Sharm El Sheikh
Sharm El Sheikh, alternatively rendered Sharm el-Sheikh or Charm el Sheikh, is an Egyptian city located on the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula, in South Sinai Governorate, on the coastal strip along the Red Sea in Asia.
Its population is approximately 77,000 as of 2017. Sharm El Sheikh is the administrative hub of Egypt's South Sinai Governorate, which includes the smaller coastal towns of Dahab and Nuweiba as well as the mountainous interior, St. Catherine and Mount Sinai.
How locals move
Getting around Sharm El Sheikh 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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