The Ahmed Hamdi Tunnel takes you to Ain Musa, which is southeast of where the Suez Canal meets the Gulf of Suez. This area is also called the Springs of Moses. In the Old Testament, it says that after the Israelites crossed the Red Sea, God told Moses to throw a branch into a bitter spring to make it a…
Coral reefs in the Red Sea are home to one of the world's richest and most diverse ecosystems. Because coral is made up of colonies of very small animals called polyps, it needs very specific environmental conditions to grow.
Dahab is a fishing village in Egypt that sits on the edge of the Red Sea. Sharm el-Sheikh (100 km) and Nuweiba (87 km) are about the same distance from each other. The city of Dahab is on the Egyptian side of the Gulf of Aqaba. It is part of the Governorate of South Sinai and can be reached by…
Hurghada is one of the most important cities in Egypt. Hurghada is a popular place for tourists to go when they visit Egypt. The Red Sea is a popular tourist spot because it is the perfect place for a wide range of water sports and activities that require strength and courage. Hurghada is often thought to be the best because…
About 220 kilometres south of Hurghada, Marsa Alam is quickly becoming one of the most popular resort towns along the Red Sea Riviera. You could go there by way of the Red Sea Riviera. Beachgoers, sunbathers, scuba divers, wind surfers, and snorkelers who have been to MarsaAlam before and enjoyed its peace and beauty like to go back. In this…
Most people agree that St. Anthony's was the first monastery in the area. It was built in the highlands near the Red Sea in the first few years of the common era, or around AD 361-3. It is the oldest Coptic monastery in Egypt, which is a big deal.
The only way to get to St. Paul's Monastery is through a complicated maze of narrow stone steps. St. Paul was born into a wealthy family in Alexandria in 228 AD. At age 16, he ran away to the Eastern Desert and became the first person in history to live alone there. Saint Paul was an actual person who lived…
Nuweiba is in the middle of the Gulf of Aqaba's shoreline. It is split into three parts that are about 6 miles (10 km) from each other. Bedouins have moved to the area in the north. Near the shore of Tarabeen, visitors can stay at one of the many campsites with bamboo homes. In the 16th century, a Mamluk king…
In the far northwest of the country, there is a protected area called Ras Mohamed National Park. Ras Mohammed is a 480-square-kilometer area at the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula, about 20 kilometres from Sharm el-Sheikh.
In 1989, Egypt's first Marine National Park was set up near Ras Mohammed at the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula. There is a lot of marine life to see below the surface, and the reefs are full of colourful corals and sponges. This makes it one of the best places to go diving and snorkelling.
People often think that the Greek Orthodox monastery of St. Catherine on the slopes of Mount Sinai is the oldest Christian monastery in the world that has always had people living there. The monastery has stood the test of time since it was built in 400 AD.
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt is a big city in Egypt. It is on the coast of the Red Sea, where the Suez Canal and the Gulf of Aqaba meet. Sharm El Sheikh is a popular place for tourists to visit in Egypt because it has good infrastructure for tourism. Egypt's economy
Taba which is on Egypt's border with Israel, was given back to Egypt in 1989 because of pressure from around the world. Egypt was determined to get all of the Sinai Peninsula back from Israel, so fighting continued here for another seven years after the rest of Sinai had been taken back.
Wadi Feiran, which is the largest oasis in south Sinai, is about halfway between the Red Sea and St. Catherine's Monastery. It is at the base of Mount Serbal, which is 6,000 feet high (6,560 feet).
