Resorts in Aqaba

I'm a frequent visitor to Egypt, having travelled to Cairo and the resorts of the Red Sea, i.e. Sharm el Sheikh several times, I'm now planning a tour of Ancient Egypt, i.e. Luxor Valley of the Kings, Aswan, Abu Simbel, and maybe, if time allows, a stay ...

... for windsurfing, sailing, waterskiing and fishing provide ample opportunity for those free spirits who have grown tied of visiting the established resorts in the Mediterranean and Black Seas.   There is plenty to see in Aqaba from the fort (built by ...

... was quite enjoyable (I don't know that I would choose Aqaba as my Red Sea holiday experience - but there are probably some large resorts outside of town that might be good). We wandered along the small streets that had an authentic ambience of a town that ...

... of Jordan).  Development is already taking place and there are many large projects underway. You have the five-star resorts right in the downtown of Aqaba that are extremely nice and have great beach fronts.  You have Tala Bay which is about 10 ...

... our Wadi Bashing experience. Jumped back on the truck and headed to our campsite in Aqaba. Awesome place. Aqaba is a sea side city that oozes money. Resorts, flash cars etc and very Westernised. I assume it is due to the oil in the area. ...

... The city is part of an economic zone for the country and we could see the development in progress from the investment, i.e. new resorts, hotels, roads, and imported palm trees! Our hotel was right behind the city's big mosque so we were right in the ...

... sleeping on just down from us so I told the looking one. We all still wait. Len chats with a local man, he tells Len about his resorts in Sharm and Daba, his 5 dive and tour boats! He is going to Aqaba with his wife and son as it is holiday time, to ...

... , but it turns out he is just doing a detour around a police check, as he is non-official.    We pass some resorts under construction and the Bedouin Camps on the land side, and some flash new resorts at Tala Bay - Radisson, Movenpick, Marina ...

... climate.  It is called the Dead Sea because nothing can live in the super-saline waters.  The many popular hotels and resorts that once were right next to the water now sit many meters above the water level, since so much water is being removed ...

... wandering after a couple of fruitless years in order to pursue a life of scuba in Sharm (after all, isn't that what the resorts are there for?), but we quickly realized that it would, indeed, be very easy to find oneself perpetually lost in the identical ...

... with sparkling shorelines, an active promenade of shops and restaurants actively vying for your dollar, and one of the most spectacular resorts we have stayed at. No, it was the flies! THese buggers would make the locust plague from the sedar story seem ...

... city of Elot a few mi. away that offers a sharp contrast to Aqaba with tall sky scrapers and much more beach front with resorts. Everyone crashed that night in various hotels throughout the city. The next day, everyone just wanted to go and nap on the ...

... rather drab place.  No matter, our goal was to dive, and before we knew it we were at one of the beach resorts on the outskirts of town.  These beaches are popular with foreigners as bathing in town reportedly produces large crowds of locals who ...

... wasn't taken up!) got a visit. Then it was off the Nuweiba, this basically appeared to be a town of beach resorts along the coast of the Gulf of Aqaba, It was great! We had a patch of beach all to ourselves and even had a little hut each! The next ...

... that draws divers of all degrees of experience, novices, learners, drifters, desert travaillers seeking a bit of marine air. Resorts line the water’s edge, accommodation, pillowed restaurants, overlooking the sea, and Saudi Arabia in the distance, ...

... gave the Red Sea an international reputation as one of the world's most extraordinary diving destinations. Second the city has so many resorts and hotels and all possibilities for tourists. And the 3rd - the city is too clean and considered to be a piece ...

... , expensive hotels and throngs of sun-seeking tourists. Instead we see the barren stony beach and these ramshackle little resorts of tiny round huts, completely isolated from any other infrastructure, sprinkled along the side of the road. They don't seem ...

... nbsp; But I don't think so.  (As a postscript, I found out after I did some research at home that Sinai resorts have experienced a lot of violence since they were popular with young Israeli's and the Arabs were bombing them while they were on ...