Égypte
Charm el-Cheikh
Diving off the shore, a day in Ras Muhammad and the Saint Catherine mountains.
- Séjour type: 4 à 7 jours
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Pourquoi Charm el-Cheikh ?
The reef wall
A reef wall that begins where the beach ends.
Ras Muhammad park
Ras Muhammad national park at the tip of the peninsula.
Saint Catherine's monastery
A day inland to the mountains and Saint Catherine's monastery.
Avant de partir
Devise
livre égyptienne
Langue
arabe
Décalage horaire
UTC+3
Prises
Type C, F
Se déplacer
Taxi
Conduite
À droite
Quand partir à Charm el-Cheikh
Mars à mai et octobre à novembre
Lieux à Charm el-Cheikh
Ras Muhammad
NatureNa'ama Bay
ExpérienceSaint Catherine
Lieu de culteThe Sinai mountains
Nature
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Programmes pour Charm el-Cheikh
Jours 1 à 2
- The house reefs
Jours 5 à 6
- In the water
Conseils locaux
Conseils d'initiés
You do not need a boat: several house reefs drop straight off the beach, which is rare worldwide.
Give one day to the inland mountains. Sinai is not only its coast, and the drive changes the picture.
Coutumes et sécurité
Ras Muhammad is a national park and all the reef is alive: nothing stood on, touched or taken out.
Beachwear belongs to the resort and its beach; the old market and residential streets are ordinary Egyptian, dress accordingly.
Repas et prière
Halal is the ordinary case across town; some hotel restaurants serve pork and alcohol for European visitors, labelled.
Mosques stand in the old market and residential districts; the larger hotels and the airport keep prayer rooms.
Se déplacer à Charm el-Cheikh
Taxi
The coast road is covered by taxi or hotel shuttle; the bays are further apart than they look.
Recommandé
Ferry
Dive and snorkel boats leave from the marina and the bays, which is how the offshore reefs are reached.
À pied
Within a bay everything is walkable: the promenade, the dive centres and the restaurants are one strip.
Depuis l’aéroport
- SSH
Aéroport international de Charm el-Cheikh
Taxi et Bus
Que faire à Charm el-Cheikh
Visites, billets et expériences.
Forfaits eSIM : Égypte
Poursuivez votre voyage : Égypte
Côte nord
For families and friends on a summer break; book early.
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Le Caire
For a first trip to Egypt, with old Cairo's streets to walk.
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Louxor
Start early with the painted tombs of the Valley of the Kings.
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Alexandrie
For lovers of the sea and of history, with the Kom el Shoqafa catacombs underground.
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Hourghada
For days in the sea, and one day out in the Eastern Desert.
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Marsa Alam
For divers who want quiet, away from the crowds.
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À propos de Charm el-Cheikh
The Gulf of Aqaba is deep and the coral grows right up to the shoreline, so the reef wall begins where the beach ends. That single fact is why there is a town here at all, and it is what separates Sharm from a beach resort anywhere else.
The town is a series of bays along one road rather than a centre with suburbs. Na'ama Bay is the busiest, the others are quieter, and the choice between them is the main decision to make before arriving.
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