--- title: "Hurghada – what to see, and every way to get there | Mixroutes" description: "How to get to Hurghada from Sharm El Sheikh, Marsa Alam and Luxor: every way compared, with today's quickest and its fare. Hurghada is a coastal city that…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/places/hurghada" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/places/hurghada.md" image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/South_Hurghada.jpg" --- ![Hurghada](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/South_Hurghada.jpg) # Hurghada Hurghada is a coastal city that serves as the largest city and capital of the Red Sea Governorate of Egypt. [Plan a trip to Hurghada](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Hurghada) [From Sharm El Sheikh](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Sharm+El+Sheikh&to=Hurghada) ## Every way there - 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) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. The field note What is in and around Hurghada, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move. [Read the note on Hurghada](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/hurghada) What Hurghada has - Y Scheduled flights Hurghada (HRG), 9 km - Y Trains and coaches Transitous carries 2 timetable feeds for this country, 0 with real-time - Y Ferries الغردقة, 5 km; sailings estimated - Y Driving and taxi OpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band - N Bike and scooter share no share feed known - N Cruises no open itinerary source anywhere Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known. 27.258°, 33.812° 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. Get in ## Getting to Hurghada Hurghada has frequent direct international flights from Europe including Russia, Turkey, the Gulf states, and the Far East, e.g. Bangkok. 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. Coming from Rome or Budapest there are ultra low-cost flights operated by Wizz Air. 1. Hurghada International Airport Hurghada's airport is about 8 km west of the Hurghada resort strip and about 10 km from Sigala. 2. Go Bus Station 3. Super Jet Bus Station The buses have a golden color with red stripes. 4. High Jet Bus Station Reserving tickets is barely necessary, considering the frequency of the buses. See ## Worth seeing 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. 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. 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. How locals move ## Getting around Hurghada the local way - 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. - Get around A swarm of white minibuses (Toyota Hiace) called micro bus serve the area, with a flat fare of LE2–3 (Dec 2022). - Get around Slightly larger minibuses or small regular buses run frequently along the coastal highway to El Gouna and Safaga. - Go next Ask around for reputable operators: a cheap tour will be overcrowded, first too cold then too hot in a poorly-sprung minibus, and you will see less of Karnak and the Valley of the Kings and a whole heap more of the driver's uncle's souvenir shop. From [Wikivoyage: Hurghada](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Hurghada), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09. Text adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurghada) and [Wikivoyage](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Hurghada), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons. --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/places/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