Have you tried everything in El Gouna?

Tomato vinegar plus chili oil turns carbs into an acidic-spicy explosion — jarring first bite, addictive by the third.

Stewed fava beans with tahini, olive oil, cumin and lemon, mopped up with bread and nothing else.

Tomatoes run EGP 10-15 a kilo here — bring your own bag, this is a working market, not a photo op.

No reservation needed — just show up at Abu Tig with a drink as the yachts light up and everyone pretends they're rich.

The traditional quarter's square comes alive with local music and coffee shops once the workday ends.

A pedestrian-only strip where staff, expats and guests all end up shoulder to shoulder by dusk.

El Gouna is an Orascom company town — Egyptian warmth run with Swiss-level consistency, which unsettles first-timers.

The town's own Egyptian Premier League club, founded 2003 — check fixtures and go sit with the locals.

Shukran (SHOO-kran) is thank you — use it with every tuktuk driver and market seller, they notice.

The coral here is some of the world's most biodiverse — and it looks completely different after dark.

Drivers navigate by 'the hibiscus bush near the hotel with the conference last month' — it always works.

Locals with memberships arrive by 10 AM and leave after sunset — pick Club 88, Mangroovy or Moods by mood, not brand.