Safaga is located 65 km south of Hurghada. It is a seaport, connected by a cruise line to Jordan and Saudi Arabia at the same time. The area has its own tranquil charm and wonderful sea water. Safaga’s coastline extends for about 60 km. The modern city was founded in 1911 with the discovery of phosphate. Most of the population there works in mining and tourism. Moreover, Safaga is an extremely important hub for special medical research for the importance of its sand. At the same time, it helps to attract more international tourism. In addition, it has numerous phosphate mines. As it is considered the phosphate export center in Egypt.
Safaga is the second most important city in the Red Sea Governorate. It still has one of the important ports of Egypt, especially during the pilgrimage season to Mecca. Every year, thousands of Egyptian pilgrims travel on cruises from it to Jeddah, across the Red Sea in Saudi Arabia. The city has excellent conditions to spend wonderful holidays, a good relax, diving, snorkeling and windsurfing. Likewise, the city has several hotels, bungalows and rest houses.
Annually, people organize several competitions for Wind-Surfing there. Moreover, safaga has many natural sand with extraordinary therapeutic properties. therefore, safaga is a very important center with great potential to attract national and international tourism. As recently therapeutic research showed its potential. The resort is famous for its pure and clean environment, black sand dunes and mineral springs. It has acquired specific characteristics for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis.
Due to its unique beauty, many professional divers consider certain diving areas in Safaga to be some of the best in all of Egypt and the world. In its water, you can easily see many exotic and seasonal species such as lionfish, octopus, balloonist and even scary looking reef sharks.
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