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In spite of being the world’s first holiday hotspot, with well-heeled Greeks and Romans heading to the country to be awe-inspired by civilisation’s earliest architectural masterpieces, the tourist industry is still relatively young in Egypt. Visitors have traditionally limited themselves to Cairo and Luxor – with the Pyramid of Giza and the Valley of the Kings the focal points of any trip.
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The coastal resorts of Egypt have recently gained extraordinarily popularity and, for a long time, El Gouna was flying the flag for the Red Sea region. A purpose built and privately-owned resort, El Gouna consists of several marinas, stacks of sumptuous hotels and hundreds of properties. Just as impressive as the tranquillity and unshakable cleanliness is the fact that El Gouna is actually built on several separate islands, each connected by bridges. This has earnt it the moniker of ‘Egypt’s Venice’ and it more than lives up to the Egyptian penchant for building the Wonders of the World.
However, around 25km south of El Gouna lies Hurghada, the new star of Egypt’s tourist industry. Much like the perennially popular Spanish resort of Marbella, until not so long ago, Hurghada was merely a sleepy fishing village; but, drawn by its spectacular setting on the Red Sea, European holidaymakers – predominantly Russians, Czechs and Germans – made a bee line for the town during the 80s and it hasn’t looked back since.
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