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Red Sea Riviera (Arabic:ريفييرا البحر الأحمر, Rīfiyīrā al-Baḥr al-Aḥmar) is the collective term for egyptian Holiday resorts in the area of Red sea and des Sinai. They are located on the east coast of the Sinai Peninsula Gulf of Aqaba, on the west coast of Sinai on Gulf of Suez and on the Red Sea coast.
background
The resorts on the Red Sea coast, des Gulf of Aqaba and des Gulf of Suez are among the most popular holiday areas in the world. They combine a year-round mild to hot climate, a warm sea (20 to 30 ° C water temperature), hundreds of kilometers of coastline with many sandy beaches and a delightful underwater world.
While divers were mainly found here in the 1980s, since 1990 there have been especially divers Hurghada and Sharm esch-Sheikh expanded to holiday resorts. Previously there were mostly only small villages at the holiday resorts, some resorts like El Gouna were artificially created in previously uninhabited places on the coast.
In the area of the coast and inland were National parks expelled. These are mainly underwater parks and especially on the Sinai also landscape protection areas in the countryside. Behind the coast of the Red Sea is largely a deserted desert.
In addition to swimming are numerous water sports activities such as Diving, Surfing and kitesurfing possible.
places
South Sinai
- 1 Ṭābā - Border town with Israel and resort
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- 2 Taba Heights - artificial holiday development
- 3 Nuweiba - Port and resort
- 4 Dahab - Village and resort
- 5 Sharm esch-Sheikh - the most important resort in South Sinai
- 6 Strait of Tīrān - Strait, about 15 kilometers northeast of Sharm esch-Sheikh, in the Gulf of Aqaba with popular diving areas.
- 7 Raʾs Muḥammad National Park - National park on the southern tip of the Sinai peninsula, which extends both above and below water, with popular diving areas.
- 8 Raʾs Sudr - Cape and tourist resort on the west coast of the Sinai peninsula on Gulf of Suez. Most important spot for surfing, windsurfing and kitesurfing on the Red Sea.
Red Sea coast
- 9 El-ʿAin es-Sukhna - Seaside resort and industrial location
- 10 Gamsha Bay (Arabic:جمشة باي) - Planned resort
- 11 El Gouna - artificial holiday development
- 13 Sahl hashish (Sahl Hasheesh Bay) - artificial holiday development
- 14 Serrenia (Arabic:سيرينيا) - planned luxury resort in the south of the bay
- 15 Makadi Bay - artificial holiday development
- 16 Sharm en Naqa, also Sharm el-Naga - small holiday complex
- 17 Soma Bay - artificial holiday development
- 18 Abu Soma - artificial holiday development
- 19 Safaga - Port city and resort
20 el-Quseir - Port city and resort
- 21 Coraya Bay - artificial holiday development
- 22 Port Ghalib - artificial holiday development and marina
- 23 Shoni Bay - Recreation area with two departments so far, see below Marsa Alam
- 24 Marsa Alam - Village and artificial holiday development
- 25 Hamata - Village and artificial holiday development
- 26 Berenike - Port location
Further destinations in the hinterland of the coasts are in the articles Arabian desert, Red Sea Governorate and South Sinai listed.
getting there
By plane
There are airports in 1 Sharm esch-Sheikh
(IATA: SSH), 2 Hurghada(IATA: HRG) and 3 Marsa Alam(IATA: RMF). In summer 2019, the 4 Berenice International Airport to be opened. The journey is usually made by charter flight. In addition, EgyptAir offers scheduled flights, for example Cairo at.
For the onward journey you have to rely on taxis or vehicles from the travel companies.
By bus
Some of the places, especially those on Sinai and Hurghada, are also accessible by public transport for example from Cairo or Luxor reachable from.
mobility
Taxis, and less often minibuses, run in the tourist resorts.
Tourist Attractions
Apart from the underwater world, the holiday resorts usually have hardly any attractions. However, the Sinai Peninsula offers a mountain world that is well worth seeing. Important goals are the 1 Moses mountain, the 2 Katharinenberg, the 3 Colored Canyon and the 4 Nabq nature reserve. One of the most important monastery complexes in Egypt is located in the area of Mount Moses 5 Catherine's Monastery. The Sinai was already used for the mining of turquoise in ancient times. The archaeological site of today still bears witness to this 6 Sarabit el-Chadim. But the crusaders also left their mark on the Gulf of Aqaba. After conquering Aqaba at the beginning of the 12th century, they built a fortress on the so-called. 7 Pharaoh Islandwhich was used by Saladin's troops half a century later.
There are other monastery complexes in the northern hinterland of the Red Sea like that 8 Paul Monastery and the 9 Anthony Monastery. One of the must-see sites on the Red Sea coast is the port of Safaga and the old town of el-Quseir.
Further sights in the hinterland of the coast can be found in the articles South Sinai and Arabian desert.
activities
The main activities are linked to the sea. This includes Diving, Windsurfing, kite surfing, water skiing, air chair (wide water ski with seat), boat trips with glass boats, submarines and banana boats. On land, quad excursions, safaris and camel rides are offered.
In some resorts horse riding, golf, tennis and squash are also offered.
kitchen
Most of the resorts consist only of hotel complexes, the restaurants of which have been set up to suit the tastes of their guests. There are also restaurants in the larger city resorts such as Hurghada, Sharm esch-Sheikh, El Gouna and Taba Heights.
nightlife
The nightlife is mostly limited to the offers of the hotels and the facilities of the artificial holiday villages. In Hurghada and Sharm esch-Sheikh also hard rock cafes.
accommodation
Most hotels and holiday resorts only work with tour operators and are not geared towards passing customers.
security
Because of their remoteness, the holiday resorts are among the safest regions in Egypt. The security forces also contribute to this. So far there have only been attacks in Sharm esch-Sheikh in 2005.
The Red Sea is not a separate swimming pool, but the habitat of countless animal species. Since December 2010 there has been a new problem, that of shark attacks.
climate
The climate is warm and humid, which results from the high temperatures of the adjacent desert areas and the high evaporation rate of the Red Sea.
| Sharm esch-Sheikh | Jan | Feb | March | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean highest air temperature in ° C | 22 | 22 | 25 | 30 | 34 | 37 | 38 | 38 | 35 | 32 | 27 | 23 | O | 30.3 |
| Average air temperature in ° C | 18 | 19 | 21 | 25 | 29 | 32 | 32 | 33 | 31 | 27 | 23 | 19 | O | 25.8 |
| Mean lowest air temperature in ° C | 13 | 14 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 26 | 23 | 19 | 15 | O | 20.9 |
| Average water temperature in ° C | 19 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 25 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 25 | 23 | 19 | O | 23.4 |
| Precipitation in mm | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 3.3 | 0.5 | Σ | 7.2 |
| Rainy days in the month | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | Σ | 2.3 |
| Relative humidity in% | 59 | 59 | 59 | 61 | 68 | 68 | 68 | 68 | 65 | 60 | 59 | 59 | O | 62.8 |
WMO: Weather Information for Sharm El-Sheikh, World Weather Information Service, accessed June 10, 2013 | ||||||||||||||
| Hurghada | Jan | Feb | March | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean highest air temperature in ° C | 22 | 23 | 25 | 29 | 33 | 35 | 36 | 36 | 34 | 31 | 27 | 23 | O | 29.5 |
| Average air temperature in ° C | 16 | 17 | 19 | 23 | 26 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 28 | 25 | 21 | 17 | O | 23.4 |
| Mean lowest air temperature in ° C | 11 | 11 | 14 | 18 | 22 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 24 | 21 | 17 | 12 | O | 18.9 |
| Precipitation in mm | 0.4 | 0.02 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 0.9 | Σ | 5.26 |
| Rainy days in the month | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | Σ | 2 |
| Relative humidity in% | 48 | 46 | 46 | 43 | 42 | 41 | 45 | 46 | 48 | 53 | 51 | 51 | O | 46.7 |
WMO: Weather Information for Hurghada, World Weather Information Service, accessed June 10, 2013. Hurguada, Egypt: Climate, Global Warming, and Daylight Charts and Data, accessed June 10, 2013. | ||||||||||||||
In winter there are often strong north-easterly winds, so that it is hardly possible to swim due to the lower temperatures.
literature
There are diving guides for the areas along the Sinai, but also for the area of Hurghada.
- : Sinai Diving Guide: Part 1; German edition. Verona: Geodia, 2005, ISBN 978-88-87177-66-4 .
- : Diver’s Atlas Southern Red Sea: Dive site descriptions for liveaboards and day trips. Vienna: Seainsight, 2011, ISBN 978-3-9503160-0-1 .
Web links
- http://www.redseariviera.info/ - Official website of the Red Sea Riviera
