Ofira
Ofira is a former Israeli settlement in the Sharm El Sheikh area of the southern Sinai Peninsula, an Egyptian territory that was under occupation from 1967 to 1982.
Ofira was settled from 1969 and was meant to accommodate 500 families. An airfield was opened in 1968, today known as Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport.
How locals move
Getting around Ofira the local way
- Get in{{go | name | url | address 27.977222 | long | phone | fax | price Sharm El Sheikh International Airport | image Q326268 | content=The largest airport in the Sinai, it receives plane-loads of charter tourists daily in the winter high season.
- Get inFerry services between Hurghada on the mainland Red Sea Coast and Sharm were suspended in 2018.
- Get aroundThere are also a fleet of blue and white tuk-tuks, which are basically small buses, of varying roadworthiness, which are used to ferry the locals around the resort of Sharm el Sheikh.
- Get aroundTo hail a tuk-tuk, wait next to the side of the main street and raise your hand to flag one down as it approaches.
- Go nextLots of day trips but it deserves several days to explore.
- Go nextHurghada, if the ferry from Sharm resumes, puts you on the road to fabulous Luxor.
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