Hurghada Tourist Center
by Kuznetsov_Sergey
Hurghada stretches for about 40 km along the seashore, and it doesn't reach far into the surrounding desert. The resort is a destination for package holiday tourists from Europe, notably Russians, Czechs and Germans.
Today Hurghada counts 40,000 inhabitants and is divided into three parts: Downtown (El Dahar) is the old part. Sekalla is the modern part, and El Korra Road is the most modern part. Sakkala is the relatively modest hotel quarter. Dahar is where the town's largest bazaar, the post office and the long-distance bus station are situated. Many restaurants, bars and shops, small pubs and internet cafes are available all over Hurghada.
Snorkelling and diving
by belgrade03
Snorkelling is very popular because of all the exotic fish that can be seen even to the depth of 5-6 meters because of the water transparency. Diving with instructors is also very popular for young people. And the prices are not so high 15-30 euros. You'll get everything you need just bring the good spirits.
It's all about Papa's
by LexiB about Papa's Bar/Papa's Beach Club
Papa's Bar & Papa's Beach Club are great! The bar is laid back but the club is, well, NOT! We went to the bar on a whim hooked up with, apparently the movers & shakers of Hurghada and had a blast. The Beach Club is just that. You dance on sand, the music is awesome and the drinks keep flowing. anything goes it seems
an Irish Pub in Hurghada!
by gaj86 about PJ's
If you're feeling a bit homesick, pop into PJ's! Run by an Irish family, the only drawback is that there is no Guiness :(... but there's Stella for 12LE (big bottle), nice cocktails, and cheap good food! It felt good to have a cheese toastie...
They have different things on every night, too, like pub quizzes on Thursdays and "killer pool" on Fridays. All the Brits will gravitate towards it, so if you're missing fluent English conversation! Pool and darts are free if you're buying drinks, and it possibly has the cleanest toilets in all of Hurghada. If you go, tell Ken I say hi! :P
Diving
by gaj86
My boyfriend mainly came to Hurghada for the "amazing" Red Sea diving. As I said in my last tip - too many tourists have destroyed the marine life here. Either that or the tour operators just take you to any old place to get it over with.
I had never dived before, and decided to do an Intro Dive with a company called Black Shark (booked through the Dive Stop... who, by the way, is run by lovely people but Sherif is useless and will probably forget to pick you up on the day of your dive). I had a very brief run-down of how to clear my mask, breathe through my regulator and equalise, which I would have been very confused about had my boyfriend not explained this to me before. After waiting ages for my turn, I was thrown into the sea and led around by the hand by an instructor who seemed to ignore my pleas that my ears were not equalising properly (it really hurt!). Not a good first experience of diving, I was left dreading my next one. We went with a different company a couple of days later, Piano divers, which we booked through our hotel! My intro with these guys was only slightly more in-depth, with the actual instructor making no efforts to hide his impatience with learners. They tried to make me dive with a broken BCD, and basically just took me around the boat and back. I also had to wait about 2 hours, while all the qualified divers and the more pushy beginners had their turn. You could see a lot of fish on the surface of the water, but it still wasn't as amazing as the Red Sea is supposed to be. If it's your first time diving, try getting experience somewhere else before you come here.
All of the Taxis looks like this
4 seasons hotel 2
A Red Sea Walkman, Talata
Hurghada - Beach
