The Red Sea

Why Is The Red Sea Called The Red Sea?

The Giza Pyramids have inspired travelers to come to Egypt for thousands of years. Each year millions of people visit Cairo, Luxor, and the Nile Valley to see the temples, tombs, and monuments left behind by the pharaohs of Ancient Egypt. Visitors are also drawn to the stunning armature and rich history of medieval Islamic Cairo and the fabulous Greco- Roman heritage of Alexandria.

still, despite all of this history along the Nile Valley, the areas to the east along the Red Sea and in the Sinai Peninsula, has come a booming destination in their own right. This coast has grown into a popular beach destination for tourists passing up the prodigies of the Nile Valley for the calm blue waters of the Red Sea, white sand beaches, and coral reefs teaming with the sea- life.

Coastal municipalities like Hurghada, Marsa Alam, and Ain Sukhna have grown into thriving resorts that offer beautiful strands and nearly time-round warm temperatures. Off the seacoast, several coral islands attract scuba divers and snorkelers and the Eastern Desert visitors can now enjoy this assessing landscape on camping passages and quadrangle bike tours.

Dahab

a coastal villiage in the middle of the eastern mount of Sinai is now a booming diving community. It offers a range of lodgment from hotels for budget travelers to luxurious full-service resorts. All of this is located right on the water, put away between the grandiloquent mountains of Sinai’s interior and the crystal waters of the Gulf of Aqaba with the shadowy mountains of Saudi Arabia visible across the water in the distance.

In the central part of Dahab, there's a well-established strip of cafes and hospices that allow trippers to chesterfield by the water while enjoying the full eatery service. farther north the vibe is more relaxed and less advanced and many long hauls out of the city in either direction are resorts offering more exclusive sequestration. All of these places organize passages to the numerous emotional diving and snorkeling locales hard.
Through any of the hotels or numerous tourism shops, it's easy to systematize diving trips or safari trips into Sinai’s innards. quadrangle bike excursions, camel lifts, and day passages toSt. Katherine and Mount Sinai deep in the middle of the promontory are all popular.

About 60 kilometers north of Dahab is the city of Nuweiba, which is indeed more low-key. utmost of the lodgment then correspond of simple hooches
on the sand with an eatery hard. They give the ultimate in relaxation and also the easiest access to excursions to Sinai’s innards.

Sharm El Sheik 

Located at the southern point of the Sinai Peninsula, Sharm El Sheik and Naama Bay in the neighboring bay are the premier sand spots in Egypt. They both have developed from nothing thirty times ago into roaring beachfront hotspots that offer year-round sun and booming nightlife.

Organized on a single main road between the water and mountains before, these resort areas offer numerous accommodation options, cafes, and bars.
They're also near some inconceivable diving locations and every hotel organizes diving and snorkeling trips. European travelers flock then year-round, especially in the fall, winter, and early spring before the summer heat gets too violent. Just a many long hauls down from Ras Mohammed National Marine Park, a marine nature save that offers some of the most distinct and generous sea- life available to divers the world over.

Hurghada

Hurghada city is far from Cairo by 6 hours driving and from Luxor by4.5 hours driving. It's the biggest megacity on the red sea. Hurghada airport makes it easy to travel to the city from worldwide and from Egyptian cities, there are numerous ways for a trip from/ to Hurghada from other cities in Egypt by flight with Egypt Air, ferry boat that cruises between Hurghada and Sharm El Sheikh or the transportation companies in Hurghada that leave to Cairo, Luxor, Marsa Alam, Alexandria, etc which make the city easy to reach from anywhere.

The Hurghada city is divided into three partitions, El Dahar area is the old area in Hurghada and it has the old request and stores in Hurghada, the biggest Masjid in Hurghada, and a church. The alternate area is called El Sakala and this bone corresponds to numerous stores, Cafes, discus, Hurghada Marina, and Hurghada harborage where ferry boats leave for Sharm El Sheikh and Saudi Arabia. The newest area is the Touristic Road that takes place in front of the hospices, there are numerous stores, cafes, and discus along the road.