Hurghada is an Egyptian city and a tourist center on the Red Sea.

The city was founded in the early 20th century, and since the 1980s has been continually enlarged by Egyptian and foreign investors to become the leading seashore resort on the Red Sea. Holiday villages and hotels provide aquatic sport facilities for sailboarders, yachtsmen, scuba divers and snorklers.

Hurghada stretches for about 40 km along the seashore, and it does not reach far into the surrounding desert. The resort is a destination for Egyptian tourists from Cairo, the Delta and Upper Egypt, as well as package holiday tourists from Europe, notably Russians, Czechs and Germans. Until a few years ago it was a small fishing village. 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.

The city is served by the Hurghada International Airport with scheduled passenger traffic to and from Cairo and direct connections with several cities in Europe. The airport has undergone massive renovations to accommodate rising traffic. Hurghada is known for its watersports activities, nightlife and warm weather. Daily high temperature hovers round 30 degrees Celsius most of the year. Numerous Europeans spend their Christmas and New Year holidays in Hurghada, primarily Germans and Italians.

If you want to rent a flat in Hurghada, Egypt have a look at this information

• a small studio (1 room, bathroom, kitchen), with furniture costs per month between 1000 and 1800 L.E. (~125-240 Euro) - egyptian style is cheaper than european style, flats in El Hadaba are more expensive than in Sherry Street or El Dahar;
• normally you pay 1 month rent for insurance;
• the doorman and electricity cost additionally between 60 and 200 L.E.;
• you can ask a Real Estate Company to offer you a flat - of course you have to pay a commission - normally 1 month rent is commisson and 1 month insurance;
• if you are alone stay some days in a cheap hotel (~20 Euro per night, e.g. in Sheraton Street there are some) and ask the doormen if there are flats available. Normally they do not speak English but believe me: if you want to rent a flat they will understand somehow.