Hurghada Hotel Stay & Nile Cruise

Palace inspired architecture on the sandiest stretch of Sahl Hasheesh bay, around 20 minutes from Hurghada airport. Generous all inclusive dining with Italian and Brazilian à la carte evenings meets two pools, one heated in winter, a hammam spa, a PADI dive centre and a house reef 30 metres offshore. Calm, spacious and genuinely five star, with Old Town a stroll away.

Set above its own private bay on the edge of Hurghada’s characterful El Dahar district, this extensively renovated Hilton pairs sea view rooms with a beachside Turkish grill, a marina seafood restaurant and pools heated in winter. All inclusive is generous, with themed buffets at Rostrata and an à la carte dinner included each week. A glass lift glides down to the sand.

Egypt’s first adults only resort, set on a private lagoon beach in the centre of Hurghada. Days revolve around the heated pool, calm sheltered snorkelling and six restaurants on a generous all inclusive, while Sheraton Road and the marina are minutes away. With most of its 383 rooms facing the sea, it is a sociable, brilliant value five star for grown up sunshine.

Right on the beach in central Hurghada, this polished five star Marriott has a feature no neighbour can match: a private island reached by footbridge over a clear lagoon. Every room and suite has a sea view balcony, All Inclusive runs from buffets to cocktails, one pool is heated in winter, and the on site PADI dive centre sails from its own jetty.

A 5 star beachfront all inclusive on Hurghada’s El Mamsha promenade, formerly the Hilton Hurghada Resort. Expect around 220 metres of private sand, three pools with heated winter swimming, and eleven restaurants and bars, with a la carte dining included in the package. The long-running Divers Lodge dive centre is on site, and Hurghada airport is about ten minutes away.

An adults only (16 plus) retreat of just 167 rooms in the heart of Madinat Makadi, with a private sandy beach five minutes away on foot, a pool heated through winter and the Mividaspa nearby. All inclusive covers buffet dining, local drinks and one dine around dinner across seven village restaurants, around 30 minutes from Hurghada Airport.

A Moorish styled fort of a resort on Makadi Bay, with tropical gardens, five pools and around 600 metres of private sand fronting one of the coast’s best walk-in house reefs. All inclusive covers buffets, snacks and local drinks, while the Thai run Vareena Spa and the five star PADI dive centre fill the days. Adults only villas with swim up pools sit alongside.

A big hearted five star all inclusive on one of Makadi Bay’s finest stretches of sand, around 35 to 40 minutes from Hurghada Airport. Expect 400 metres of private beach, a floating jetty over a superb house reef, eight pools including one heated in winter, and dinner choices from Italian at Vista Mare to theme night buffets at Soko. The CleoSpa hammam seals it.

A low rise, Nubian styled 5 star on its own sandy beach in Madinat Makadi, with a house reef and jetty for snorkelling straight from the shore. All inclusive stays cover buffet dining at Al Masry, a complimentary à la carte evening from the dine around list and two pools, one heated in winter. Souk Makadi’s shops and cafes are a stroll away.

A grand five star Sunrise resort on a sheltered curve of Makadi Bay, with around 500 metres of private sand, a house reef you can snorkel from the jetty and seven pools set in mature gardens. All inclusive here is genuinely generous, with an international buffet and seven a la carte restaurants you can book as often as you like. Around 35 minutes from Hurghada airport.

A boho-chic Grand Select retreat on the sands of Makadi Bay, where all inclusive means every meal cooked to order rather than a buffet. Greek, Italian and international à la carte restaurants sit alongside three heated pools, a private beach, swim-up suites and Posh Club butler service, with an adults-only pool and late bar for the grown-ups.

The newest flagship of the Jaz Elite collection opened in March 2025 on the sheltered bay of Sahl Hasheesh, a short hop north of Makadi Bay. Expect 250 metres of private sand with a coral reef offshore, four heated pools, six restaurants from Italian to Asian, swim-up rooms and the Mividaspa, all around half an hour from Hurghada Airport.

An adults only, all inclusive resort on the calmest stretch of Sahl Hasheesh bay, right beside the Old Town promenade. Expect a private sandy beach with superb snorkelling, pools heated in the cooler months, a hammam led spa and unlimited a la carte dining across Italian, Asian, Indian and Lebanese kitchens. Swim up rooms and jacuzzi suites seal it for couples.

A dramatic five star resort on 800 metres of natural sand at the tip of the Soma Bay peninsula, its colonnaded architecture inspired by Luxor’s Karnak Temple and fully refurbished in 2025. Heated pools, superb house reef snorkelling, Gary Player golf and a vast thalasso spa sit on the doorstep, about 45 minutes from Hurghada Airport.

At the tip of the private Soma Bay peninsula, 45 minutes south of Hurghada airport, with 400 metres of Red Sea beach, lagoon pools and coral within snorkelling reach of the shore. Moorish arches and gardens frame generous 39 square metre rooms, dining runs from buffet theatre at The View to Asian fusion at Bamboo Shoot, and championship golf and kitesurfing wait on the doorstep.