Old Sheraton beach

This guide to the Old Sheraton beach in Hurghada traces the fate of the Red Sea's first hotel, opened in 1963 by the Egyptian government and designed to catch the sea breeze from every room. It follows the building through the 1967 Six Day War, when Egypt's coast turned into a military zone and the hotel went dark for a decade, guests replaced by soldiers watching the shoreline. Listen for the story of the empty windows and the concrete curve you can still trace along the beach today.