With so much action happening in the water, some travelers forget that back onshore, there’s an entire desert world to explore. One of Hurghada’s most popular on-the-ground attractions is the quad biking, jeep expeditions, and dune buggying trips into the sand dune hinterland. You don’t have to travel very far off-road from the resort town to discover the acacia tree studded wadis (valleys) sandwiched in by red-tinged mountains that make up most of the landscape of the Eastern Desert.

Cairo
Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan
The Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan is a massive Mamluk era mosque and madrassa located near the Citadel in Cairo. Its


