City Info:

El Gouna (the lagoon) is a tourist resort, developed and owned by Orascom Hotels and Development, dating from about 1990, It is located on the Red Sea in Egypt, 22 km north ofHurghada International Airport.

 El Gouna specializes in water sports, including scuba diving, windsurfing, kite surfing,waterskiing, parasailing and snorkeling. There are two main beaches, Zeytuna Beach located on its own island and Mangrove Beach. A network of canals allows many houses to have their own strip of beach, even hundreds of meters inland. Most of these canals are crossed by small stone bridges.
There are three centralized areas in El Gouna, that houses shops, bars and restaurants; - Downtown, Tamr Henna square and the Abu Tig Marina.

The town also boosts a small museum with some 90 exhibits (including statue replicas and an exhibition hall of contemporary Egyptian paintings by Hussein Bikar) which were opened in 1996.

Other attractions/activities around town are; a small aquarium, a go kart track, a paintball arena, tennis courts, horse stables and a football stadium. It also has a Coptic Church; Church of St.Mary and the Archangels.