Safaga

Red Sea Governorate · Egypt

Safaga, Egypt
Photo: sky#walker, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
April to June and September to November for wind and warm water
Budget
$
Coordinates
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A working port town that doubles as one of the Red Sea's steadiest windsurfing and kitesurfing bases, thanks to reliable cross-shore winds. Offshore reefs including Panorama and Salem Express draw divers, and the black-sand beaches are locally reputed for therapeutic bathing.

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