El Gouna is " the little Venice" on the Red Sea, and is just a few minutes away from Hurghada. It is built on 10km of beachfront and boasts a unique and diverse architecture.

El Gouna is a fully equipped resort created from the desert by a man with vision,
Mr. Samih Sawiris, president of the Orascom company and sole owner of the 19 million sqm resort. Spread across a myriad of islands and beautiful lagoons, El Gouna offers a wide range of accommodation from comfortable guest houses to luxurious five star hotels.

El Gouna provides everything one would expect from diving and watersports centres, horse stables, Go-Karting, shopping arcades, bazaars, a wide selection of restaurants and bars, night clubs, internet cafe, ATM machine, pharmacy, El Gouna international school, nursery, private hospital, a marina with lots of interesting places around, airport, the only casino on the Red Sea coast, private radio station, post office, real estate office and an eighteen hole golf course designed by Gene Bates with a unique aqua driving range.