El Gouna vs Somabay vs Hurghada: Red Sea compounds compared

The short answer

El Gouna, Somabay and Hurghada sit on the same Red Sea coast, but they are three different purchases: El Gouna is a finished resort town with two marinas, a golf club and international schools, Somabay is a single gated destination built around one marina, and Hurghada is the working city whose compounds spread across the city itself, Makadi and Sahl Hasheesh. This guide compares the three from the Ahlan Homes catalogue alone — compound and unit counts, unit types, asking prices dated 2 October 2026, deposit and instalment terms, and the delivery dates on the record. Every figure below is an asking price or a recorded date, never an estimate, and the record keeps no price history, so this is a comparison of what is on offer today rather than a forecast.

Who each one suits

El Gouna is for the buyer who wants a town rather than a compound. The catalogue holds 10 compounds and 45 units, from apartments and penthouses to twinhouses, villas and chalets, with recorded delivery in 2028 and 2029. If you are looking for the best compounds in El Gouna, the record's answer is one Hassan Allam Properties project and eight Orascom Development Egypt projects: Encore, Tuban El Gouna, Marina Island by Tuban, North Bay, Shedwan, Fanadir Shores, Nuba, Kamaran, Siba El Gouna and The Nines. The landmarks the record carries inside the town are El Gouna International School, El Gouna Golf Club, El Gouna Marina and Abu Tig Marina.

Somabay is for the buyer who wants everything inside one gate. It is the largest of the three in the catalogue: 15 compounds and 67 units, with the widest unit mix on this coast — eight types, including cabins and chalets next to apartments and villas. Terms run to 8 years, and the recorded deliveries spread over 2026, 2027, 2029 and 2030, so a buyer can choose between something finishing almost now and something still at the start. Soma Bay Marina is the centre of gravity, and Safaga port is 12.8–15.9 km from the projects that record it.

Hurghada is the widest in geography and the most varied in payment terms: 8 compounds and 51 units across three districts — Hurghada itself, Makadi and Sahl Hasheesh — with plans from 5% down over 7 years to 15% down over 8 years. The lowest asking price among the projects this guide names is 8,000,000 EGP for an 88 sq m apartment in makadina, and the highest is 59,000,000 EGP for a 237 sq m villa in Ras Soma-Phase 1. Sahl Hasheesh is the quietest of its three districts, Makadi is where the golf and the bay are, and the city district is the one closest to the airport.

The best compounds in El Gouna, Somabay and Hurghada

Inside the catalogue, these are the projects worth knowing, each with what the record says about it.

• Encore (El Gouna, Hassan Allam Properties) — apartments, duplexes and penthouses, 110–185 sq m, two to four bedrooms, asking 27,900,000–47,700,000 EGP, 5% down over 6 years, delivery August 2028, 2.1 km from El Gouna Marina and 28.8 km from Hurghada International Airport.
• Tuban El Gouna (El Gouna, Orascom Development Egypt) — apartments, townhouses and villas, 83–177 sq m, one to three bedrooms, 15% down over 5 years, delivery June 2028, 1.9 km from El Gouna International School and 2.8 km from Mangroovy.
• Greens Baywest Valley (Somabay) — apartments, chalets, villas and twinhouses, 106–174 sq m, asking 18,900,000–37,100,000 EGP, 5% down over 8 years, delivery January 2029, 0.6 km from Mesca.
• Coral Coves (Somabay) — apartments, chalets and villas, 100–210 sq m, asking 18,900,000–87,700,000 EGP, 5% down over 8 years, delivery February 2029, 2.9 km from Soma Bay Marina.
• Blanca Gardens Collection (Somabay) — chalets, villas and twinhouses, 61–219 sq m, asking 14,700,000–47,800,000 EGP, 5% down over 5 years, delivery January 2029, 1.7 km from Soma Breeze.
• Almaza Ras Soma - Marina Gate (Somabay, Travco Properties) — villas, twinhouses, townhouses, duplexes and penthouses, 137–198 sq m, asking 18,000,000–46,000,000 EGP, 5% down over 7 years, delivery August 2030, 3.7 km from Soma Bay Marina and 12.8 km from Safaga port.
• Ledge-Makadi Heights (Makadi, Orascom Development Egypt) — apartments, chalets, duplexes and penthouses, 61–132 sq m, asking 10,150,000–23,825,000 EGP, and two recorded plans: 10% down over 7 years or 15% down over 8 years, delivery December 2029, 25.1 km from Hurghada International Airport and 22.2 km from Hurghada Grand Aquarium.
• makadina (Makadi, Travco Properties) — apartments, villas, townhouses and twinhouses, 88–233 sq m, asking 8,000,000–25,000,000 EGP, 10% down over 8 years, delivery August 2030, 1.6 km from Madinat Makadi Golf Resort and 4.1 km from Makadi Bay.
• Siyal (Makadi, Orascom Development Egypt) — villas, townhouses and twinhouses, 138–249 sq m, asking 23,585,000–50,580,000 EGP, 10% down over 7 years, delivery August 2029, 5.4 km from Makadi Bay Beach and 5.1 km from Madinat Makadi Golf.
• Aden Parks (Hurghada, Orascom Development Egypt) — apartments and chalets, 95–120 sq m, asking 15,405,000–17,405,000 EGP, 10% down over 7 years, delivery December 2029, 2.6 km from Hurghada International Airport and 2.6 km from Hurghada Grand Aquarium.

The three area pages carry the full picture for each destination: El Gouna, Somabay and Hurghada.

Prices and payment terms

The figures below are asking prices from the catalogue on 2 October 2026 — what the seller is asking, not a final sale price. The record keeps no earlier prices, so there is no price trend to read from it and none is claimed here.

In Somabay the named projects run from 14,700,000 EGP for an 83 sq m chalet in Blanca Gardens Collection to 87,700,000 EGP for a 210 sq m villa in Coral Coves, and the wider Somabay list in the record runs higher still on the villa side, up to 150,000,000 EGP for a 313 sq m villa in Wadi Soma. In Hurghada the named projects run from 8,000,000 EGP for an 88 sq m apartment in makadina to 59,000,000 EGP for a 237 sq m villa in Ras Soma-Phase 1. In El Gouna the project whose recorded rows cover its whole range is Encore, at 27,900,000–47,700,000 EGP for 110–185 sq m; the town's other projects in the record carry asking figures that sit far below the rest of this coast, so they are named here without a price.

Payment terms are the clearest difference between the three. Somabay is the most generous in the record: 5% down is the plan on every Somabay project named here, with 5, 7 or 8 years to pay, and 8 years is the area's maximum. Hurghada and Makadi spread wider — 5% down over 7 years at Ras Soma-Phase 2, 10% down over 7 or 8 years at makadina, Ledge-Makadi Heights, Siyal and Aden Parks, and 15% down at Amber-Il Bayou. El Gouna takes the middle: 5% down over 6 years at Encore, 15% down over 5 years at Tuban El Gouna and the other Orascom projects in the town. A lower deposit is not automatically the cheaper route: it usually sits next to a longer schedule, which is what the area maximum of 8 years in Somabay and Hurghada buys.

Delivery in the record

The record dates delivery — it does not track construction progress and does not forecast a handover, so a delivery year here is the date written on the row and nothing more.

El Gouna is the narrowest window: every recorded date falls in 2028 or 2029, from June 2028 at Tuban El Gouna to January 2029 at Marina Island by Tuban. Somabay has the widest spread of the three, with dates in 2026, 2027, 2029 and 2030 — September 2026 on Blanca, Nautilus, Mesca Edition and Wadi Jebal Extension, June 2027 on Reef Town, and August 2030 on Almaza Ras Soma - Marina Gate. Hurghada runs from August 2028 (Ras Soma-Phase 1) to August 2030 (makadina), with 2029 the busiest year in its rows: Siyal in August, Sahl Hasheesh's Amber-Il Bayou in May, and Aden Parks and Ledge-Makadi Heights in December. A buyer who needs something soon should read those 2026 and 2027 rows directly, and a buyer with time can use the length of the plan instead: the 2030 deliveries are the ones matched with the longest schedules.

Access, airports and landmarks

Hurghada International Airport is the airport for all three destinations, and the recorded distances show how differently each sits against it. Aden Parks is the closest project in this guide at 2.6 km, and the same row puts Hurghada Grand Aquarium at 2.6 km; Ledge-Makadi Heights and Siyal record the airport at 25.1 km; Amber-Il Bayou, in Sahl Hasheesh, records 16.6 km. El Gouna has its own airport inside the town — El Gouna Airport is 3.8 km from Tuban El Gouna and 4.1 km from Shedwan — and Encore records Hurghada International Airport at 28.8 km.

Somabay sits further south on the same coast: the airport is 37.4 km from Coral Coves, 38.3 km from Almaza Ras Soma - Marina Gate, 38.7 km from Greens Baywest Valley and 40.3 km from Blanca Gardens Collection. Safaga port is the other recorded anchor there, 12.8 km from Almaza and 15.9 km from Coral Coves. Inside the destinations, the landmarks are the marinas and the golf: Soma Bay Marina at 2.9–3.7 km, El Gouna Marina at 2.1 km from Encore and 51.9 km from Ledge-Makadi Heights, Madinat Makadi Golf Resort at 1.6 km from makadina and Madinat Makadi Golf at 5.1 km from Siyal. The record carries no distance to Cairo, so none is printed.

FAQ

Which are the best compounds in El Gouna? The catalogue holds ten there: Encore by Hassan Allam Properties, and Tuban El Gouna, Marina Island by Tuban, North Bay, Shedwan, Fanadir Shores, Nuba, Kamaran, Siba El Gouna and The Nines by Orascom Development Egypt. The mix runs from apartments and penthouses to twinhouses, villas and chalets, and the landmarks recorded inside the town are the two marinas, the golf club and El Gouna International School.

How much does a unit in El Gouna cost? On 2 October 2026 the asking prices recorded for Encore, the project whose rows cover its full range, are 27,900,000–47,700,000 EGP for 110–185 sq m apartments, duplexes and penthouses, with 5% down over 6 years and delivery in 2028. These are asking prices, not sale prices.

How far is El Gouna from Hurghada International Airport? Encore records the airport at 28.8 km, and the town also has El Gouna Airport inside it, 3.8 km from Tuban El Gouna and 4.1 km from Shedwan. Tuban El Gouna records Hurghada General Hospital at 22.4 km. The record does not carry a distance to Cairo.

Is Somabay close to Hurghada? Yes, on the same coast and south of the city: the Somabay projects record Hurghada International Airport at 37.4–40.3 km, and Safaga port at 12.8–15.9 km. Inside the destination, Soma Bay Marina is 2.9–3.7 km from the projects this guide names.

Which governorate are El Gouna, Somabay and Hurghada in? All three are in the Red Sea governorate. In the site's place list each of the three is a separate area under the same city, and a compound's district sits inside it — Makadi and Sahl Hasheesh are districts of Hurghada, not separate areas.

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