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Hurghada · El Gouna

The cafés of Abu Tig Marina

El Gouna's marina and its promenade of terraces, from morning coffee to the last drink.

€€€ High end

El Gouna's marina lines up cafés, ice cream shops and bars along the pontoons, in a resort designed in one go. It is clean, expensive and comfortable — the exact opposite of a Downtown ahwa, and that is the point.

The extra bit

The marina loop takes twenty minutes on foot: scout first, then choose.

Know before you go

El Gouna is some twenty kilometres from Hurghada: budget the taxi or shuttle into the evening.

Directions

Abu Tig Marina, El Gouna, Red Sea

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