Red Sea
Hurghada
Red Sea resort with coral reefs and water sports.
What to See in Hurghada
Hurghada
The diving capital on the Red Sea, with over 40 diving sites, the Giftun Islands and a lively nightlife on the Egyptian coast.
Mons Claudianus
The imposing Roman granodiorite quarries in the Egyptian Eastern Desert, which supplied the columns of the Pantheon and the Forum of Trajan in Rome.
Mons Porphyrites (Gebel Dokhan)
The world's only source of Roman imperial porphyry, the precious purple stone reserved for the sarcophagi and columns of the emperors.