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Coastal town in South Sinai, Egypt
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Nuweiba is on the eastern coast of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, 70 km south of Taba and 180 km north of Sharm el Sheikh, and only 120 km from St. Catherine.
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East of the Sinai Peninsula, overlooking the Gulf of Aqaba, this impressive monument commands a dramatic mountainous view of four countries. The exact site signifies a landmark on the ancient road connecting St. Catherine's Monastery with Jerusalem. Castle Zaman offers an exquisite and generous cuisine. Meat and seafood are roasted to perfection with an assortment of fresh vegetables, spices, dates and figs slowly prepared in earth pots. Preparation takes 1-3½ hours, time gladly spent by the pool, exploring the underground treasure room, or sipping fresh cocktails by the bar. (Not child friendly, Wi-Fi available.)
Owner Fuad of Little Prince Coffee Shop has delicious ice cream in many flavours, including mandarin, lemon, mango, vanilla, chocolate, guava, strawberry and pistachio. A nice place to drink Turkish coffee, tea, natural fresh juice, sahlab and karkade. On a quiet terrace, you can smoke shisha, listen to music from so many countries. A large choice of books is available in different languages.
New Soft beach is run by Kammal and Christina from Germany. It has its own strip of beach, hammocks and small huts by the beach for relaxing in the shade. Has a painfully slow Wi-Fi, so use the local internet cafe.
The hotel has comfortable beds, private baths, ceiling fans, an attached internet cafe, and excellent food for the price. The management are also very nice people, with a pet pelican and fin-less para-sail board, which is free of charge to take out. They also staged impromptu Egyptian drumming sessions at night with their friends.
At the northern end of the beach, this is the only resort along the Tarabin strip. Seems pretty empty these days. Has its own diving center and several packages are on offer on their website.
Cheap grass huts on the water about half-way along the beach. Nice areas to lounge around. The two men running the place are deaf, but understanding the sign language isn't much more difficult than understanding Arabic; perhaps easier, and a lot more fun!
If you want camp life, but with more comfort than Tarabin, this popular place offers bungalows and rooms with A/C.
With 48 suites on the beach in a central location between the port area and the town.
A standard four-star hotel, at the city center with a 1500 m overlooking the sandy beach of Nuweiba. 130 rooms well furnished.
A charming, calming resort with friendly staff and a private beach area. easy acsses to the port and the city.
Backed by the starkly beautiful red-tinged cliffs of the Sinai and occupying a prime piece of white-sand beach along the Red Sea’s shore, laidback Sawa Camp is the perfect antidote to modern life. The huts here sit directly on the beach. All come with a shady porch and hammock and have electricity available from 8AM-2PM and again from 4PM-midnight. The bathrooms are communal and are kept super-clean with hot water supplied by solar-power. The large and shady restaurant area is a great place to hang out and serves up an extensive menu of local and international dishes with lots of fresh seafood options and nearly all of the ingredients sourced locally. There is excellent snorkelling (equipment provided) just off the beach and a whole host of activities (diving and desert-trips, etc.) can be arranged onsite.
Beach hut ecolodge. Restaurant serves local organic vegetables and seafood. Bedouin owned and managed. From €10.
Beach hut ecolodge. Restaurant serves local organic vegetables and seafood. Bedouin-owned and managed, very friendly and helpful staff, laidback atmosphere and a nice coral reef for snorkeling starting 20 m from the beach. Simple huts, electricity from 6PM-1AM, basic but clean toilets and showers.
Beach huts.
In Al Tarek Camp you find roomy huts, fresh food, and cold drinks.
Full of flowers and palmtrees, very clean and great hospitality. They have different rooms, Deluxe bungalow with private bathroom but also other rooms with shared bathroom.
By boat
Ferries sail from Nuweiba and from Taba to Aqaba in Jordan, bypassing Eilat in Israel and the tedious extra border procedures and fees.
By bus
Buses are operated by Go Bus or East Delta coaches. They go to many places including Cairo, Dahab and Sharm el Sheikh.
The majority of travellers arrive by ferry or bus to the port. If you are coming from Taba/Cairo you could ask the bus driver to let you off by the hospital.
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