• Mini Egypt Park

    All of Egypt in scale models: the pyramids, Abu Simbel and Karnak in an hour's walk.

    HurghadaHurghada

    €€ Mid-rangeFamily-friendly
  • One of the aquarium tanks

    Hurghada Grand Aquarium

    The Red Sea without getting wet: an indoor circuit that fills a morning with children.

    HurghadaAirport road, Hurghada

    €€ Mid-rangeFamily-friendly
  • The top of a water slide, with the pool and the sea below.

    Sindbad Aqua Park

    Hurghada's own family water park — no need to leave town.

    HurghadaHotel area, Hurghada

    €€ Mid-rangeFamily-friendly
  • Sergeant-major fish above fire coral, in front of a shoal of small silver fish.

    Royal Seascope

    Hurghada's boat with portholes: see the coral without getting wet, or knowing how to swim.

    HurghadaHurghada Marina, town centre

    €€ Mid-rangeFamily-friendly
  • The promenade's wooden footbridge, its lamp posts, and the resort's arcades beyond.

    Old Town Sahl Hasheesh

    A piazza, paved lanes and a pier: the one place in Sahl Hasheesh where you walk.

    HurghadaSahl Hasheesh, some twenty kilometres south of Hurghada

    €€ Mid-rangeFamily-friendly
  • Cook's Club El Gouna — the Day Use Pool

    The only pool in El Gouna whose day access the hotel itself puts in writing — and the hotel is adults only.

    HurghadaEl Gouna

    €€ Mid-rangePaid entry
  • The hotel's big pool at sunset, straw parasols and ochre blocks mirrored in the water.

    Siva Grand Beach

    Hurghada's best-documented day pass: pool, beach, lunch and soft drinks included — at a price dating from 2024.

    HurghadaSouth Hurghada, on the seafront

    €€ Mid-rangeFamily-friendly
  • Straw parasols over a seafront terrace, facing the turquoise water of the Red Sea.

    Blue Beach Club

    The only pool in town that belongs to no hotel — and whose price nobody publishes.

    HurghadaHurghada Marina (New Marina), through the main gate

    €€ Mid-rangePaid entry