--- title: "Hurghada – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Hurghada, Egypt: Hurghada is a coastal city that serves as the largest city and capital of the Red Sea Governorate of Egypt. Nearby: Saint Shenouda Coptic…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/hurghada" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/hurghada.md" image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/South_Hurghada.jpg" --- Capital of the Red Sea Egyptian Governorate # Hurghada Hurghada is a coastal city that serves as the largest city and capital of the Red Sea Governorate of Egypt. ![Hurghada](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/South_Hurghada.jpg) Hurghada · Wikimedia Commons The place Hurghada is a coastal city that serves as the largest city and capital of the Red Sea Governorate of Egypt. Hurghada has grown from a small fishing village to one of the largest resort destinations along the Red Sea coast, stretching close to 40 km. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurghada), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Hurghada One place within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name. 1. Saint Shenouda Coptic Orthodox Church Saint Shenouda Coptic Orthodox Cathedral is a Coptic church located in the El Dahar neighborhood of Hurghada, Egypt. The church is dedicated to Saint Shenouda. 500 m · Coptic cathedral in Hurghada · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Shenouda_Coptic_Orthodox_Church) Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0. See ## What Wikivoyage says to see Hurghada does not have many spectacular sights except for the Red Sea. However, daily one- or two-day trips are available into both Luxor and Cairo. The Nile at Luxor is popular, as are the Great Pyramids and the Sphinx in Giza, Cairo. From [Wikivoyage: Hurghada](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Hurghada), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Do ## Things to do If you were to choose to stay in your hotel complex for the duration of your break, you would miss out on much more than you bargained for. Swimming in the warm sea, windsurfing, para sailing, jetski, good shopping, excellent and varied cuisine from around the world are just a few things to mention, but there is more: Cruise across the Red Sea to the uninhabited island of Giftun surrounded by magical coral gardens. 1. El Sakia Beach 2. Orange Beach 3. El Sawaky Beach The main reason to visit Hurghada is the Red Sea, which is excellent for diving or snorkeling. From [Wikivoyage: Hurghada](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Hurghada), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Eat ## Where to eat Hurghada offers a variety of cuisine, including fast food, western restaurants, oriental food, and many others. KFC and McDonald's, and local fast food GAD, are present. There some Syrian restaurants in the Sheraton Road and more in the Marina, Indian, Thai, Sea food and Lebanese = = 1. China Town Restaurant Chinese restaurant, which may be a welcome change. 2. Restaurant Seafood in an unfussy environment. 3. Syrian Bakery 4. Isra Restaurant 5. Abo Omar Elantony Building, Sheraton Rd. From [Wikivoyage: Hurghada](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Hurghada), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Go there ## Getting to Hurghada **Airports:** Hurghada (HRG), 9 km · Sharm El Sheikh (SSH), 98 km · Neom Bay (NUM), 164 km\ - Sharm El Sheikh → Hurghada 83 km · quickest by ferry, 5h 55m · E£308–875 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/sharm-el-sheikh-to-hurghada) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Sharm+El+Sheikh&to=Hurghada) - Marsa Alam → Hurghada 267 km · quickest by road, 4h 18m · E£390–520 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/marsa-alam-to-hurghada) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Marsa+Alam&to=Hurghada) - Luxor → Hurghada 209 km · quickest by road, 4h 23m · E£390–520 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/luxor-to-hurghada) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Luxor&to=Hurghada) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Hurghada) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. Not yet researched ## No local-transport research exists yet for Hurghada Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Hurghada. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more. What Wikivoyage says about moving around - Get in Most of these travellers are on package tours of Egypt — but not all, as the operators also sell flight-only tickets, a cheap and convenient way to get in. - Get in Terminal use may vary by airline and flight, so check your airline or tour operator before travel. - Get in The airport is functional, but can become crowded when several charter flights arrive or depart close together. - Get in Ferry services between Hurghada and Sharm el-Sheikh, on the Sinai peninsula, were suspended in 2010, and no resumption is in sight. - Get in A fast-cat ferry runs between Safaga, 50 km south of Hurghada, to Diba (or Duba) in Saudi Arabia. From [Wikivoyage: Hurghada](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Hurghada), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09. The nearest places where the work is done 1. [Dahab](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/dahab) EG 8 ways of moving, 29 sources 154 km 2. [Wadi Rum](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/wadi-rum) JO 8 ways of moving, 23 sources 302 km 3. [Petra and Wadi Musa](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/petra) JO 12 ways of moving, 17 sources 378 km 4. [Kastellorizo](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/kastellorizo) GR 8 ways of moving, 27 sources 1,066 km 5. [Naxos](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/naxos) GR 12 ways of moving, 17 sources 1,342 km If you know how people move in Hurghada – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Churghada&title=Hurghada&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fhurghada), and the note gets an entry. Around it ## Next door to Hurghada - [el-Saqala](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/el-saqala) Part of the town of Hurghada 4.6 km [The place page for Hurghada](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/hurghada) [All the notes](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes) [Every note on Egypt](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes#c-EG) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/hurghada, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. Mixroutes is made by Lascade LLC, Sharjah Media City, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Index of every page: https://www.mixroutes.com/llms.txt