Sharm El Sheikh Travel Guide

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Pro

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 Beautiful beaches, great diving, cheap shopping, friendly people :) 


Con

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 Pharaos curse - bad stomach. 


In a nutshell

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 Go diving and forget that you're in one of the biggest resort areas in Egypt 

 

Explore Sharm El Sheikh

Things to Do  

Naama Bay

Naama Bay, Sharm El Sheikh

 25 Reviews  Cafe Hand made ​​taking into account the energy control harmful issued from the ground and this is due to staff and visitors calm nerves full making visitors in stable psychological condition and the cafe unique drinks and treatment is of natural herbs known to all. 

Snorkeling

Snorkeling, Sharm El Sheikh

 31 Reviews  we visited sharm el sheikh as friends of ours advised us too do so, they told us whatever we do we must go on the red sea cruise excursion the full day trip. it wasn't the kind of day out i thought my children and myself would enjoy, as my husband loves the sea i knew he would have a great time but... 

Excursions

Excursions, Sharm El Sheikh

 42 Reviews  Whilst we stayed in Sharm we booked all of are excursions through Jasmine Tours the service was great and all the excursions were very well organised. We did Cairo by plane we paid 120 sterling for everything was included and Ahly are guide was great he really looked after us. We also booked Tiran... 

Ras Mohammed National Park

Ras Mohammed National Park, Sharm El Sheikh

 29 Reviews  The national park is, officially, the best place to see the reefs, but... will it really be? Flocks of tourists interact each day with the reef, causing erosion and and damaging the natural balance. They try to relief the pressure, finding other spots, and spreading people. We did, visit a couple of... 

Quad Biking

Quad Biking, Sharm El Sheikh

 25 Reviews  We had the choice of an early morning ride out or an evening one. They do it at these times so you can see the sun rise or set as its pretty nice in Egypts sky. We picked the evening one due to i carn't get up very well in a morning. We got picked up at around 4pm by bus and took to the quad bike... 

Beaches

Beaches, Sharm El Sheikh

 15 Reviews  Most of the hotels and motels in Hadaba area have no beaches It only 5 minutes walking from famous il Mercato promenade and Alf Lial Wa Lila show land Reef Beach is a located in the reef of UM el SID Hill you can have sunbeds on the sandy floor and you take the stairs to enter the reef/sea. You... 

St. Catherine's Monastery

St. Catherine's Monastery, Sharm El Sheikh

 17 Reviews  This was my second time in Sharm-el-Sheikh, and also the second visit to St. Katherine. In the first one, I wrote a tip in Egypt page, now I got a different impression. In the first visit I went there expressly, using a taxi - this time it was a stop in the desert safari. Better idea! Paying the... 

Scuba Diving

Scuba Diving, Sharm El Sheikh

 34 Reviews  Oonas diving is quite good and in the neighborhood of the center. http://www.oonasdiveclub.com/en/component/content/article/165 End of Summer Sale: For only 325 euros you will get: - 7 nights hotel accommodation based on 2 in a twin room - Breakfast included - 5 days boat diving (2 dives per day,... 

Glass Bottom Boat

Glass Bottom Boat, Sharm El Sheikh

 15 Reviews  We decided to take a glass bottom boat trip because I had never done one before. We booked it at the sister hotel to ours (i think it was Albatros something, ours was the Aqua Blu) as they offered better prices than our hotel but I think you can do trips like this from many places around... 

Old Town Sharm

Old Town Sharm, Sharm El Sheikh

 6 Reviews  I enjoyed the visit to the "old market" though clearly understanding that "old" means not so new as the rest. The ambiance gets closer to what we should expect in that area of the world, and commerce more diverse. The kitsch use of a natural hill deeply transformed helps to enhance that ambiance,... 

Naqb Bay

Naqb Bay, Sharm El Sheikh

 3 Reviews  Nabq Bay is the modern version of Sharm El Sheikh; it is located to the north of Sharm El Sheikh old town, quitter place with better architecture, it contains around 60 hotels most of them huge 4 or 5 stars with long beaches in the bay under major hotel chains coming from all over the world ... 

Bedouin Excursion

Bedouin Excursion, Sharm El Sheikh

 8 Reviews  It started off with a 1 hour camel ride in the desert mountains. Don't worry there is a break after about 30 minutes. I will say the camel ride part was a bit uncomfortable but worth the experience. The we sat around a camp fire and talked. Our tour guide told us all we wanted to know about the... 

Moses Mountain - Jebel Musa

Moses Mountain - Jebel Musa, Sharm El Sheikh

 5 Reviews  Moses Mountain again is a very popular attraction in Sharm. It is not for the faint hearted though as it is a long day. I know someone who did this tour and although they said it was fantastic, they said it was very tiring and also worth it for the amazing view. It lasts around 3-4 hours where you... 

Sharks Bay

Sharks Bay, Sharm El Sheikh

 3 Reviews  This is the view looking over sharkes Bay, we got a taxi to take us there and back for approx £8.00 the journey was probobly 30-40mins each way. There are a few restaurants on the beach front and of course the coral reef which John tells me was very good. I was more intrested in the camels on the... 

Tiran Island

Tiran Island, Sharm El Sheikh

 5 Reviews  This trip to Tiran island has one and just one purpose - snorkel. We visited three different spots, all with different characteristics. We were a large group, and we really had fun, in a new, clean and well maintained boat, where even the lunch... was good. Bargain! With a list price of 25£, we... 

Coloured Canyon

Coloured Canyon, Sharm El Sheikh

 5 Reviews  If it was the objective of our trip, I would classify it as a tourist trap. Being a complement, it was... fun. The canyon is tiny, and colours... well, with imagination and good will... It is not a thing to see - it is a radical experience. Going up and down the rocks was a challenge, easy to most... 

Camel Ride

Camel Ride, Sharm El Sheikh

 5 Reviews  I will give anything a go when on holiday and in Egypt a camel ride seems to be the norm. I went on the ride near the blue hole but i got offered a go where ever you go. I didn't cost alot at all really and i went right down the edge of a beach and sea. It wasn't the best ride ever i had done. The... 

Dancing and Partying

Dancing and Partying, Sharm El Sheikh

 7 Reviews  A sure shot of smoothing your nerves after a Hard Day of Swimming and other Activites...Have a Nice Hookah( water pipe) in different flavours and watch the Whole Sharm walk around....Also you get to see a EGYPTIAN NOMADIC JIGGY done mostly by the Entertainers of the cafe...!! Make sure you dnt miss... 

Climbing Mount Sinai

Climbing Mount Sinai, Sharm El Sheikh

 4 Reviews  Sinai looks like nothing so much as the surface of the moon.The Sinai Peninsula consists of an area of some 61,000 square kilometers. Geographical Sinai belongs to Egypt cut from its motherland by the Suez Canal. The natural barriers are the Gulf of Suez to the west, separating the African continent... 

Shisha

Shisha, Sharm El Sheikh

 2 Reviews  ... And then, the group stopped, sat, and prepared to a shisha smoke. I don't smoke, but, being a Roman in Rome, I had to taste it. Excellent! It is so awful as all the other tobacco, so I could concentrate in the tea, and laugh with my friends comments. 

Hotels  

Sultans Gardens Resort

 6 Reviews and 3213 Opinions  The Sultans Gardens hotel locate near Sharm El Sheik´s Airport (about 15 minutes drove) and hotel... 

Hyatt Regency Sharm El Sheikh

 14 Reviews and 1011 Opinions  Good family hotel. Not diver friendly. The hotel Diver Center although member of PADI doesn't... 

Comments (1)

  • giampiero6's Profile Photo
    Nov 2, 2012 at 9:25 AM

    Word these days seems to be for Westerners to stick to the resorts and not stray towards Northern Sinai. Anybody around have any on the ground observations?

    • Nov 25, 2012 at 7:34 AM

      Tourists looking for a relaxing beach holiday tend to stay in Sharm El Sheikh, everything is there that you need. Plenty of restaurants, bars, hotels, beaches, trip opportunities. Hurghada is slightly cooler regarding temperature and is also becoming popular. Day trips can be arranged to Cairo, Luxor and other historic or tourist places. I wouldn't recommend going to other places in Egypt for an actual holiday - stick to Sharm as it is meant to be the best holiday resort in the world and I'd agree. But don't hesitate to take day trips to other places in Egypt as it is such a beautiful country.

    • HeshamMA's Profile Photo
      May 15, 2013 at 3:58 PM

      Giampiero and Ylil , you are both right sharm is safe peaceful , its now full of tourists , day trip is not bad to any where in Egypt , but is you said giampiero you have to stay away from northern Sinai at the moment

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