El Qoseir
Red Sea town with around 5,000 years of continuous settlement, El Qoseir was known in ancient Egypt as Tjau and in the Ptolemaic era as Myos Hormos, serving as the terminus of the Wadi Hammamat trail — a major overland route linking the Nile Valley to the coast. Today it sits within walking distance of the Red Sea and close to the mountains of Egypt's Eastern Desert, offering a quieter alternative to the larger resorts to the north.
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- Population24,653
- Nearest water from center 5.0 km3.1 mi
- Nearest mountain from center 7.8 km4.8 mi
Nearest airports
El Qoseir: quick answers
Where is El Qoseir?
El Qoseir is in Egypt, about 136 km85 miles in a straight line from Hurghada.
How do you get to El Qoseir?
The nearest airport is Marsa Alam (RMF), about 1 hr 9 min away by road.
What's the weather like in El Qoseir?
The warmest month is August, averaging 31°C87°F across day and night; the coolest is January, at 17°C62°F. The wettest month is October, with about 2 mm0.1 in of precipitation. (Monthly averages, 1991–2020.)
What's in El Qoseir?
OpenStreetMap lists 2 cafés and 5 places of worship within 2 km of the centre.