Going to Sharm el Sheikh

What to do in Sharm el Sheikh

by Matt Link

Sharm el Sheikh is the biggest and most important city on Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, located on its southern flank, where the gulfs of Aqaba and Suez meet the Red Sea. Before 1967, Sharm el Sheikh didn't even appear on most maps, and even into the early 1980s it barely contained a village. However, it's always been strategically important. For many years, the area was actually held by the Israelis. Overlooking the island of Tiran, the area around Sharm el Sheikh is arid and empty, but the water is rich with fish and coral, which first drew tourists to its world-class diving. In 1983, the nearby Ras Mohamed National Park was set up to protect the watery scenery from overfishing....

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