You will need a minimum of 6 months remaining on your passport.
A visa is required and can be purchased at Hurghada Airport.
Most major UK airports offer flights direct to Hurghada including Birmingham, Gatwick, Glasgow and Manchester. Alternatively internal flights in Egypt are very cheap so it's quite affordable to fly to Hurghada from another Egyptian airport, e.g. Cairo or Luxor. Direct flights to Hurghada are becoming more and more available, some UK examples are:
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Personally, we recommend that in the first instance you use taxis but barter for a price; or better still, insist they put the meter on.
For the more adventurous amongst you, try the local buses (micro bus), these are small minibuses and they charge between 50 - 150‚ piasters per trip into Hurghada Centre (Dahar).
For journeys further afield, please feel free to contact the
keyholder. He will be pleased to advise and possibly arrange the
trip for you. A price list is available in our information pack in
the lounge