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Egypt's best hotels, picked by the trip you want

Beach, family, adults only, pyramids or the Nile — short, honest lists that say what each hotel is actually good at.

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Area photo: Hurghada Hurghada ★★★★★ Area photo

Steigenberger ALDAU Beach Hotel

A large beachfront resort with a lazy river, a water park, a spa and a diving club with its own marina.

  • Beachfront
  • Lazy river & water park
  • Pitch & putt golf
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Baron Palace Sahl Hasheesh Hurghada · Sahl Hasheesh ★★★★★

Baron Palace Sahl Hasheesh

A palatial resort with a private beach, five outdoor pools, a water park, a spa and a kids' club.

  • Private beach
  • 5 pools
  • Water park
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Area photo: Hurghada · Sahl Hasheesh Hurghada · Sahl Hasheesh ★★★★★ Area photo

The Oberoi Beach Resort, Sahl Hasheesh

102 suites in low terraced clusters; the Grand and Royal suites come with their own private pool.

  • All-suite resort
  • Private-pool suites
  • Quiet luxury
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Selena Bay Boutique Hotel Hurghada ★★★★

Selena Bay Boutique Hotel

A boutique beachfront hotel with five pools, a spa, family rooms and a kids' club.

  • Private beach
  • 5 pools
  • Spa
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Area photo: Hurghada Hurghada ★★★★★ Area photo

JAZ Aquamarine

A big all-inclusive resort with a water park, lots of pools, a kids' club and a private beach.

  • Water park
  • All inclusive
  • Kids' club
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Area photo: Hurghada Hurghada Area photo

Pickalbatros Aqua Park Resort

A family resort built around its own aqua park, with an activity programme for kids aged 4–12.

  • Aqua park, 9 slides
  • All inclusive
  • Kids' club 4–12
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Area photo: Sharm El Sheikh · Nabq Bay Sharm El Sheikh · Nabq Bay Area photo

Jaz Mirabel Beach

Part of a resort complex in Nabq Bay with several pools, a water park and a kids' club, about 15 minutes from the airport.

  • Kids' club
  • Water park
  • Playgrounds
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Mövenpick Resort & Spa El Gouna El Gouna ★★★★★

Mövenpick Resort & Spa El Gouna

Over 1.5 km of beaches, including calm, shallow lagoons for kids, children's pools and the Little Birds kids' club.

  • Shallow lagoon beaches
  • Kids' club
  • Kitesurf beach
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Area photo: Sharm El Sheikh Sharm El Sheikh ★★★★★ Area photo

Four Seasons Resort Sharm El Sheikh

Known for one of the best house reefs in Sharm, plus a kids' club and a space just for teens.

  • House reef
  • Kids' & teens' clubs
  • Dive centre
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Area photo: Hurghada Hurghada ★★★★★ Area photo

SUNRISE Holidays Resort – Adults Only

Billed as Egypt's first adults-only resort: the pools, lagoon beach, restaurants and evening shows are all for guests 16 and over.

  • Guests 16+
  • Lagoon beach
  • Near the centre
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Area photo: El Gouna El Gouna Area photo

Casa Cook El Gouna – Adults Only

A design-led boutique hotel of low, sand-toned buildings with 100 rooms, lagoon-style pools and its own kitesurfing centre.

  • Adults only
  • Boutique design
  • Kitesurf centre
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Area photo: Marsa Alam · Coraya Bay Marsa Alam · Coraya Bay ★★★★★ Area photo

Steigenberger Coraya Beach – Adults Only

An adults-only resort on Coraya Bay with an 800-metre private beach, three pools and a dive centre, about 4 km from Marsa Alam airport.

  • Adults only
  • 800 m private beach
  • Dive centre
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Area photo: Sharm El Sheikh Sharm El Sheikh ★★★★★ Area photo

Rixos Sharm El Sheikh – Adults Only

An ultra all-inclusive resort for adults with seven pools, nine à la carte restaurants and a spa.

  • Adults only
  • Ultra all inclusive
  • 7 pools
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Area photo: Marsa Alam · Abu Dabab Marsa Alam · Abu Dabab Area photo

Hilton Marsa Alam Nubian Resort

On Abu Dabab Bay, where snorkelers can meet green turtles; there's shore diving on the reef and a kids' club.

  • Abu Dabab reef
  • Sea turtles
  • Kids' club
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Marriott Mena House, Cairo Cairo & Giza · Giza ★★★★★

Marriott Mena House, Cairo

A historic hotel in jasmine-scented gardens at the foot of the Great Pyramids; many rooms and restaurants look straight at them.

  • Pyramid views
  • 40 acres of gardens
  • Historic
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Area photo: Cairo & Giza · Giza Cairo & Giza · Giza Area photo

Steigenberger Pyramids Cairo

A modern hotel across from the Grand Egyptian Museum, with deluxe rooms and suites facing the Great Pyramids.

  • Pyramid-view rooms
  • Opposite the Grand Egyptian Museum
  • Pool
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Sofitel Winter Palace Luxor Luxor

Sofitel Winter Palace Luxor

A former winter retreat of Egypt's royal family on the Nile, closely linked with the era of the Tutankhamun discovery.

  • Historic palace
  • Nile-side gardens
  • Pool
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Hilton Luxor Resort & Spa

A resort on the banks of the Nile with infinity pools that seem to spill straight into the river.

  • Nile infinity pools
  • Spa
  • Riverside resort
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Sofitel Legend Old Cataract Aswan Aswan

Sofitel Legend Old Cataract Aswan

A 19th-century palace hotel on granite above the Nile, famously associated with Agatha Christie's “Death on the Nile”.

  • Historic palace
  • Nile & Elephantine views
  • Agatha Christie
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Mövenpick Resort Aswan Aswan · Elephantine Island

Mövenpick Resort Aswan

On Elephantine Island, reached by a ferry that runs about every ten minutes; rooms look out over the Nile.

  • Island setting
  • Nile-view rooms
  • Ferry to town
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Destinations

Where to in Egypt?

  • Hurghada

    Hurghada

    The Red Sea's busiest resort town: long beaches, big all-inclusive resorts and boat trips to the islands.

    Airport: HRG
  • El Gouna

    El Gouna

    A lagoon town north of Hurghada, known for kitesurfing, marinas and boutique hotels.

    Airport: HRG
  • Sharm El Sheikh

    Sharm El Sheikh

    South Sinai's resort hub, famous for coral reefs and diving.

    Airport: SSH
  • Marsa Alam

    Marsa Alam

    Quieter and further south: calm bays, sea turtles and some of Egypt's best snorkeling.

    Airport: RMF
  • Cairo & Giza

    Cairo & Giza

    The pyramids, the Grand Egyptian Museum and the energy of a megacity.

    Airport: CAI
  • Luxor

    Luxor

    An open-air museum of temples and tombs on both banks of the Nile.

    Airport: LXR
  • Aswan

    Aswan

    Granite islands, feluccas and Nubian villages on the most beautiful stretch of the Nile.

    Airport: ASW
How we pick

Short lists, not an endless catalogue

  1. 1

    Real strengths, not ad copy

    For every hotel we say what it's genuinely good at: a reef, a water park, a view.

  2. 2

    Checked across sources

    Facts are cross-checked between hotel pages and major booking sites; where sources disagree, we leave it out.

  3. 3

    You book directly

    Prices and availability are always on Booking.com — we never take payments.