Hurghada cruise port guide
Hurghada is a beach resort town stretching some 40km along Egypt’s Red Sea coast. It’s renowned for scuba diving, and has numerous dive shops and schools in its modern Sekalla district. There are many restaurants, bars and nightclubs, while the old town, El Dahar, is home to traditional Egyptian coffee shops and souks. Hurghada’s long stretch of sandy beach is lined with resort hotels.
About Hurghada
Hurghada is a major Red Sea resort city stretching roughly 36–40 km along the Egyptian coast, renowned for year-round sun, clear warm waters, and outstanding coral-reef diving. Originally a fishing village founded in 1905, it draws over 9 million visitors annually as of 2025, making it one of Egypt's most visited cities. Cruise passengers use it as a gateway to offshore reef and wreck diving and as a jumping-off point for overland excursions to Luxor and Cairo.
Hurghada's signature experience is marine: offshore coral reefs around Giftun Islands, Abu Ramada Island, and Fanadir require boat trips from Sigala marina, as the reefs lie several miles from shore. Wreck divers target the El Mina and Rosalie Moller. The Hurghada Grand Aquarium (2015) is the largest in Egypt and second largest in Africa. The Hurghada Museum, the Red Sea Governorate's first antiquities collection, holds 2,000 artifacts spanning Egyptian history. The Al Mina Mosque — with twin 40-metre minarets — anchors the marina as a cultural landmark. Local operators routinely offer day excursions to Luxor (roughly 4–5 hours) and Cairo.
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