This small harbor city is located about 60 Km south of Hurghada. Safaga is a working port with several tourist villages specializing in diving holidays, a handful of hotels and some excellent fish restaurants. Unlike other resort areas on the Red Sea, Safaga does not have a complex infrastructure targeted to tourists. Nevertheless, small local cafes and shops will meet most of your shopping needs, and nightly entertainment is available in the different hotels located there. It is known to be one of the best and safest surfing destinations, and the unspoiled dive sites count among the world’s greatest. It is free of pollution and its highly saline water and black sand dunes have distinguished curative properties. The unspoiled beaches and stiff breezes make it an ideal venue for windsurfing. Safaga is also famous for its natural health treatment centers. At selected resorts, local and international spa consultants are there to help you revitalize your skin, relieve your stress and treat your back and neck pains using climatotherapy, aromatherapy, hydrotherapy and underwater massage. It’s the perfect place to have a quiet family vacation by the sea.

Mons Claudianus is at the foot of Jebel Fatira, located about 30 miles from Port Safaga just of the Qena road. This was a Roman Penal Colony of substance, where Quartzy diorite, a high quality granite, was mined as building materials for the Roman Empire. This black stone can still be seen in Rome in the portico of the Pantheon, in Hadrian's Villa, and public baths and in the columns and floor of the Temple of Venus. A temple begun by Hadrian but never finished is in ruins, but the staircase leading to it can still be seen. There is also a Roman camp, dwellings, workshops, stables and a dorms. The camp is surrounded by granite walls with rounded defense towers on the corners, to protect it from Bedouin attacks. There are hot springs today, which where used in a complex underground heating system for the sweating baths. The actual quarries are on the opposite side of the valley. There are fragments of granite, with several ruined artifacts such as a broken column and column slab.

This ancient port lies just a few km north of El Qseir, and was once a thriving haven for trading ships departing to India. Remains of the old port can still be seen today This Ottoman fortress in the town center of Quseir is certainly worth a visit. It was built in the 16th century during the reign of Sultan Selim to protect trade links with India. Napoleon's troops occupied the fortress in 1799, fortifying it with cannons mounted high on the walls. They also added a new viewing platform. A few years later, British forces ejected the French after a fierce battle and added a new gate to the fortress. The opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 led to the decline of Quseir and its fortress.

Recently, restoration work on the fortress has been completed. Cannons are once again pointing seawards from their original gun ports. The viewing platform was also restored with the help of illustrations from the Déscription de l'Égypte that had been commissioned by Napoleon. The fortress now houses the new Visitor Center containing displays on local history, archaeology and culture of the surrounding region.