Mar

Egypt New Destination: Sharm El Sheikh

Egypt tourism not only offers the pyramids and the Sphinx, but also offers a range of beautiful beaches. One of the famous beach is that you may have heard is Alexandria. But do you know that there are other coast tour that is not less marvelous and began to be attractions for foreign tourists?

Welcome to Sharm el Sheikh, the city that is situated on the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula, in Janub Sina’, Egypt, on the coastal strip between the Red Sea and Mount Sinai. This city is the administrative hub of Egypt’s Southern Sinai province which includes the smaller coastal towns of Dahab and Nuweiba as well as the mountainous interior, Saint Catherine’s Monastery and Mount Sinai. Sharm el-Sheikh is known as The City of Peace referring to the large number of international peace conferences that have been held there.

Sharm El Sheikh has resort community that is quite different from other resorts in Egypt. It has been made like in the United States and Europe, using the Boardwalk system that connects the other resorts to the main resort. So tourists can pitch between the resorts with spectacular pampered like shops, restaurants, clubs, hotels and even start until 3 stars hotel 5 stars.

The Israelis built the town of Ofira overlooking Sharm el-Maya Bay, and the Nesima area, and opened the first tourist-oriented establishments in the area six kilometers north at Naama Bay. These included a marina hotel on the southern side of the bay, a nature field school on the northern side, diving clubs, a now well-known promenade, and the Naama Bay Hotel. Also called Blackpool by foreign tourists.

Multicolored lighting, din, souvenir shops, which rowing along the road, and various nightclubs such as Pacha, Ministry of Sound, Hard Rock Cafe, and Buddha Bar atmosphere create a feeling such as in the Spain coastal. In fact, there is a pub that is very English-style Tavern Bar, which call themselves as “Sharm’s English bar”. English style can be seen from the thick smoke of cigarettes, loud music scene, the big screen showing the sports evens and a special serving of grilled meat on Sunday.

However, if you want to experience more of the original feel of Egypt, do not worry because there are also prevalent with the cafes which are designed with the full style of Bedouin’s carpets, cushions and small sisha, along with range of shops selling oriental footwear, camel decorations, and exotic spices. At night, the center of Na’ama Bay is like very alive and very much in contrast to the noon day. The crowd moving to the beach areas.

Other entertainment is casino, even Sharm provide 6 casinos. Meanwhile, for family entertainment, there’s Aquapark and Cleopark Waterparks offer a variety of water entertainment. Sharm El Sheikh Resort unsparing in facilitating the tourists who come to their resort. They have a two-ring to play ice skating, an arena to play bowling, golf in the PGA championship 18-hole Golf Resort at the Maritime and crossing the tracks to play gocar. Also, of course, you can play a sailboat, a glass-bottom boat tour or dive under the water because its very popular in Sharm.

However, the dessert tour is no less interesting. The tourists will experience the night of “Arabian Style” in the sand with the food and entertainment treat like Egyptian style.