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Hurghada

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Travel to Hurghada, which is a beautiful Egyptian city based on the Red Sea. The Hurghada city came into existence during the early 20th century, and from the year 1980s the city emerged as a leading swimming resort along the Red Sea invested hugely by the American, European and Arabs. It is a wonderful destination for sail boarders, yachtsmen, scuba divers and snorkel enthusiast. As far as the History of Hurghada relates it was once known as a small fisher village in the late 1970's, rarely visited by strangers. As the area has enough reserves of transparent water that served as a pedestal for divers who indulged in water recreation.

Of late, Hurghada was determined as a place for pleasure tourism. Hurghada attracted several travelers from round the world be it Egyptians, Saudis, Arabs, Europeans and Americans. Hurghada is engulfed by a town named Ad-Dahar towards its the northern end while Sigala is settled within its southern end. As far as Hurghada History is concerned, it is filled with about 40,000 inhabitants and is segregated into three main parts namely: Downtown (El Dahar) is the old section; Sekalla is the contemporary section while El Korra Road is the recent part.

Hurghada has been acclaimed as an international center for hosting marine sports like windsurfing, sailing, deep-sea fishing, swimming, along with snorkeling and diving. The temperate waters are a home to species of rare fish along with coral reefs that can be well seen, while traveling in a glass bottom boat. Hurghada is popularly claimed as a party town, which is filled with several casinos, nightclubs and discos. Giftun is the largest village and is close proximity of about 10 km from Hurghada. So travel to Hurghada and enlighten yourself about its ancient history and civilization that has been proudly preserved.
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