About life in Hurghada

Language... Official language is Arabic, although, almost everywhere people understand and speak English, Russian, French, German languages.

Currency... Egyptian pound.
$1 = 5.75 Egyptian pounds.
1 Egyptian pound - approx 4,5 Russian rubles.

Education. In Egypt there are international pre-school establishments the general education international schools of the high level, where teaching staff is from different countries. Teaching in international establishments is conducted on English, Arabic and Russian languages. Price of instruction is approximately 6 thousand Egyptian pounds per year.

The guests of Egypt invariably are surprised about good and friendly attitude of local residents toward foreigners. In Egypt there are a lot of international families.

Cost of living. A comparatively low cost of living in Egypt becomes attractive for the potential buyers, who can conduct comfortable life, without having heavy expenses. Local markets propose an enormous quantity of fresh fruits and vegetables, meat and fish. in the contemporary supermarkets presented the wide selection of local and imported goods.

Hurghada is combined business and leisure. Therefore, Hurghada can propose to guests and residents of city high standard of living.

What we have in Hurghada:

Aquarium
Located in the down town, close to the Shedwan Hotel.

Banks
Most of the bigger hotels offer their own banks services. Thomas Cook branches: Sekala square and main roads downtown or south of Sekala. Public Banks are open from 8:30 - 2:00 pm. On Fridays and Saturdays they are closed.

Bowling
Ebb & Tide close to Sindbad Beach Resort (they don’t serve alcohol)

Bus Stations
There are two main buses stations, both are between Sekala and downtown, Upper Egypt, Super Jet , High Jet and El Gouna Transportation are the most common bus companies with daily schedules to Cairo and Luxor and even Aswan. Tickets are available directly at the bus station. They are about 60 L.E per person for single trip which take about 5-6 hours ( Aswan takes 8-10 hrs.)

Car Rental
There are several car rental companies in town. You need international driving license plus your passport. A credit card for deposit might be helpful.

Cinema
Sea Gull Mall in Sekala

Coffee Shops
Taste traditional shisha (waterpipe), have a shai (tea) and get the taste original life. In most places game such as backgammon or domino are available.

Duty Free Shops
At the airport in Sekala, and in south of Seklla between Giftun and Grand Hotel. Alcohol can only be purchased within 24hrs after arrival.. Wide variety. Don’t forget your passport.

Speed Ferry
Hurghada-Sharm El Sheikh in two hours. For reservation please ask your tour leader or receptionist. For this trip u need to take your passport.

Telephone Calls
International phone calls available from your hotel room. To save some money get get a phone card from central. Some supermarkets offer phone cards for the phone booths on streets.

Transportation
The common way to travel in town is the local minibus (overage 1 L.E per trip, they stop on Demand). Taxis are available as well (ask for extra fare and expect a high prise before bargaining.