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This sheltered spot on the tip of the Sinai Peninsula offers calm, clear waters unlike any others in Egypt. Aside from swimming, snorkeling and diving off sparkling sands, visitors here will likely fill their time exploring the sea in other ways -- with a glass-bottom boat tour, perhaps, or sport-fishing and wildlife-watching excursions.

Near Sharm el Sheikh is the Marine National Park, the first of its kind along the rich Red Sea. This remarkable preserve, in the neighboring resort community of Ras Mohammed, boasts colorful coral gardens, exotic sealife and the sunken wreckage of the SS Thistlegorm, a British merchant navy ship now favored by experienced scuba divers. Another serene spot is St. Catherine’s Monastery at the foot of Mount Sinai, where biblical history places Moses when he received the Ten Commandments.

Language: Arabic     Currency: Egyptian Pound (EGP)