• Giftun Islands

    Two islands of sand and coral off Hurghada, reached by boat, for the day.

    HurghadaHurghada

    €€ Mid-rangePaid entry
  • Orange Bay — Giftun Island

    Unmissable

    The turquoise water over white sand that earned the place its nickname: the Egyptian Maldives.

    HurghadaGiftun Island, off Hurghada

    €€ Mid-rangeSea view
  • A parrotfish over a dense coral reef in clear blue water.

    Eden Island

    An island beach where the reef starts a few metres out — the snorkelling is better than the setting.

    HurghadaOff Hurghada

    €€ Mid-rangeSea view
  • Buggy Desert Safari

    Quad bikes in the desert, a stop in a Bedouin village, mint tea and sunset.

    HurghadaDesert west of Hurghada

    €€ Mid-rangeFamily-friendly
  • The camel waits, saddled, between two legs of the ride.

    Safari Sahara Hurghada

    The full desert day: quad, buggy, 4×4 and camel, from morning to sunset.

    HurghadaDesert west of Hurghada

    €€ Mid-rangeFamily-friendly
  • Safaga

    A windsurfing port and a black-sand beach reputed to be therapeutic.

    HurghadaSafaga

    €€ Mid-rangeSea view
  • 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