The best things to do in Sharm El Sheikh, ranked by a local operator
We have been booking these days out since 2015. Here is what we genuinely recommend, in what order, and the handful of trips we talk people out of.
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The best time to visit Sharm El Sheikh, month by month
There is no bad month here, but there are wrong months for particular trips. This is the year as we actually experience it.
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Cairo from Sharm: by plane or by road?
One destination, two completely different days. We fly most of our guests, and we will tell you plainly when the road version is the wrong choice for you.
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The Mount Sinai sunrise climb: what it is really like
It is the most moving thing we sell and the hardest. Here is the night hour by hour, including the parts the brochures leave out.
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Quad, buggy or Super Safari? Choosing your Sinai desert trip
They all involve sand and most involve an engine, but they are not interchangeable. Here is what each one is actually for.
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Ras Mohammed or Tiran Island? Choosing your Sharm boat trip
Both cost €50, both are full days on the Red Sea. Here is how we actually decide which one to put a guest on.
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Sharm El Sheikh airport transfers and getting around
What actually happens when you land, why the hotel zones matter more than you think, and how not to argue about a fare at midnight.
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Sharm El Sheikh with kids: which trips actually work
Half of our bookings are families. These are the trips that go well with children, and the three we quietly talk parents out of.
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