Égypte
Hourghada
Diving and snorkelling: reefs close in and a boat to the Giftun islands.
- Séjour type: 4 à 7 jours
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Pourquoi Hourghada ?
Reefs close by
Reefs and dive sites under an hour from the marina.
The Giftun islands
A day on the water out to the Giftun islands.
The Eastern Desert
A trip into the Eastern Desert's mountains, right behind the hotels.
Avant de partir
Devise
livre égyptienne
Langue
arabe
Décalage horaire
UTC+3
Prises
Type C, F
Se déplacer
Taxi
Conduite
À droite
Quand partir à Hourghada
Mars à mai et octobre à novembre
Lieux à Hourghada
The Giftun islands
NatureThe reefs
NatureEl Gouna
ExpérienceThe desert behind the coast
Nature
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Programmes pour Hourghada
Jour 6
- Doing nothing much
Conseils locaux
Conseils d'initiés
Take the first boat out: the sea is flattest in the morning, the sites emptiest before day trips.
Give one day to the desert. The mountains behind the coast are a different country, and most people never look.
Coutumes et sécurité
Coral is alive and breaks under a hand or a fin. Nothing is stood on, touched or taken.
The sea reflects the sun, so a boat day burns more than a beach day: cover up rather than reapply.
Repas et prière
Halal is the ordinary case in hotels and town alike; a few hotel restaurants serve pork for European visitors, labelled.
Mosques stand through the town and along the coast road; the larger hotels and the airport keep prayer rooms.
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Taxi
How the coast road is covered between the hotels, the marina and the town. Agree the fare before setting off.
Recommandé
Ferry
Boats from the marina are the point of being here: the islands and the dive sites are only reachable that way.
Bus
Intercity coaches connect the Red Sea towns and run inland to the Nile Valley.
Depuis l’aéroport
- HRG
Aéroport international de Hourghada
Taxi et Bus
Que faire à Hourghada
Visites, billets et expériences.
Forfaits eSIM : Égypte
Poursuivez votre voyage : Égypte
Côte nord
For families and friends on a summer break; book early.
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Le Caire
For a first trip to Egypt, with old Cairo's streets to walk.
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Louxor
Start early with the painted tombs of the Valley of the Kings.
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Alexandrie
For lovers of the sea and of history, with the Kom el Shoqafa catacombs underground.
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Charm el-Cheikh
Try a snorkelling boat trip out to the offshore reefs.
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Marsa Alam
For divers who want quiet, away from the crowds.
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À propos de Hourghada
Hurghada is a line rather than a centre: hotels along a coast road with the desert immediately behind them and the water immediately in front. Choosing where to stay here is really choosing which stretch of that line, and how far it is from the marina.
Almost everything worth doing is offshore or inland, not on the strip itself. A day here is a boat out to the reefs or the islands, or a drive into the Eastern Desert behind the coast.
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