Sharm el-Sheikh is a city situated on the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt, on the coastal strip between the Red Sea and Mount Sinai.
Sharm el-Sheikh's major industry is foreign tourism. The calm and clear waters of the Red Sea provide an ideal location for various watersports, and particularly for recreational diving and snorkeling (which many consider to be among the best in the world). Ras Mohammed is the southern most tip and a national park which serves to protect this great area of wildlife. A number of large international hotels and noted restaurants have been constructed some 40 kilometers further northeast, as have a number of golf courses and other leisure facilities.
Sharm el-Sheikh serves hub the southern Sinai, including the smaller Dahab and Mount Sinai. The airport sees almost no scheduled flights, but many tour operators fly regularly to and from it, particularly to Italy, Germany and the United Kingdom.
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Tourism information on Sharm El Sheikh (http://www.sharmelsheikh.com/)
More tourist information, including photos (http://www.sharmguide.com/)
Sharm el-Sheikh (شرم الشيخ, also transliterated as SharmashShaykh), often known simply as "Sharm", is a city situated on the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula, in Janub Sina', Egypt, on the coastal strip between the Red Sea and Mount Sinai.
Sharm el-Sheikh 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 on a promontory overlooking the Strait of Tiran at the mouth of the Gulf of Aqaba.
Sharm el-Sheikh (شرم الشيخ, also transliterated as SharmashShaykh and popularly known simply as "Sharm") is a well-known port and resort town at the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt, popular with package holiday makers and divers.
Sharm el-Sheikh Airport (SSH) is the largest in the Sinai and receives planeloads of charter tourists daily in the winter high season.
Sharm el-Sheikh can be reached by driving down the eastern coast from Eilat (Israel) via Nuweiba and Dahab, or via the western coast from Cairo.
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