El Gouna ( Egyptian Arabic : الجونة [elˈɡuːnæ] , "the Lagoon") is an Egyptian tourist city created in 1990, and is owned and developed by Samih Sawiris ' Orascom Development. It is located on the Red Sea in the Red Sea Governorate of Egypt , 20 kilometres (12 miles) north of Hurghada . It is part of the Red Sea Riviera , and a host city of the El Gouna Film Festival .
6-506: 27°23′06″N 33°40′45″E / 27.38500°N 33.67917°E / 27.38500; 33.67917 El Gouna has 10 kilometers of coastline and consists of 20 islands surrounded by lagoons. The town is 25 kilometers away from the Hurghada International Airport . El Gouna's buildings were designed by European and American architects to resemble traditional rural Egyptian architecture such as that found in
12-671: A Coptic Orthodox church , the Church of St. Mary and the Archangels. In 2017 an annual film festival was established, the El Gouna Film Festival . Founded by telecom billionaire Naguib Sawiris , El Gouna Film Festival was previously attended by globally prominent celebrities including Grey's Anatomy's Patrick Dempsey , Rambo's Sylvester Stallone and Bottle Rocket’s Owen Wilson . The weather in El Gouna
18-511: Is sunny all year long. Temperatures range between 17 °C (63 °F) and 33 °C (91 °F). Humidity is 22% on average. Köppen-Geiger climate classification system classifies its climate as hot desert (BWh). Hurghada International Airport Hurghada International Airport ( IATA : HRG , ICAO : HEGN ) is the international airport of Hurghada in Egypt . It is located inland, 5 km (3.1 mi) southwest of El Dahar,
24-605: The Egyptian countryside and in Nubian villages . El Gouna specializes in watersports. There are several beaches including Zeytuna Beach ( Arabic : شاطئ زيتونة ) located on its own island, Mangroovy Beach, Moods Beach and other hotel beaches. There are three main areas in El Gouna, Downtown, Tamr Henna Square ( Arabic : ميدان تمر حنة ) and the Abu Tig Marina ( Arabic : مارينا أبو تيج ). It also has El Gouna Mosque and
30-424: The airport would be able to host up to 13 million visitors annually. The project was inaugurated by President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on 17 December 2014. The new terminal has a total area of 92,000 square metres on three levels. The departure hall has 72 check-in counters and 20 departure gates. The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Hurghada Airport: The only means of access to
36-657: The city centre of Hurghada. It is the second busiest airport in Egypt after Cairo International Airport , one of the busiest airports in the Middle East and an important destination for leisure flights mainly from Europe . The airport currently has two passenger terminals: Terminal 1 and Terminal 2. Construction of the new terminal complex cost $ 335 million, which was mainly financed by the Arab Fund for Economic Development. Egypt's aviation minister, Houssam Kamal, said that
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