- Family resorts in Egypt
- If you are young and active
- For fans of silence
- Treatment in the resorts of Egypt
- TOP 3 best resorts in Egypt
Do you want to relax by the sea? Is it comfortable, varied and exciting to spend your long-awaited vacation? Do you like diving and can't imagine a vacation without diving? Do you love history, and therefore excursions to local attractions are an integral part of any tour for you? Do you prefer not to waste time and money on long flights, and you only have to go on vacation in winter? There is an ideal way to combine all your needs and preferences in one trip and spend an unforgettable vacation on the beaches of the Red Sea. The best resorts of Egypt are waiting for you, where absolutely everything is provided for the convenience of guests: restaurants and hotels, shopping centers and entertainment complexes, water parks and a variety of excursion programs.
Family resorts in Egypt
Egyptian beaches are not always convenient for kids, because in many resorts the entrance to the sea is accompanied by coral formations that require special shoes for swimming. Many hotels construct pontoon entrances that protrude far into the sea and immediately guarantee the diver a solid depth. Hurghada is considered an ideal resort for a family vacation in Egypt, where the sea is not too deep near the coast, and most hotels have a sandy stretch of the beach:
- The coast of the resort and its surroundings is replete with various hotels. Their infrastructure is designed to provide guests with the ideal holiday experience. Hotels in Hurghada have their own beaches with a reliable rescue service. On the beaches there are fresh showers, toilets, changing cabins, sun loungers and umbrellas. Many hotels offer playgrounds, mini-water parks and exciting programs led by experienced animators for young guests.
- There are also public beaches in the resort that do not belong to hotels or clubs. Usually, you will have to pay a few Egyptian pounds to enter there, but the convenient infrastructure and abundance of entertainment in such places are worth it. For example, on Dream Beach, the entrance to the water is always cleared of sharp corals and stones, cleaners keep order, and young guests really like the water slides and attractions.
- If you come to one of the best resorts in Egypt with little ones and are looking for a safe and comfortable beach, try Old Vic, where the entrance to the sea is especially gentle, the water warms up from early morning, and the fine sand will be especially comfortable for the youngest travelers.
- Hurghada is also ideal for adding informative and active beach holidays. The resort has an Aquarium, which displays most of the species of underwater fauna inhabiting the Red Sea. Theatrical performances in the spirit of oriental fairy tales are liked by all guests of the Thousand and One Nights Palace, and if your children are already schoolchildren, they will experience a real delight from excursions to Cairo, Luxor and other ancient cities familiar from history lessons.
- Another pretty resort where you can spend a vacation with the whole family is Makadi Bay with its almost ubiquitous sandy beaches. There are no noisy entertainment in Maccabi Bay, and therefore it is preferred by tourists looking for a calm and even meditative relaxation. It will be comfortable to relax here with kids who do not yet need playgrounds and attractions for entertainment, because Maccabi Bay is not rich with this. There is also nowhere to hang out loudly after sunset in the town itself. However, on the territory of some hotels discos and nightclubs work, and therefore, when choosing a hotel for a quiet rest, study the proposed options especially carefully.
If you are young and active
In Hurghada, choose the Mojito beach in the Sakkala region, where the most active party-goers from all over the world prefer to relax. The beach is new and small enough, but well equipped, and therefore the most restless tourists choose it. During the day on the sand "Mojito" you can comfortably sunbathe: on the beach there are sun loungers, umbrellas from the sun, fresh showers, a cafe with a variety of refreshing drinks and traditional Arabic dishes and fast food on the menu. The entrance to the Mojito beach is paid, but by purchasing an entrance ticket, the visitor gets the opportunity to use the sports complex with exercise equipment, a volleyball court, billiards and even game consoles. The rental of sun loungers and towels is included in the ticket price. In the evenings, parties with dancing, contests, karaoke and other popular entertainments begin on the Mojito sand.
Another popular place for active youth in Hurghada is Dream Beach, four kilometers south of Sakkala. Firstly, Dream Beach is very beautiful, and secondly, the opportunities for active recreation on it are very diverse and, finally, the beach has its own spa complex, where you can have a pleasant time after sunbathing and swimming. Dream Beach is known for its infrastructure. You will find restaurants and bars on the seashore where you can quench your thirst and have a full lunch or dinner. The beach has a kids club and a playground with swings and attractions. For fans of snorkeling, a pontoon is equipped, from where it is convenient to dive and observe the inhabitants of the Red Sea. The volleyball court is often the scene of heated battles, and after sunset, the most active visitors to Dream Beach can dance and listen to music.
The ideal place for active recreation is the Dahab resort, where you can ideally combine beach relaxation with diving, hiking in national parks, meeting Bedouins and excursions to holy places for pilgrims. Dahab has no trendy clubs and luxury hotels, but there are plenty of opportunities for diving and windsurfing. You can come to this secluded resort as a "savage", as once in the Crimea, and find here small guesthouses offering bed and breakfast for very little money. The services of dive coaches and clubs in Dahab are also not too expensive, and therefore beginners often come here who want to pump their diving skills.
Naama Bay pleases its guests with endless opportunities for active recreation. On its beaches you can practice water sports and rent equipment for this. In Naama Bay, they offer jet skis and boats for rent, ride tourists on parachutes, arrange boat trips with a transparent bottom, and arrange dates with the underwater world of the Red Sea for those wishing to dive. Discos and nightclubs in this part of Sharm El Sheikh are famous for their scale. The parties that they hold attract young people from all over the area, and therefore Naama Bay is always crowded both day and night.
Kitesurfers will love it in Nabq. The beaches in the resort are gentle, and its location on the open coast guarantees frequent winds and a decent wave. In addition to water activities, active tourists find rich opportunities for hiking in Nabq. Excursions to the Nabq Nature Reserve guarantee guests an unforgettable experience of exploring the local flora and fauna. Diving and snorkeling at the resort is thriving, as is everywhere else in Egypt. Here you can get to the reefs very easily: there are comfortable pontoons in the sea, from where it is enough to dive. There is also a wreck on the dive sites off the coast of Nabq, which adherents of wreck diving are happy to explore.
For fans of silence
If the best vacation scenario in your mind involves lazy contemplation of the picturesque surroundings, leisurely walks, an indispensable afternoon nap, sunbathing on a comfortable lounger on an uncrowded beach and a glass of good wine at dinner served on a white tablecloth of a decent restaurant, go to Safaga. The resort is not very popular with party-goers and tourists with babies, and therefore no one will disturb your peace on the beach and on the terrace of your hotel room. There are no noisy shopping centers and nightclubs in Safaga, but there are plenty of opportunities for diving, windsurfing schools on the shores of the Red Sea and beaches, stunning for the first time tourist in Safaga with their breadth, purity and beauty.
It is also quiet and cozy in Taba, which is located on the border with neighboring Israel and Jordan. From Taba, it is most convenient to make excursions to Petra, Jerusalem and the Dead Sea, and from local entertainment, vacationers at the resort practice boat trips to Pharaoh's Island, diving and safari in the Colored Canyon. Taba's beaches are sandy, and hotels offer inexpensive, but very comfortable accommodation for both single tourists and families with children.
Treatment in the resorts of Egypt
Legends about Nefertiti tell that the queen successfully practiced various procedures that helped her to always remain beautiful. The Egyptians claim to have preserved ancient recipes to this day. If you believe in legends, choose tours to the best resorts in Egypt, where thalassotherapy centers are open.
Among others, Soma Bay is especially famous - a new resort three dozen kilometers south of Hurghada. The Soma Bay Thalassotherapy Center is the third largest of its kind in the Middle East. The thalasso complex is treated with unique natural ingredients. Cosmetologists use sea salt, algae, mud and extracts from medicinal herbs. The main programs of the complex are aimed at getting rid of dermatological and endocrine pathologies. Soma Bay spas eliminate cellulite, neurodermatitis, excess weight, stress and normalize the patient's sleep. The resort's hotels have mostly five stars on the facade, and the sandy beaches of Soma Bay look especially picturesque. A vacation at this resort is an ideal holiday option for lovers of peace and solitude.
TOP 3 best resorts in Egypt
Any rating of popular resorts in Egypt is invariably topped by Sharm El Sheikh with its fantastic opportunities for beach and outdoor activities. In Sharm, as it is called for short, you can do absolutely everything that is customary during a vacation at sea. Here you will find diving centers and nightclubs, fantastic restaurants and hotels to spend your time in comfort. In Sharm el-Sheikh, the traveler is offered dozens of excursions to historical sights, museums, and religious buildings of different eras. Children in Sharm can walk in the water park, dolphinarium and shopping and entertainment complexes, and their parents are unlikely to remain indifferent to the possibilities of active recreation both day and night. The resort has golf courses, a riding school, a go-kart track and even an ice rink, because sometimes it is quite pleasant to be on the ice rink in the midst of the forty-degree African heat.
Ancient Alexandria is not in vain ranked in the list of the best Egyptian resorts. The city is located on the Mediterranean coast, its beaches are sandy, the climate is ideal for those who do not like the scorching African heat, and the possibilities of performing excursion programs are just ideal. Alexandria has it all - from restaurants to museums and from ancient landmarks to casinos. At the same time, the cost of services in hotels, cafes and nightclubs is much more democratic than in other Egyptian resorts.
In the list of the best resorts for diving, Marsa Alam is increasingly coming out on top. Not so long ago, a fishing village, the resort is increasing its tourist turnover and every year it becomes more and more popular. Scuba diving opportunities in Marsa Alam are already highly valued: each hotel has its own school for beginners, and the diving center offers services for both pros and beginners. Diving sites in and around the resort offer snorkeling trips through scenic reefs and underwater caves, meeting the inhabitants of the Red Sea and exploring wrecks. On the reefs in Marsa Alam, you can dive even at night. An important advantage of the resort is a modern hotel fund and the absence of noisy entertainment, which attracts to this section of the Red Sea coast those who are in no hurry to dive, but want to relax pleasantly and calmly.
It is not for nothing that the ancient land of the pharaohs occupies the first places in the lists of preferences of tourists flying to the beach. Egypt has everything to gain strength and impressions. The main thing is to choose the right resort so that expectations are met, and new photos have been added to the memorable vacation album, which will be pleasant to review and show to friends.
