El Gouna Times - Red Sea

Finally, after more than a year of announcing its opening, this week the Duty Free Shop in the Marina made a “soft-opening”. The official opening will be later on in the month of May.
The Duty Free Shop can be used by travelers till 48 hours after arrival in Egypt for buying liquors etc. upon […]

A new corner for spices, cd’s of Egyptian music and necklaces was opening in Abu Tig Marina at the end of January

New internet and telephone calls Center in the background of Abu Tig Marina where to buy phone cards Vodafone, Mobinil and Easygo .

We received the following “Open Letter” from T.H. from England to be published.

All our worries have come home to roost.!!
Prior to the more recent rumours about Mohammed / Hamada who operates out of Eva’s Warehouse between El Gouna and Hurghada we paid him a deposit for the furniture for our duplex last April, and […]

Less than one month and in a big corner of the New Marina the duty free will open the door

Like a flower that comes out from the ground in a few days, a small corner shop in wood

Just before the old year ended, a new shop opened in the Abu Tig Marina.

The post office at Tammr Henna has got a new identification sign.

During these days walking in the marina for all boat lovers has become more exciting.

A new building for additional future shops and appartments is being erected on

A new shop has opened those days in the Kafr El Gouna Arcades.

From December 23rd till January 25th, some of El Gouna shops are presenting

First, we noticed white paint marks on the road.

We were informed that Rita Flowers in Downtown El Gouna offers the possibility to order your X-Mas tree from the Belgian Ardennes.

Strange things happen at the Bus Station in El Gouna Downtown…

The Nile Kitchen & Bath showroom, located in the Hill parking (under Orascom technical office), have celebrated on November 17 their official opening.

Nile Kitchen & Bath celebrates Grand Opening, November 17th, 2005

El Dokkan: handcraftship and antiques

Some remarkable publicity banners are shown in El Gouna about…

El Gouna Times had an interview with Noëlle and Bruno Bleeckx of N&B Concept.

The Downtown zone comprised between Tamr Henna Pharmacy and Orascom.net has recently been developed into a commercial area

« Please use less plastic » is the message written on these jute bags

Some reflections about the future of El Gouna. A personal opinion from the editor of the El Gouna Times.

For all El Gouna house and apartment owners, new owner card conditions came into force from the 1st of September 2005.

New Embroiderie Service in El Gouna
At Tamr Henna, under the Arcades, a new Shop has been installed by Ibrahim Fahim and his charming daugther since August 2005: San Bola for Embroiding offers the opportunity to have special slogans, logo’s or hieroglyphic names to be put on your T-Shirt or Polo-shirt, caps, baskets, or towels without […]

Interview with Mr. Roberto Ferrante, Managing Director of IDEA Co. Ltd. El Gouna

Interview of June 23rd, 2005 at Abu Tig Marina, El Gouna

Have a good look at the bills: there are bills of LE = Egyptian Pounds, and there are also bills of Piasters.
You will be not the first tourist who gets some bills of 50 Piasters instead of 50 Pounds. At one side of the bill is the arabic number, at the other side the […]

Today we continued our walk throug Kafr El Gouna and made pictures of the Downtown area. For most visitors to El Gouna it is not quite sure where Downtown starts and Tamr Henna ends. But with those pictures added to our Photo Albums we have now completed the tour through Kafr El Gouna with the […]

Back in April we made already pictures from about half of the Abu Tig Marina and put them into our Abu Tig Marina Photo Album.
Today we continued this walk and now the Abu Tig Marina Photo Album is quite complete. We will use those pictures to illustrate future articles concerning shops, restaurants, hotels and other […]

In our Photo Albums we added today 2 new albums with about 200 new impressions of a lazy afternoon in El Gouna… everybody was at the beach, so nice to show shops and businesses from Tamr Henna and the Art Village without people in front of the buildings. We will use those pictures in future […]

Another funny story happened this morning. If you’ve read the previous story in our series of the Art of Living in El Gouna, you will be happy to learn that indeed, with the window now installed, I had no problems with the mosquitos this night.
However, around 6.15am I awoke because I heard some repeating […]