PDF Print E-mail
 

El Dahar

 

View El Dahar in a larger map
El Dahar
Editor rating
 
0.0 User rating
 
0.0 (0)

El Dahar (Downtown) is the old part of Hurghada. Dahar is where the town's largest bazaar, the post office and the long-distance bus station, tourist's police dep., public beach are situated.

El Dahar

El Dahar constitutes the old part of this captivating Egyptian city. This down town area in Hurghada is crowded with local people. The bustling El Dahar region is considered to be the heart of the Hurghada city. With the town's biggest market, the post office and the long route bus station, El Dahar is one of the most dynamic regions in Hurghada.

This vibrant down town area offers a wide variety of authentic Egyptian cafes and restaurants to choose from. The endless varieties of sumptuous dishes served by the roadside restaurants will surely add to your pleasure. You can also try out the mouth-watering snacks offered by the humble street stalls. The strong flavor of the delectable local preparations will make your holidaying in Hurghada ever memorable.
Even if you are not in a mood to taste anything new, simply getting around the colorful alleys and crowded streets in El Dahar is a great experience in itself.

El Dahar

El Dahar

The traditional El-Dahar area displays a range of shopping items like jewelers, papyrus crafts and leather items. The visitors can explore the shops and boutique-lined streets in Sekalla, Dahar and Tareek El Kora.
The Gecko New Sportswear in Jasmin village is the perfect place to visit if the tourists are looking out for some designer wear shopping. One can shop the hugely popular beachwear, stylish shirts and flip-flops. It is also easy to shop for souvenirs in Hurghada's markets. The market offers shiny and colorful glassware, Bedouin jewelers and dolls, wooden tea table and shisha water pipes.

Dahar is one of the oldest parts of Hurghada, Flooded with shops and bazaars El Dahar is one of the busiest parts of Hurghada and you will find crowd rushing all the time here. The tourists and the shops mainly run this area and other business located here depends a lot of tourists for their living. With lots of shops around one gets compelled to buy stuff from here. But when you are buying form any of shops in El Dahar don’t forget to bargain. After El Dahar there is Sekkala, it is the middle part of tourist attraction and this is where you will get maximum fun activity centers. Sekkala has lot of hotels, bars, cafes and shops. Apart from this there are lots of discos at the beaches where you can enjoy music with drink among the exotic natural view. To add to all this Sekkala has lots of Papas beach bar, where you can enjoy live football match. These are some of the parts of Hurghada, which you must visit when you come to Hurghada.

El Dahar

El Dahar

Hurghada, a popular Egyptian city on the Red Sea coast, was a small fishing village till recent past. But now it is one of the most coveted tourist resorts on the coastal area of the Red Sea. Hurghada is also renowned for its international center for aquatic sports. The diverse range of activities offered by this vibrant city includes wind surfing, deep-sea fishing, swimming, sailing and many more. This well known tourist center in Egypt, extends 40 km along the Red Sea coastal region.

The city offers some of the world's best underwater gardens. Warm waters of the Hurghada coastal area are ideal for growth of some of the rare species of fish and coral reefs. Due to its underwater wonderland, Hurghada is very popular among the divers across the globe. For its numerous holiday villages, world-class hotels and thrilling water sport facilities, Hurghada attracts thousands of tourists particularly from Europe, Russia, Czech Republic and Germany throughout the year.


El Dahar



Books about El Dahar

Ägypten
By Robert Radnich


Key words and phrases
Luxor, Sharia, Kairo, Hurghada, Assuan, Bahariyya, Sharm El-Sheikh, Nuweiba, Farafra, Abu Simbel, Saqqara, Moschee, Luxor-Tempel, Roten Meers, Marsa Alam, Karnak-Tempel, Ramses, Amun, Egypt Air, Nasser-Stausees
More Details:
More book information
Title:Ägypten: Reisen mit Insider-tipps;[neu; mit Reiseatlas]
Author:Robert Radnich
Publisher:Mair Dumont Marco Polo, 2003
ISBN:3829701063, 9783829701068

You Can buy this book from:

Ägypten
By Jürgen Stryjak


Key words and phrases
Kairo, Luxor, Sharia, Sharm El-Sheikh, Hurghada, Assuan, Nuweiba, Luxor-Tempel, Moschee, Abu Simbel, Saqqara, Golf von Aqaba, Farafra, Roten Meer, Beduinen, Oase Siwa, Tal der Könige, Ramses, Bahariyya, Karnak-Tempel
More Details:
More book information

Title:Ägypten: Reisen mit Insider-tipps
Author:Jürgen Stryjak
Edition:4
Publisher:Mair Dumont Marco Polo, 2008
ISBN:3829703562, 9783829703567

You Can buy this book from


Books about El Dahar

Ägypten, Rotes Meer & Sinai
By Michel Rauch


Key words and phrases
Hurghada, Sharm el Sheikh, Roten Meer, Sinai, Nuweiba, Ägypten, Beduinen, Dahab, Safaga, Kairo, El Gouna, Suezkanal, Eilat, Taba, Port Said, Ras Mohammed, Marsa Alam, Katharinenkloster, Golf von Aqaba, El Arish
More Details:
More book information

Title:Ägypten, Rotes Meer & Sinai
Author:Michel Rauch
Edition:2
Publisher:DuMont Reiseverlag, 2004
ISBN:3770163257, 9783770163250
Length:240 pages
Get this book
Amazon.com

Barnes&Noble.com


Ägypten.
By Andrew Humphreys


Key words and phrases

Kairo, Ramses, Assuan, Tutanchamun, alten Ägypten, Nassersee, Giseh, Abu Simbel, Sueskanals, Tempel von Luxor, Karnak, Echnaton, Hurghada, Tal der Könige, Amun, Kreditkarten, Sethos, Sakkara, Alexandria, Moschee
More Details:
More book information

Title:Ägypten.
Author:Andrew Humphreys
Translated by:Frank Auerbach, Tracey J. Evans, Helga Künzel, Reinhild Luk
Edition:4
Publisher:National Geographic De, 2002
ISBN:3934385591, 9783934385597
Length:399 pages
Get this book

National Geographic De

Amazon.com

Barnes&Noble.com

Related Articles

Hurghada & Dahar
Sightseeing in Hurghada
Different parts of Hurghada

More Videos

El Dahar

More Maps

Map 1
Map 2

User reviews

There are no user reviews for this listing.

 

 
 
 

This site is operated under license to Egypt.com. which is solely responsible for its content. This site is not affiliated with any government entity associated with a name similar to the site domain name. All trademarks and web sites that appear throughout this site are the property of their respective owners.

Copyright © 1995 - 2009 Egypt.com Inc. All rights Reserved