English menu and no alcohol: point at the fish, say 'mashwi' (grilled) and ask for tahina and baladi salad.
🚇 Microbus to Ad-Dahar, then walk along Al Thalatheen Street.
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Show on mapمرجان للأسماك · Al Bahr Street, Ad-Dahar
A fishmonger-restaurant on the Ad-Dahar seafront, the ice tray visible from the pavement.
Tip: Order the fish 'sayadeya' instead of fried: cooked with rice, tomato and onion, it is the genuine Egyptian coastal dish.
🚇 Microbus along the Ad-Dahar seafront, on Al Bahr Street.
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Show on mapعروس البحر · Sakkala / Hadaba
'The sea's bride': a neighbourhood seafood joint in Sakkala, packed with Egyptian families on Thursdays.
Tip: Red Sea prawns cost half what they do at the Marina and come from the same boats: the biggest price trick on this map.
🚇 Microbus along Sheraton Road to Sakkala, two blocks on Hassn Mohamed Al Shazi Street.
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Show on mapالشراع · Sakkala
A small fish counter on Sakkala's street of stalls: fast, cheap, no tablecloth.
Tip: If you are travelling alone, you eat fresh fish here for the price of a hotel coffee.
🚇 Microbus along Sheraton Road to Sakkala; on the street parallel to the promenade.
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Show on mapسيتي فيش · Sakkala
A downtown fish grill with pavement tables and local, not tourist, prices.
Tip: Check the board before you sit: the per-kilo price changes daily with what came into port.
🚇 Microbus along Sheraton Road to Sakkala; a block off the promenade.
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Show on mapفاميلي فيش · Al Bahr Street, Ad-Dahar
A family fish house on the northern seafront: big plates, no alcohol, tables for ten.
Tip: The opening mezze (tahina, baba ganoush, salad, bread) often arrives unasked and IS charged: say no if you do not want it.
🚇 Microbus north along the Ad-Dahar seafront, on Al Bahr Street.
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Show on mapفلفلة · Sheraton Road
The coastal branch of Egypt's oldest chain: ful, taameya and molokhia, served in Cairo since 1959.
Tip: Opens 08:30: come for breakfast ful medames with taameya. Note that Egyptian taameya is made from fava beans, not chickpeas, which is why it is green inside.
🚇 Microbus along Sheraton Road; it sits on the main avenue.
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Show on mapجاد · El Kawther
Egypt's real fast-food chain: koshari, Alexandrian liver, hawawshi and shawarma at any hour.
Tip: Koshari is THE national dish: lentils, rice, pasta, chickpeas and fried onion. Ask for the vinegar-and-garlic sauce (daqqa) on the side.
🚇 Microbus along Mohamed Saeid Street, El Kawther district.
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Show on mapجاد · El Fersan, Sheraton Road
The Sheraton Road branch: the mandatory stop on the way back from the promenade, when everything else has shut.
Tip: Order the feteer meshaltet: Egyptian layered pastry, sweet with honey or savoury with cheese. You will not find it in any resort.
🚇 Microbus along Sheraton Road; on the El Fersan block.
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Show on mapمطعم حواوشي ابو عمر · Sakkala
The hawawshi temple: baladi bread stuffed with spiced minced meat and baked until it crackles.
Tip: Hawawshi is the Egyptian sandwich no hotel sells you. Say 'harr' if you want it spicy and eat it straight from the oven.
🚇 Microbus along Sheraton Road to Sakkala, on Hassn Mohamed Al Shazi Street.
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Show on mapأبو عمر · Sakkala
The same classic's second door, closer to the promenade: same oven, same queue.
Tip: Add a glass of ayran or mint lemonade: hawawshi is rich and something acidic fixes it.
🚇 Microbus along Sheraton Road to Sakkala; a block from the promenade.
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Show on mapكشري ٣٠ · Ad-Dahar
Neighbourhood koshari in Ad-Dahar: one thing, done right, for the price of a coffee.
Tip: You order by bowl size, not by dish: point at the size, then add 'shatta' (chilli) and 'daqqa' (vinegar and garlic) yourself at the table.
🚇 On foot from the Ad-Dahar souk, on Al Lowa' Soliman Mazhar Street.
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Show on mapالشهاوي · Sakkala
A ful-and-taameya counter of the kind that opens before dawn, for the people heading out to dive.
Tip: If your boat leaves at 7:00, this is breakfast: a ful sandwich with oil and lemon for coins, and it lasts all morning.
🚇 Microbus along Sheraton Road to Sakkala, then a block inland.
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Show on mapفلافل إكسترا · Sakkala
Taameya fried in front of you, green inside and crisp outside: the real Egyptian falafel.
Tip: Ask for it fresh, never off the tray: cold taameya loses everything. Wait the three minutes.
🚇 Microbus along Sheraton Road to Sakkala, on Hassn Mohamed Al Shazi Street.
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Show on mapالباشا · Ad-Dahar
An Ad-Dahar pizza-and-sandwich counter where the taxi drivers stop at 3 am.
Tip: Egyptian 'pizzas' are savoury feteer with filling: do not expect Neapolitan, expect something else that is good.
🚇 On foot in Ad-Dahar, two blocks from the souk.
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Show on mapالفنان · Sakkala
Egyptian counter food in Sakkala: grill, shawarma and the hot midday trays.
Tip: At midday there are trays of molokhia and bamia (okra): point and they serve you, no Arabic needed.
🚇 Microbus along Sheraton Road to Sakkala; on the promenade street.
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Show on mapأبو آية · Marina / Sakkala
A shawarma-and-sandwich counter steps from the Marina: the cheap option in the priciest area.
Tip: Eating here and then walking the Marina costs a third of sitting in the front row: the trick of people who live in Hurghada.
🚇 On foot from the Hurghada Marina entrance, a block inland.
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Show on mapستار فيش · Marina Hurghada
A Marina fish house with the ice bed on show: you pick, they weigh, they cook, facing the yachts.
Tip: Agree the per-kilo price and the cooking method before they weigh: the bill is built there, not on the menu.
🚇 On foot along the Hurghada Marina restaurant row.
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Show on mapوايت إليفانت · New Town, Sheraton Road
A veteran Thai next to the Steigenberger: tom yum, pad thai and curries made by Thai cooks.
Tip: Ask for 'Thai level' heat if you want the real thing: by default they tone it right down for resort palates.
🚇 Microbus along Sheraton Road to New Town, beside the Steigenberger ALDAU.
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Show on mapالمطعم النوبي · Sakkala
Neighbourhood Nubian cooking, far from the Marina and its prices: tagines, spice and fresh bread.
Tip: Order the lamb tagine with okra and the clay-oven bread: it takes time, so order it the moment you sit down.
🚇 Microbus along Sheraton Road to Sakkala; in the Al Madares area.
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Show on mapنوبيان · New Town
The city's other Nubian table, in the southern hotel belt: same kitchen, shorter queue.
Tip: Live Nubian music usually starts after 21:00 and is not charged extra: ask which nights the band plays.
🚇 Microbus along Al Nasr Street towards New Town; it sits on the avenue.
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Show on mapإسبلانادا سفينكس · Esplanada Bay Mall
The bay mall's table: international cooking with a waterside terrace and air conditioning next door.
Tip: Open 10:00-02:00. The windy-day card: you eat looking at the sea but sheltered from the blast.
🚇 Microbus along Youssef Afifi Street to Esplanada Bay Mall.
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Show on mapمودا كيتشن · Hadaba, Sakkala
Modern cooking in Hadaba, the area where young Hurghada lives and eats.
Tip: Hadaba is the neighbourhood that is changing: if you want the Hurghada the brochures miss, dinner here is how.
🚇 Microbus along Sheraton Road to Sakkala, then four blocks inland into Hadaba.
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Show on mapسي عمر · New Town
A southern-town Egyptian table that opens at 4 am: for divers heading out or dancers heading home.
Tip: Open 04:00-22:00: literally the only place on this map where you can eat before the boat leaves.
🚇 Microbus along Al Nasr Street towards New Town; it is on the avenue.
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Show on mapالمصطبة · Sahl Hasheesh
An Egyptian table on the Sahl Hasheesh promenade: the alternative to eating inside your hotel.
Tip: Open 08:00-24:00. If you are on all-inclusive, this is the single meal that gives Egypt back its flavour.
🚇 Taxi to Sahl Hasheesh, then walk the bay promenade.
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Show on mapفلوكة · Makadi Bay
A seafood house on Makadi beach: Red Sea fish with your feet almost in the sand.
Tip: Book for sunset: Makadi faces east, so the real show here is sunrise, and dinner belongs to the moon.
🚇 Taxi or microbus on the Safaga road to Makadi Bay; right on the beach.
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Show on mapستار فيش · Makadi Bay
The southern version of the fish house: ice bed, grill and Makadi bay behind.
Tip: Almost everything in Makadi is all-inclusive: this is one of the few places where you pay for your meal and pick it yourself.
🚇 Taxi or microbus on the Safaga road to Makadi Bay, beach area.
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Show on mapأرابيانو بيتزا · Touristic Villages
A neighbourhood pizzeria in the hotel belt: the quick exit when you do not want the buffet.
Tip: They deliver to nearby hotels: order on WhatsApp and it lands at reception.
🚇 Microbus along Youssef Afifi Street, Touristic Villages area.
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Show on mapأبو عمر بيتزا · El Kawther
Feteer and Egyptian pizza in El Kawther, on the street where hotel staff eat.
Tip: Try the sweet feteer with honey and 'eshta' (clotted cream): the Egyptian dessert that never makes a hotel menu.
🚇 Microbus along Mohamed Saeid Street, El Kawther district.
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Show on mapالمطعم السوري · Sakkala
Syrian shawarma in Sakkala: Hurghada's Syrian community cooking for itself.
Tip: Ask for shawarma with garlic ('toum') and pickles: the Syrian version carries far more garlic than the Egyptian one.
🚇 Microbus along Sheraton Road to Sakkala; a block off the promenade.
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Show on mapالمشربية زمان · El Kawther
A proper ahwa baladi: Turkish-style coffee in a cezve, shisha, backgammon and football on the TV.
Tip: Sugar is ordered with the coffee, not after: 'sada' none, 'mazbout' a little, 'ziyada' very sweet. Say nothing and it arrives mazbout.
🚇 Microbus into the El Kawther area; it sits among the blocks, not on the avenue.
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Show on mapخان السكرية · Sakkala
An ahwa named after a Naguib Mahfouz novel: mint tea, karkade and pavement tables until late.
Tip: Order cold karkade: the Egyptian hibiscus infusion, ruby, tart and caffeine-free. The hot version exists and is a different drink.
🚇 Microbus along Sheraton Road to Sakkala; half a block off the promenade.
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Show on mapالسكرية · El Kawther
The other door into the same world: a neighbourhood ahwa with dominoes, shisha and nobody speaking English.
Tip: Historically ahwa baladi are men's spaces: a woman alone draws looks, a couple does not. That is custom, not law.
🚇 Microbus into the El Kawther area; it sits inside the neighbourhood.
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Show on mapكركر · Touristic Villages
An oriental café in the hotel belt: karkade, sahlab and mint tea served in glass.
Tip: Order sahlab when the night cools: thick milk with orchid starch, cinnamon and grated coconut. The Egyptian hug.
🚇 Microbus along Youssef Afifi Street, Touristic Villages area.
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Show on mapمرحبا · New Town
A southern-town oriental café with cushions, lanterns and apple shisha.
Tip: Shisha is ordered by flavour and the coal is changed free: ask for 'fahm gedid' when the smoke turns harsh.
🚇 Microbus along Al Nasr Street towards New Town.
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Show on mapقهوة شرقية · Sakkala / Mubarak 8
A corner ahwa in Mubarak 8, among the apartment blocks: the café no brochure names.
Tip: A 'shai bi na'na' (mint tea) costs under a dollar and buys you an hour at the table. Nobody will rush you.
🚇 Microbus along Al Nasr Street to Mubarak 8, then a block inland.
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Show on mapالحرافيش · Sakkala / Hadaba
Another name borrowed from Mahfouz: a pavement café with shisha, karkade and the match on in the back.
Tip: On Al Ahly or Zamalek nights the place fills and roars: to understand Egypt in an hour, come on a derby day.
🚇 Microbus along Sheraton Road to the Hadaba area of Sakkala.
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Show on mapتمر حنة · Al Orouba, Ad-Dahar
A café with a classic Egyptian name in Ad-Dahar: tea, coffee and a pavement full of plastic chairs.
Tip: You pay on leaving, in cash. Leave 10%: in baladi cafés it is not included and it is appreciated.
🚇 Microbus to Ad-Dahar, then walk along Al Thalatheen Street.
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Show on mapدبي كافيه · Al Orouba, Ad-Dahar
An Arab café in Ad-Dahar, with fresh juices, shisha and tables that fill after the last prayer.
Tip: Order sugarcane juice ('asab'): pressed in front of you, green, and the Egyptian street drink par excellence.
🚇 Microbus to Ad-Dahar; near the seafront.
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Show on mapليالى زمان · Al Wafa', Ad-Dahar
'Nights of old': a 24-hour ahwa in Ad-Dahar, where the city never quite ends its day.
Tip: Open 24/7: if your flight leaves at 5 am, this is where to wait with a hot tea.
🚇 Microbus to Ad-Dahar, Al Wafa' area; on the main street.
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Show on mapكافيه الزعيم · Al Arab, Ad-Dahar
'The leader': an ahwa in Al Arab, beside the market, chairs facing the street.
Tip: The tables face the street on purpose: in an Egyptian ahwa you do not sit face to face, you watch the neighbourhood go by.
🚇 On foot from the Ad-Dahar fruit and vegetable market.
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Show on mapفرعون كافيه · Al Bahr Street, Ad-Dahar
A café on the Ad-Dahar seafront, open 07:00 to 02:00, sea in front.
Tip: Opens 07:00: the best sea-view breakfast in all of Ad-Dahar, at a fraction of hotel prices.
🚇 Microbus along the Ad-Dahar seafront, on Al Bahr Street.
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Show on mapالريحاني كافيه · El Kawther
An ahwa named after Egypt's great comic actor: coffee, shisha and backgammon games that run for hours.
Tip: Ask for the backgammon board even if you cannot play: in ten minutes you will have a teacher and a conversation.
🚇 Microbus along Mohamed Saeid Street, El Kawther district.
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Show on mapكافيه شمس · Sakkala
A regional café in Sakkala, the kind that serves coffee in a copper cezve and tea in a small glass.
Tip: Let the coffee settle for two minutes: the ahwa grounds sink and the last sip is not drunk.
🚇 Microbus along Sheraton Road to Sakkala, on Al Madares Street.
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Show on mapكارافان · El Kawther / Blue Pearl
Third wave landed in Hurghada: single-origin beans, filter methods and a barista who asks about your palate.
Tip: Open 08:00-02:00. One of very few on the Red Sea roasting their own: try the filter before you order a cappuccino.
🚇 Microbus into the El Kawther area, El Moataz Bellah street.
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Show on mapكوفي لاب · Mubarak 2, camino al aeropuerto
Specialty on the airport road: a decent espresso and the last coffee stop before you fly.
Tip: Stop here and not at the terminal: inside, coffee costs triple and is bad.
🚇 Microbus or taxi along Airport Street; on the way to the terminal.
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Show on mapسانتوس · Hadaba, Sakkala
A Hadaba coffee shop where young Hurghada studies with laptops open.
Tip: Stable wifi and sockets: the place to work when the hotel signal keeps dropping.
🚇 Microbus along Sheraton Road to Sakkala, then three blocks into Hadaba.
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Show on mapهج آ ماج · Sakkala
A small, modern Sakkala coffee shop: brunch, toast and coffee done properly.
Tip: One of the few places here with a real breakfast before 9: ideal if your dive leaves late.
🚇 Microbus along Sheraton Road to Sakkala; two blocks off the promenade.
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Show on mapروستيكا · Sakkala / Hadaba
Pastry shop and coffee bar in one: cakes, ice cream and the best spot for a long afternoon.
Tip: Order basbousa or konafa: syrup-soaked semolina and shredded pastry with cheese, the two Egyptian desserts you cannot skip.
🚇 Microbus along Sheraton Road to Sakkala; a block off the promenade.
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Show on mapساقت بار · Ad-Dahar
An Ad-Dahar juice bar: mango, guava, sugarcane and the layered 'cocktail' everybody orders.
Tip: The Egyptian 'cocktail' has no alcohol: layers of mango, banana, guava and strawberry with cream. Ask for it with no added sugar.
🚇 On foot from the Ad-Dahar souk, on the main street.
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Show on mapعصير فريش · El Kawther
Juices pressed to order in El Kawther: the afternoon stop when the heat lands.
Tip: Say 'min gheir talg' if you do not want ice: street ice is not always made with bottled water.
🚇 Microbus along Mohamed Saeid Street, El Kawther district.
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Show on mapأرابيانو · Sakkala
A Sakkala ice-cream shop with local flavours: mango, date, guava and a pistachio that sells out.
Tip: Try the date-and-sesame: it tastes like an Egyptian dessert and you will not find it outside Egypt.
🚇 Microbus along Sheraton Road to Sakkala; on the promenade street.
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Show on mapفريز آيس رول · Sakkala
Rolled ice cream on a cold plate, made in front of you: El Mamsha's dessert show.
Tip: Open 12:00-01:00: the kids' plan after dinner, just as the promenade fills up.
🚇 On foot along the El Mamsha promenade in Sakkala.
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Show on mapموفنبيك · Marina Hurghada
The familiar Swiss ice cream, but with the lit Marina in front: the classic end to a walk.
Tip: Open 08:00-24:00. Pricier than any ice-cream shop in town, but the bench facing the water is free.
🚇 On foot along the Hurghada Marina promenade.
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Show on mapكريبيانو · Ad-Dahar
An Ad-Dahar creperie open until 4 am: sweet, savoury and with a teenage queue.
Tip: Open 12:00-04:00. The 'eshta' crepe with honey and nuts is the Egyptian dessert reinvented: order it that way, not with Nutella.
🚇 On foot from the Ad-Dahar souk, two blocks north.
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Show on mapالمخبز · Hadaba, Sakkala
A neighbourhood bakery in Hadaba: fresh baladi bread, feteer and the block's birthday cakes.
Tip: Baladi bread comes out twice a day and is sold by the piece, for coins: buy two and eat them hot on the pavement.
🚇 Microbus along Sheraton Road to Sakkala, then three blocks into Hadaba.
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Show on mapستروبيريز · Touristic Villages
A bakery-café in the hotel belt: croissants, konafa and air-conditioned tables.
Tip: Take konafa by the kilo for tomorrow's boat: it travels well and is the best mid-sea snack there is.
🚇 Microbus along Youssef Afifi Street, Touristic Villages area.
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Show on mapلو بريوش · Senzo, Alf Leila
A bakery-café beside Senzo Mall: the mid-morning stop on a shopping day.
Tip: It shuts at midday and mid-afternoon: open 07:00-12:00, 15:00-17:00 and 18:00-21:00. Do not turn up at 13:00.
🚇 Microbus or taxi to Alf Leila W Leila Square, beside Senzo Mall.
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Show on mapإل جيلاتو · Senzo, Alf Leila
An artisan gelato shop next to Senzo: the reward after the mall when it is 30 degrees outside.
Tip: Open 12:00-22:00. The fruit flavours are the ones here: seasonal Egyptian mango is like no other.
🚇 Microbus or taxi to Alf Leila W Leila Square, by Senzo Mall.
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Show on mapقهوة وشيشة · Al Arab, Ad-Dahar
An unpretentious ahwa in Al Arab: one door, ten tables and the usual smoke.
Tip: Bring cash and small notes: neighbourhood ahwas take no card and no QR, and sometimes have no change either.
🚇 On foot along Al Masaleh Street in Al Arab, Ad-Dahar.
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Show on mapالسوق · Al Khadayat, Ad-Dahar
The market Hurghada's own people shop at: loose spices, hibiscus, dates, fabric and not one English sign.
Tip: Haggling here is normal but gentle: ask the price, offer half and settle near 70%. At the Marina souk, start at a third instead.
🚇 Microbus to Ad-Dahar; get off at the souk and walk it.
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Show on mapالسوق · Ad-Dahar
The other way into the same maze: Ad-Dahar's clothing, shoe and household stretch.
Tip: If you ran out of something (towel, flip-flops, charger), it costs a third of the hotel price here.
🚇 On foot from the main Ad-Dahar souk, a block north.
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Show on mapسوق الخضار والفاكهة · Al Arab, Ad-Dahar
The city's produce market: mango, guava, fresh dates and mountains of dried hibiscus.
Tip: Buy karkade (dried hibiscus) here by the kilo: a fraction of the tourist-bazaar price and exactly the same thing.
🚇 On foot from the Ad-Dahar souk, on Al Masaleh Street.
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Show on mapسوق السمك · Al Mina'
The port fish hall: ice crates, groupers, squid and Red Sea prawns landed that morning.
Tip: Open 09:00-24:00. The trick: buy the fish here and take it to the restaurant next door, which cooks it for a cooking fee only.
🚇 On foot from Hurghada Marina, beside the Al Mina mosque.
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Show on mapبازار المارينا · Al Mina'
The bazaar built for the Marina promenade: papyrus, silver cartouches, spices and T-shirts.
Tip: This was built for tourists, it is not the historic souk: opening prices run three or four times the real one. Start at a third and walk away if they will not move.
🚇 On foot along the Hurghada Marina promenade.
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Show on mapسنزو مول · Alf Leila W Leila
Hurghada's big mall: a Spinneys hypermarket, a five-screen cinema, brands and air conditioning.
Tip: Open 10:00-24:00 and it is the windy-day card: cinema, supermarket and food court, all indoors.
🚇 Microbus or taxi on the airport road to Alf Leila W Leila Square.
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Show on mapإسبلانادا مول · El Kawther
The bay mall with a waterside terrace: shopping, restaurants and the hotel belt's promenade.
Tip: Open 08:00-24:00. The only mall on this map where you can shop and then walk down to the sand without a taxi.
🚇 Microbus along Youssef Afifi or Mohamed Saeid Street; it sits on the shore.
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Show on mapسيتي سنتر · Al Dahar
Ad-Dahar's shopping centre: the mall locals use, not resort guests.
Tip: There is a Carrefour next door: the best place on this map to stock water, snacks and reef-safe sunscreen before a boat day.
🚇 Microbus along the Ad-Dahar seafront, on Al Bahr Street.
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Show on mapلا باساج · Sakkala
A shopping arcade on the Sakkala promenade: clothes, perfume, jewellery and bazaars open late.
Tip: The perfume and 'essential oil' shops are the classic trap: they offer tea and then it is hard to leave. Go in knowing you are not buying.
🚇 On foot along the El Mamsha promenade in Sakkala.
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Show on mapبازار كليوباترا · Sakkala
A tourist bazaar in Sakkala: papyrus, alabaster, silver and T-shirts under one roof.
Tip: There is no official papyrus seal in Egypt: fold it (real papyrus folds without cracking) and hold it to the light for fibres crossing at right angles. No crosshatch, no papyrus.
🚇 On foot along the Sakkala promenade; on the main street.
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Show on mapمحل البردي · Sahl Hashish Road
One of the 'papyrus institutes' on the southern road: a workshop on show and direct sales.
Tip: Papyrus 'museums' and 'institutes' are shops, not official bodies: the demo is free and the price is as negotiable as in any bazaar.
🚇 Taxi or microbus along Sahl Hashish Road, Senzo area.
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Show on mapكوتون هاوس · El Fersan, Sheraton Road
An Egyptian cotton shop on Sheraton Road: towels, sheets and long-staple shirts.
Tip: The Cotton Egypt Association's 'Egyptian Cotton' mark exists, but it licenses mills, not bazaars: in a Hurghada shop you cannot verify it. Judge by hand-feel and weight, and distrust a bargain price.
🚇 Microbus along Sheraton Road; on the avenue, El Fersan block.
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Show on mapموباكو · Touristic Villages
The Egyptian cotton brand with its own store: the safest way to take home genuine Egyptian cotton.
Tip: Prices are fixed here and you do not haggle: pricier than the bazaar, but you know what you are buying and you get a receipt.
🚇 Microbus along Youssef Afifi Street, Touristic Villages area.
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Show on mapالرشيدي · Al Khadayat, Ad-Dahar
An Ad-Dahar roaster and spice shop: coffee ground in front of you, cinnamon, cardamom and hibiscus by the kilo.
Tip: Ask for 'Turkish' grind (fine as flour) with cardamom: a coarse grind is useless in a cezve, and it is the mistake everyone makes.
🚇 On foot from the Ad-Dahar souk, on Om Aboush Street.
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Show on mapتوابل الصحراء · Sahl Hashish Road
A tourist spice shop in the south: cumin, safflower 'saffron', hibiscus and desert herbal teas.
Tip: The cheap 'saffron' in Egyptian bazaars is safflower: it colours but has no aroma. Real saffron is never cheap, and a fistful for little money never is.
🚇 Taxi or microbus along Sahl Hashish Road, Senzo area.
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Show on mapسبينيز · Al Saqalah, Ad-Dahar
A big downtown supermarket: water, sunscreen, fruit and the aisle with imported goods.
Tip: Egyptian supermarkets do not sell alcohol: that comes from licensed shops like Drinkies or from duty free, and the legal age is 21.
🚇 Microbus to Ad-Dahar, on Al Nasr Road.
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