Sharm El-Sheikh travel guide

Nowhere in Sinai is the tourist boom as concentrated as in Sharm el-Sheikh.

With an airport and a seaport that connects the city to the second large tourist centre, Hurghada, Sharm el-Sheikh has the best conditions for this type of development due to its beaches and especially its superb diving areas. In the last 20 years, the city at the southern tip of the desert peninsula has quadrupled its visitor numbers and the end is not yet in sight. Meanwhile, the hotels extend far north through several bays all the way to Ras Nusrani and Nabq Bay. Downtown Sharm el-Sheik, the original settlement from the period of Israel-Egyptian conflict, lies above the port. In addition to some hotels, the old market with the telephone exchange, souvenir shops and grocery stores, restaurants (some at budget prices) and cafés can be found here. The tourist centre of Sharm el-Sheikh lies next to the large inlet called Naama Bay, about 10km/6mi north of the city centre. It has a small pedestrian zone with a bazaar, countless diving schools, cafés, fast-food chains, restaurants, and discos. Many hotels in Naama Bay are located on the waterfront right next to the well-kept beach. Visitors who are not hotel guests have to pay for beach access. Shark Bay, about 6km/4mi north of Naama Bay, is also perfect for snorkelling and diving since the reef falls off very close to the beach there.

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