EL-GOUNA

'El Gouna' (Arabic: الجونة, ''the lagoon'') is a man-made tourist resort, developed and owned by Orascom Hotels and Development[1], dating from about 1990 located on the Red Sea in Egypt. It is 22 kms north of Hurghada International Airport.
El Gouna specialises in watersports, including scuba diving, windsurfing, kitesurfing, waterskiing, parasailing and snorkelling. There are two main beaches, Zeytuna Beach located on its own island and Mangroovy Beach. A network of canals allow many houses to have their own strip of beach, even hundreds of metres inland. Most of theses canals are crossed by small stone bridges.

There are three centrilized areas in El Gouna, that houses shops, bars and restaurants; - Downtown, Tamh Henna square and the Abu Tig Marina.
It now has 14 hotels from 3
★ to 5
★ . A 6
★ hotel is currently under development.
El Gouna also hosts a Golf course designed by Gene Bates and Fred Couples.
El Gouna has a fully equipped hospital for any medical treatment including dentistry, plastic surgery, pediatrics, ophthalmology, general surgery, ICU and a decompression chamber. It also has a school, EGIS and a small private airport for charter aircraft. It also boosts 2 marinas; - Abydos marina and the Abu Tig Marina.
There is a small museum with some 90 exhibits (including statue replicas) which was opened in 1996. It also has an exhibition hall of contemporary Egyptian paintings by Hussein Bikar.

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★ El Gouna Paradise & Venezia Red Sea Over 5000 Pictures

★ El Gouna website

★ El Gouna school

★ hurghada-tourism.com - The information portal for your next holidays in Hurghada and surrounding places from Safaga in the South to Elgouna in the North in English, German and Arabic