Sharm El Sheikh Holidays, luxury 4 & 5 star holiday hotels with pools in the Red Sea Riviera, Sharm El Sheikh hotel vacations

This new holiday area is fast becoming one of the most popular winter sun destination from the UK. The Red Sea is renown for its clear crystal waters and magnificent marine life and coral reefs and has become one of the foremost snorkelling and scuba diving areas in the world.

All around are Bedouins, colourful tents, mountains and sea. There are small, intimate hotels with modern designs, as well as larger hotel complexes belonging to International chains, plus about all the amenities one could expect from a tourist centre, including discos and nightclubs, golf courses and health facilities. Many sporting activities are available as well as diving and snorkelling, there are windsurfing and other water sports available and on dry land, horses and camel riding, desert safaris, and great nearby antiquities.

SHARM EL SHIEKH is located at the southern end of the Sinai peninsula, with the Sinai mountains behind and facing the Red Sea. The resort is spread along the coast with areas such as NA’AMA BAY, SHARK'S BAY and Old Sharm town. A wide selection of quality hotels are located all down the coast together with shopping malls, authentic Egyptian bazaars and diving centres.
Na'ama Beach is one of the centres of the tourist activities, this area is developing into a resort town of its own. Most hotels at Na'ama Bay have their own, private beaches with comfortable amenities such as chairs, shades and bars. Shark's Bay is also nearby, and again is a growing resort community with more and more to offer, along with several diving centres.
For those who live to shop, the Sharm El-Sheikh mall provides shops with both foreign and local products, including jewellry, leather goods, clothing, pottery and books.

HURGHADA has become one of the foremost resorts on the Red Sea, having developed into an area that’s a haven for holidaymakers and divers alike. The Resort’s great mix of hotels, shops and restaurants plus some fine dive sites and access to the rest of the southern Red Sea, makes this a great base.Hurghada has no real centre, with the harbour area of Sigala offering a good range of facilities while other locations are ideal for peace and relaxation. The Hurghada area offers a multitude of reefs, walls, wrecks and abundant marine life, with those further off-shore offering challenges for the more experienced diver. There are about 10 islands which can be visited on day trips from Hurghada, where sharks, giant eels and manta rays can be found in deeper waters.

EL GOUNA is a purpose built resort set on islands in the turquoise waters of the Red Sea, about 15 miles north of Hurghada. Featuring numerous hotels, an 18-hole golf course, a casino, two shopping centres, a brewery and winery, excellent diving and water sports facilities, an open-air cinema, a museum, an aquarium and loads more, all linked by bridges, El Gouna blends perfectly with its environment, having been built in a traditional style. Ideally positioned to dive some of the finest wrecks in the Red Sea. Sites range from shallow coral gardens to dramatic walls and historic shipwrecks.