Egypt Guide
The Red Sea Coast and Eastern Desert
Port Safaga
PORT SAFAGA (Bur Safaga in Arabic) amounts to very little. Coming in from the north, you pass a slip road curving off to six holiday villages on a headland, which cater to groups on diving holidays. The town begins 3km later and consists of a single windswept avenue running straight on past concrete boxes with bold signs proclaiming their function, until the bus station and a final mosque, 4km south. Silos and cranes identify the port, which runs alongside (but remains out of bounds) for most of this distance. Safaga's only attraction is the reefs to the north, and there's not much reason to hang around otherwise. As buses and taxis travelling between Hurghada and Luxor use the desert highway from Safaga to Qena/Qift, passengers can see all there is to see as they drive through town.