Flight from Stockholm to Hurghada - charter to El Gouna

Our flight from Stockholm to Hurghada in Egypt went really well, and the five hours in the air disappeared unexpectedly quickly. When we arrived in Hurghada, it turned out that we had booked a hotel in El Gouna. Exciting!

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Flights from Stockholm to Hurghada

You may remember that we just recently decided to go on a new trip. We had actually planned to travel to Sharm el Sheikh with 1001 Natt Resor, but when they went bankrupt we quickly bought a last minute ticket from Stockholm to Hurghada.

We booked the trip via Airtours and flew with SAS charter, on Saturday morning just after seven in the morning. The journey took about five hours directly from Stockholm to Hurghada and was fairly comfortable. We slept, read books, worked on the computer (you can buy good internet for SEK 50) and ate sandwiches (you can also pre-order meals). In the middle of the day we landed in a wonderfully warm Hurghada!

Travelling by charter

We are travelling very rarely with charters. We don't mind the concept, but we are curious and often prefer to travel more on our own. This time we thought we found a really affordable charter option, and we couldn't resist. On site in Hurghada we were met by nice and helpful representatives from Airtours. Excellent, but a little unusual!

READ MORE: El Gouna, Egypt - hotels, beaches and excursions

To ... El Gouna?

We showed our tickets and ticked our names and were clearly shown to a small bus that would take us to El Gouna. El Gouna ...? But Peter, hadn't we booked a hotel in the centre of Hurghada?

It turned out that Peter had mainly checked if the hotel was cosy and if it was close to the water, but not so much. which city it was located in. El Gouna is 2.7 miles from the centre of Hurgahada and can certainly be good enough, but we were a bit surprised ...!

Från Stockholm till Hurghada med Airtorus — Our charter bus that took us to the hotel

READ MORE: Things to do in Hurghada - 17 tips for activities and excursions

Sultan Bey Hotel in El Gouna

After a 45 minute drive (through desolate desert with empty half-finished houses) we arrived in El Gouna and our Sultan Bey Hotel. How cosy it looked! The city felt welcoming with green plants, and the hotel was really picturesque with small houses, paths and beautiful flowers. This felt like just the right place for us right now. It was probably not so bad with El Gouna!

Från Stockholm till Hurghada och El Guona

Our hotel room is excellent - cosy and with good facilities for charging all our electronics. However, the hotel's free Wifi works rather poorly, so we have bought local sim cards with data traffic. We bought 16 GIG each at Orange, and for this we had to pay 90 SEK per person. It works really well, so we are satisfied!

The hotel is nicely located on the waterfront, in a bay with surrounding buildings. To get out to a good beach, you have to take a boat, which leaves every 45 minutes from the hotel. We have not tried this yet, but we will report back!

Have you been to El Gouna? Tell us about it!

Peter i Egypten — Peter (and I) having a beer at the hotel's beach bar.

08 December 2019 6:00

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Ruth in Virginia says:

Got to check out the nice hotel. It's actually called
Sultan BEY according to their advertising. Looks absolutely fantastic.
Like low separate buildings much more than muli-storey hotels.
The room - just my style. Minimalism!

Never thought of visiting Egypt; always seemed to me to be
be unrest there at the time we travelled. Wishing you
a good continuation of the Egypt adventure! Really looking forward to
looks promising.

08 December 2019 - 6:31

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  Helena says:
  
  Thanks for noticing the spelling of the hotel! I also had to google it now, and you're right, so of course I'm changing it to Bey. Funny enough, it says Bay on Aitrour's page (which we booked through) and on our booking papers. But I have to go by what the hotel themselves write 😉 Thanks again! And agree, I also think it is more cosy with small low buildings really.
  
  08 December 2019 - 7:05
  
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Ann Beutler says:

Wishing you a great holiday! Where did you buy the Sim cards?

08 December 2019 - 7:47

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  Helena says:
  
  Thank you very much! We bought the SIM cards at an Orange office in the centre of Gouna. Last time we were in Egypt (Sharm el Sheikh) we bought SIM cards at a Vodafone office, but this time we found Orange. Both seem to work fine in our experience.
  
  08 December 2019 - 8:13
  
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  Helena says:
  
  I should also say that it requires an inflated phone.
  
  08 December 2019 - 9:10
  
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Lena - good for the soul says:

Hehe, maybe he was a little too stressed to find an alternative trip 🙂 But what luck that it seems good anyway. The hotel looks super cosy!

Hug Lena

08 December 2019 - 7:50

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  Helena says:
  
  Yes, haha, I think so. There were very few places left on this type of trip, so it was a bit stressful 😉.
  
  08 December 2019 - 8:14
  
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Husis blog says:

It is always exciting to follow you on your travels, what happens now. Last time it was, if the owners don't remember the wrong day you came to Arlanda and now you didn't stay in Hurghada...?.
However, it looks lovely with blue skies and then the owners think of warmth.
Smart to be able to buy Wi-Fi on flights, the owners have missed it on their travels but it may be more common nowadays.
Wishing you a happy second advent and above all a pleasant journey!

08 December 2019 - 7:53

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  Helena says:
  
  Yes, haha, we also think it's a bit exciting. I was so happy when I arrived at Arlanda and realised that it was the right day and that our tickets worked 🙂 Then I was a little surprised when we were going to a different place than planned haha, but it can hopefully be good too 😉.
  
  08 December 2019 - 8:15
  
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Zanna says:

Saw your greeting at Mosquito. We are coming down on Wednesday but live 2 miles south of Hurgada. Read that you bought a sim card for data traffic. Do you have a wireless router with you or how do you do it? Will be super fun to read about your stay. Wish you a toppenresa☀️!

08 December 2019 - 8:25

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  Helena says:
  
  Great that you are on your way! We use our mobile phones as routers. Then we have both internet on the phone and can share to the computers. It works great, but you have to have an inflated phone. (Most phones can be unlocked, possibly for a fee. Call the operator and check.) Otherwise, of course, it works with a router as well.
  
  08 December 2019 - 9:15
  
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  Helena says:
  
  Unlocked, of course ... not inflated 😉.
  
  08 December 2019 - 15:16
  
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Ama de casa says:

Looks very nice! Ending up in the wrong city can be a good thing. Better that than ending up in the "right" city in the wrong place. I have a friend who booked a central hotel in Toledo. However, a small problem was that it turned out to be in Toledo, Brazil instead of Toledo, Spain. A little longer "miss" than 2.7 miles you could say 😀.

Have a great time and a nice second advent!
PS: Looking at the comments above and wondering... An inflated mobile phone? Is it the kind that floats when you drop it in the pool, or? 😀 /Technology expert...

08 December 2019 - 9:54

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- Ruth in Virginia says:
  
  Hahaha - exactly the same I wondered too, Ama!
  Also wondered about the "sim card" that is purchased at a
  Orange office. Do you need a SIM card if you
  want to take a bath?
  Modern language is hard to understand for vultures like me. 🙂
  
  08 December 2019 - 14:36
  
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  Helena says:
  
  Oh, hard when you booked a hotel in the wrong part of the world...! Inflated haha, sometimes it's hard with those automatic corrections ... unlocked it should be! 😉
  
  08 December 2019 - 15:18
  
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Role o Carina says:

Looks lovely, like blue sky and sun! 🙂

Have a good time there and enjoy......

08 December 2019 - 12:15

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  Helena says:
  
  Yes, great! Thank you very much!
  
  08 December 2019 - 18:47
  
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Solan says:

? Splash around in the blue...
Sometimes wrong can be right! ?

08 December 2019 - 13:29

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  Helena says:
  
  Right? 🙂
  
  08 December 2019 - 18:47
  
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BP says:

Well, that's the beauty of last-minute travelling. You can end up anywhere, and most of the time (in our experience) you end up in great places.
I think your hotel looks incredibly cosy. The decor of the room is typical of Arab countries, simple and nice. Oh I who do not want sand between my toes would have appreciated the lawn and pool extra much. I really hope you can rest for a week now!
Had a good laugh at the inflated mobile phone:-) Not that I know what an unlocked mobile phone is, but still;-)

08 December 2019 - 17:30

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  Helena says:
  
  Oh sorry, didn't think of that. An unlocked mobile phone is one that is not locked to a single operator - i.e. you can insert another SIM card.
  
  08 December 2019 - 18:49
  
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Ditte says:

And it seems that El Gouna and the hotel are successful. A boat trip to the bath feels nice. Wish you nice days here.

08 December 2019 - 18:41

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  Helena says:
  
  Yes, it feels like a good start! 🙂
  
  08 December 2019 - 18:49
  
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Snows says:

I can imagine that El Gouna is very similar to Makadi bay which is a few miles south of Hurghada. If you want peace and quiet and are on holiday to swim and sunbathe, I would not have chosen Hurghada. An excursion there is easy to do so we were pleased that we chose Makadi. The advantage there is that the beach is right next door.

09 December 2019 - 19:44

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