The underwater life of Sharm el-Sheikh does not need to be represented, it's not accidental that Jacques Yves Cousteau and his team have "jabbed" here and there with their team, remembering to shoot fantastic colors . All sorts of coral sponges, reefs, algae, anemones and other tailless creatures - only a colorful decoration for a rabid amount of scaly living in the waters of Sharma . To just emerge from this "heaven of the cold-blooded" just do not want to, especially realizing that the surface of the Red Sea in this desert place is not nearly as good as life under water . @ Dull in the ida low hotel complexes with dusty and slightly faded palm trees - this is the landscape that awaits the tourists who are touched by the flirting of the tourist . And then for many, the same bummer comes, for which Sharm el-Sheikh begins to swear angrily upon return . Yes , "Superficial" life of this resort and half is not as good as in Nice, but also go to Sharm not for that .

This resort on the Red Sea has been considered an ideal place for a vegetable relaxed holiday for several decades, in which you can forget yourself, soak up the sun, buy children and all this against the background of unreal beauty of the sea. Professionally cheerful animators with songs full of swearing by the pools, Swedish feasts (which, incidentally, are not particularly honored here) and all sorts of hamamas and tennis courts are just a small-and-juicial addition, which is not interesting to mention.

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Phone code of Sharm El Sheikh

8-10- 20-69-telephone number

Sharm el-Sheikh Shards

Sharm el-Sheikh consists of several scenic areas, built along the coast, around the main bays. In a single whole - Sharm - they are connected by the main street Peace Road.

• Naama Bay ("Elder's Bay") is the oldest and most comfortable part of Sharm El Sheikh, a continuous chain of hotels in two or three lines. A pedestrian street with restaurants, cafes, discos and shops stretches along the entire Naama Bay beach
• Sharm el-Maya is located in the south-west of the resort and is famous for the only sandy beach in the resort and the eastern market of the Old Market. There is also the "Old Town" with many shops and cafes, and the same harbor, where yachts with tourists start off for sea walks and the Ras Mohammed reserve
• Sharks Bay is a relatively new resort area in Sharm, which is famous for its magnificent coral reef and upscale hotels
• Nabq is located a few km northeast of Naama Bay, towards the Nabq National Wildlife Refuge and opposite the island of Tiran. Recently, this one of the fastest growing areas of the resort, more and more new hotels are being built here
• Ras Umm al-Sid Bay is located near Naama Bay and is famous for coral gardens full of sea creatures. Here is also located one of the most fashionable hotels on the coast - Ritz Carlton 5 *

How to get to the international airport of Sharm el-Sheikh "Ras Nazran" fly charters from all over Russia, the duration of the flight Moscow -. about 4 hours and 30 minutes. There are no regular flights from Russia, but if the tourist does not want to buy a tour and fly independently, you can also book a regular flight to Cairo or Alexandria (Egypt Air, Aeroflot) and from there to get there.

Internally, flights around the country from Sharm are quite popular: on the day the airport takes about 10 flights from Cairo, Hurghada or Luxor, there are also international flights of Egypt Air and other airlines to Aqaba

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Kud and call, if that

• Tourist police: 600-675
• Police department: 660-306
• Ambulance: 600-554
• Hospital: 661-011
• Airport 601-140

Climate Sharm El Sheikh

March 1, Sunday Clear + 25 ° С in the afternoon + 20 ° C at night ° C water	March 2, Monday Clearly + 24 ° С afternoon + 20 ° C at night ° C water	March 3, Tuesday Clear + 22 ° С day + 19 ° C at night ° C water
Weather forecast in Sharm El Sheikh for 10 days

In winter, at night, the temperature can drop to +15 ° C, so it's worth taking a sweatshirt or a windbreaker with you. However, the water temperature does not fall below + 20 degrees, even in winter. Least windy in the winter at Sharks Bay and Ras Umm Sid

In summer, the thermometer reaches + 40 ° C, but low air humidity makes it easy to transfer heat. In summer the sea warms up to +30 ° C. Rains in Sharm El Sheikh are extremely rare, the air is dry and warm at any time of the year

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Transport in Sharma

In the country the intercity bus service is well developed. From bus station Sharma regularly send buses to Cairo (up to 7 flights a day, en route about 7 hours), to the monastery s.v. Ekaterina (one morning flight, on the way 3 hours), as well as to Dahab, Nuweiba, Suez, Tabu and Ismailia.

Sharm El Sheikh also regularly ferries to Hurghada, travel time 1, 5-3 hours , depending on weather conditions. The ferry leaves from the port at 18:00 on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Back from Hurghada departs at 5:00 on Mondays and at 9:00 on the remaining days. The fare is 45 USD one way and 85 dollars round-trip; children under 12 years old - 30/50 USD, respectively.

In the role of urban transport in Sharma are taxis that run without a schedule at intervals, usually 3-5 minutes. The fare is 1-1, 5 LE, but it is better to agree in advance about payment before boarding. From some hotels on a schedule, there are buses, the journey costs 5-10 LE. In addition, you can ask at the reception desk to order a taxi. The cost of driving 10-30 LE depending on the distance

The resort can also rent a car or scooter (and even a yacht) and it will be an excellent idea . Inexpensive gasoline, good quality roads, and the relative proximity of interesting places and sights pleasantly diversifies tourists' rest . Traffic police are usually very loyal to foreigners . From Sharm el-Sheikh you can get about 1, 5 hours to Dahab (100 km), two hours - to monastery St. .Catherine or Nuweiba, three hours to the Color Canyon or Tabe . For those who are not afraid of long journeys: 360 km to the tunnel under the Suez Canal, 500 km to Cairo and about 9 hours drive to Alexandria .

Beaches of Sharm El Sheikh

Naama Bay beaches are "conditionally-sandy" beaches: you can swim without special shoes everywhere, but only in specially cleared areas (usually they are enclosed by buoys) . There are practically no corals here, several years ago they were cut down.

The only natural sandy beach in Sharm el-Sheikh is Sharm el-Maya Bay (hotels Iberotel Palace and Seti Sharm), only there you can safely bask in.

Beaches in new resort areas (Hadaba, Sharks Bay, Gulf Nabq) is more correct to call not sandy, but coral. There is an environmental zone here, and even to build a bridge over the corals for the passage, hotels need a lot of permits.

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Sharm el-Sheikh hotels

There are about 200 hotels in Sharm, most of them 4 and 5 "stars". If you like, you can also find a trash, but they usually leave much to be desired.

Hotels with water slides: Movenpick Golf, Hyatt, Sun Rise Island View, Sun Rise Island Garden, Dreams Beach and Dreams Vacation, Oriental Resort, Grand Rotana Resort, LTI Grand Azur

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Shopping : Sharma stores

Relatively inexpensive shops and restaurants with the focus in the area of ​​"Old Market" Old Town (Old Market). There it is possible to purchase comparatively advantageous souvenirs, and at the same time to glance at the fruit market. The most expensive shops are in the area of ​​the tourist center in Naama Bay.

What to buy: a hookah ("shisha"), plates with Arabic ornament, stone statuettes of ancient Egyptian gods and pharaohs (15-30 LE), papyri (low- 3 LE, good non-runners 10-20 LE), oils and essences (1 ml - 3 LE), jewelery in the ancient Egyptian style. In any store on the cartouche (the oval frame used in the ancient texts whenever the name of the pharaoh was mentioned) in 15 minutes will bring out the name with ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs in gold or silver.

Cuisine and restaurants of Sharm El Sheikh

Inexpensive and high-quality restaurants : fish Sinai Star (around 15 LE for dinner), Egyptian cuisine restaurant Onions (about 15 LE per dish). Expensive popular restaurants: fish Samakmak, Italian Mamma Mia, Thai restaurant at Sharm Holiday Hotel

Entertainment, excursions and attractions

Within Sharm el-Sheikh there are two national parks: Nabq and world-famous Ras Mohammed. In the Nabq National Park (30 km from Sharm el-Sheikh airport) most tourists get on the boat from the sea, from the road you can enter only by four-wheel drive. The entrance is 5 USD plus 5 USD per car

Ras Mohammed (25 km from Sharm el-Sheikh) occupies the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula. Here, in addition to fantastic sea life (barracudas, sea turtles and sea snakes), you can meet rare earth inhabitants: foxes, fennels, herons, birds of prey. Until 14: 00-15: 00 the park is full of sightseeing groups. Survey of the territory usually begins with the main beach, then - a salt lake, mangroves, a viewing platform and a beach next to it. Entry - 10 USD, of which 5 USD - per car.

Popular discos: Le Pasha (ex. Bus Stop), Hard Rock Cafe (the most interesting here begins after one o'clock in the morning), Smash disco-bar and Black House (at the Tropicana Rosetta hotel). Children's amusement park Fun Town (5 LE per attraction), amusement park Alf Leila We Leila, dolphinarium. Still here you can do tennis, drive on maps or play golf.

In 2009, the Soho Square entertainment complex was opened near the Savoy hotel, where many shops, restaurants, discotheques, an ice rink and an ice bar are located.

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Popular excursions

Excursion to Mount Moses - about 40/20 USD (adult / child), trip to Monastery St. . Catherine 35/20 USD, "Color Canyon of Nuweiba" 50/20 USD, "Grand -safari "55/25 USD, Abu-Galum reserve 60/45 USD, nature reserve" Ras Mohammed "40/20 USD, coral islands 35/25 USD, diving 50 USD (one pogo boat with glass bottom 15/10 USD, bathyscaphe 45/25 USD, dolphinarium 25/15 USD, fishing 55/30 USD, trip to Cairo (1 day, bus) - around 65/35 USD, a trip to Cairo (1 day, plane) 220/150 USD, Cairo - Alexandria (2 days) 150/100 USD, Luxor (plane) 220/150 USD, Moto-safari 25 USD, jeep safari 30/20 USD, show "A Thousand and One Nights" 20/10 USD, a boat trip 35/20 USD, on a yacht 45/25 USD .

Jerusalem (by day, by bus) 220/220 USD, Jerusalem (for two days, by bus) 330/330 USD, Petra (per day, by air) 335/335 USD, Petra (per day, by ferry) 235/210 USD, Turkish bath "hammam" - about 35/20 USD.

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Diving in Sharm El-Sheikh in Sharm

gorgeous diving, which spoils a sinking amount per square kilometer. And this is not surprising: the cost of a week tour in a 5 * hotel in Egypt + a package of dives in any local dive center will be cheaper than even the most impoverished hotel in Sulawesi (and all because of the expensive flight to Indonesia). But the underwater beauties that can be seen here are hardly less.

In Sharm el-Sheikh you can meet: fire corals, massive porites and favites, soft corals, hammerheads, barracuda, perch, antelia, napoleon, karanxes and fish surgeons, manta rays, moray eels and crocodile fish. If these names do not tell you anything, it's time to plunge into the waters of the Red Sea: there is something to see.

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