Sharm El Sheikh Travel advice

Sharm el Sheikh Travel advice: Looking for a destination that offers superb value for money, is outside the Eurozone and has a fantastic Exchange rate then welcome to our Sharm El Sheikh travel advice article..

Sharm stretches for about 35 km and has a protected national park at each end the coastline. These parks are protected and have helped to ensure that Sharm el Sheikh remains an international centre for deep-sea fishing, swimming, and above all snorkeling and diving.

The weather in Sharm El Sheikh runs from 77*f in the Winter to 95*f in the summer, this is a dry heat no humidity and is very pleasant.

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Quick facts about Sharm el-Sheikh

Sharm el-Sheikh is clearly shown on a Spanish map as early as 1762. But for thousands of years, it had remained a quiet fishing community until approximately 1968 when Egypt beach tourism started to take off.

Recently, the Egyptian government has encouraged the development of many other beach resorts along the Sinai, but Sharm el-Sheikh has become the most well-known, popular beach resort in that area. With the long stretch of natural beaches, dramatic landscapes, and dry temperature all year long, Sharm el-Sheikh has become a great holiday destination.

Food and Drink
Use only bottled water for drinking and brushing teeth and check the seal of the bottle is intact.

Avoid unbottled beverages and ice except in top hotels and restaurants.

Milk is unpasteurised and should be boiled. Avoid uncooked vegetables and peeled fruit that may have been washed in tap water.

Vaccinations
Immunisation against polio is advised because of the persistence of polio in Egypt.
Diphtheria Yes – Hepatitis A Yes – Tetanus Yes – Typhoid Yes Yellow Fe

Immunisation against hepatitis B and tuberculosis is sometimes advised. Bilharzia (schistosomiasis) is present in the Nile Delta and the Nile Valley; avoid swimming and wading in fresh water.

Currency

The Egyptian Pound is worth approximately 10 Egyptian to 1 English Pound. Most hotels take credit cards and also change money for you. However, outside the hotels, shops, restaurants, clubs and excursion centres rarely take credit cards and have no credit card facilities.

Egypt is predominantly a cash society. You can use credit cards to withdraw money from cash machines in Sharm El Sheikh and the charges are not high.

Travelers cheques are the best idea either in US Dollars or Sterling. NEVER change money with anyone other than banks, proper Bureaux de Change or within the hotels.

Sharm El Sheikh has grown into six main areas, the old town where you can buy almost everything for daily life is called Old Market and this is located at the western end and has the port, where the cruise ships dock and the ferry runs to Hurghada, there are hotels here and a few developments but this area is still a favourite with the locals.

In recent years there has been an increase number of resorts being built with apartments, duplex and villas for sale, and the laws have been changed to accommodate foreigners purchasing real estate at attractive prices.