Traveling to Lose the Misery

Hurghada is a town in Egypt on the west bank of the Red Sea and located about 460 km north of Cairo, the capital of Egypt, away. Hurghada was not until the 20th Century founded and since the eighties developed by investors from America, Europe and Arabia, the largest seaside resort on the Red Sea.
In 2004, a total of one million tourists came to Hurghada, especially German and Russian. But other nationalities are, though not as hard to find in Hurghada. The hotels for the tourists take over a strip length of 30 kilometers along the Red Sea. In addition to this strip of hotels in Hurghada, there are two city centers. The north ad-Dahar, also called Down Town, is the original city center of Hurghada and was originally intended for the management of oil fields. A few miles south is the tourist center of El Sekalla that comes up with a mixture of modern shops, bars, nightclubs and the original bazaars.
Downtown Hurghada
The former center of Hurghada, ad-Dahar, now often referred to as Downtown is only about 6 miles north of the tourist area El Sekalla. As the largest tourist attraction, the Coptic St. Schinuda father of the hermit is to be seen, one built in 1922 in downtown Hurghada Mosque. Furthermore, the center also offers a bazaar, which has the road layout has a square shape and especially the typical souvenir shops. But there are also restaurants and internet cafe here for example. (more…)

In El Gouna it is a hotel complex on the Red Sea. This is located 20 kilometers north of Hurghada, the largest resort on the Red Sea and is about as large as the center of London. El Gouna was built a few years ago all by himself from an Egyptian investor named Samih Sawiris. This is one of the Egyptian telecommunications company Orascom, which has its headquarters in Cairo and from there offer many countries in Africa, Arabia and modern telecommunications networks.
The complex offers El Gouna has 14 hotels of different categories and sizes. Also holiday homes can be more recently in El Gouna rent or buy. In the hotel there are three hotels with 3 stars, eight hotels and three 4-star hotel with 5 stars. The hotels have 28-554 rooms and are designed so that for a variety of needs.
For conducting the technical infrastructure must be in El Gouna no concessions. The complex has to offer its own water treatment plant to the hotel guests always fresh water. Since water in Egypt is very valuable because of the great (more…)