Holiday guide to Dahab, what to do, where to sleep in the tourist center of the Red Sea with golden beaches, excursions in the desert, recommended dives to admire the coral reef.
Where is it
Dahab is a town and a tourist center highly appreciated internationally for holidays in Egypt. It overlooks the Red Sea, in the south-eastern part of the Sinai peninsula, at a distance of about 100 kilometers from Sharm el Sheikh.
It is a place of passage during the excursions that from Sharm el Sheikh lead to the desert and Mount Sinai.
Meaning of the name
Dahab in Arabic means gold, probably in reference to the color of the sand of the beach and the desert that characterizes this place, renowned for the particular and daring dives that its stretch of sea gives us.
Diving
One of these is the dive called Canyon, where you dive into a split in the rock, up to 30 meters deep, and then go out into the beautiful coral reef that extends along the coast, full of colors and life.
Keep in mind that the Dahab area offers ideal conditions for windsurfing.
Where stay
As for tourist accommodation, this is certainly not lacking in Dahab which, despite being a small center with a reduced number of inhabitants of just over a thousand, is equipped with modern family-run hotels and pensions, there is no shortage of campsites and trattorias on the sea where you can taste some local specialties.
How to get
The nearest airport is in Sharm from which Dahab can be reached by taking a taxi or minibus to be transported to the bus station.
