Red Sea Coast
The Red Sea Coast is a region of eastern Egypt, along the 800 km western shore of that sea, from Port Suez in the north to the Sudanese border in the south.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Port Suez and Hurghada.
Port Suez
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Suez is a seaport city with a population of about 800,000 as of August 2021 in north-eastern Egypt, located on the north coast of the Gulf of Suez on the Red Sea, near the southern terminus of the Suez Canal.
Hurghada
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Hurghada is a resort town on the Red Sea Coast of Egypt. Famous for its superb diving opportunities, Hurghada is especially appealing to those with little experience of scuba diving, who come to marvel at the underwater reefs and awesome marine life.
El Gouna
El Gouna is a self-sufficient, fully integrated resort town of 24,000 on the Egyptian Red Sea Coast just north of Hurghada. The town offers a large variety of activities and entertainment and is a popular destination around the year.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Marsa Alam and El Quseir.
Marsa Alam
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Marsa Alam is a tourist town in south-eastern Egypt, located on the western shore of the Red Sea. It is described as a "popular" tourist destination. Marsa Alam is a relatively recently built town; its development began in 1995 through the investments of the Kuwaiti Al-Kharafi Group, which established the town and its initial facilities, resorts and infrastructure.
El Quseir
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El Qoseir is a city in eastern Egypt, located on the Red Sea west coast. Populated for approximately 5,000 years, its ancient Egyptian name was Tjau, while its ancient Greek name during the Ptolemaic era was Myos Hormos.
Ain Sokhna
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Ain Sokhna is a port and resort town along Egypt's Red Sea Coast situated 55 km south of Port Suez and approximately 120 km east of Cairo.
Wadi El Gemal National Park
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Wadi El Gemal National Park is a protected area in the Eastern Desert of Egypt. It is one of the most important national parks in the country and is home to a variety of wildlife, including the endangered Nubian ibex and the endangered Egyptian vulture.
Soma Bay
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Soma Bay is a resort on the Red Sea Coast in Egypt developed by the Soma Bay Development Company established in 1991. It is a private city, meaning you must have a booking (hotel or daily activity to enter it.
Wadi Allaqi
Wadi Allaqi, also transliterated as Wadi Allaqui or Wadi Alalaqi, is a wadi in southern Egypt. It begins in Sudan below the Halaib Triangle, and its mouth is south of Aswan on the eastern shore of Lake Nasser.Port Ghalib
Port Ghalib is in Marsa Alam along the southern Red Sea Coast of Egypt, 67 km south of El Quseir City.
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Red Sea Coast
- Type: region
- Description: coastal region in Egypt
- Location: Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude of center
26.06° or 26° 3′ 36″ northLongitude of center
34.23° or 34° 13′ 48″ eastWikidata ID
Q14287866
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Venetian—“Red Sea Coast” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “бераг Чырвонага мора”
- Belarusian: “узьбярэжжа Чырвонага мора”
- Dutch: “Rode Zeekust”
- German: “Ägyptische Küste des Roten Meeres”
- German: “Rotes Meer, Ägypten”
- German: “Rotes Meer”
- Hebrew: “רצועת חוף הים האדום”
- Italian: “Costa del mar Rosso”
- Japanese: “紅海沿岸”
- Japanese: “紅海沿岸部”
- Portuguese: “Costa do Mar Vermelho”
- Russian: “Побережье Красного моря”
- Venetian: “Costa del mar Rozo”
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