Sharm el Sheikh hotels seem to grow in popularity year after year as Europeans flock to the Red Sea Riveria for the warm sun and wealth of facilities. Year after year more resorts spring up on the Red Sea coast, such as Hurghada, and attempt to steal Sharm’s crown but Sharm remains the most popular.
From their hotels in Sharm El Sheikh, holidaymakers can book a range of interesting excursions which range from mountain treks to visits to St. Katherine’s Monastery, the most visited historical site in the Sinai Peninsula. The Monastery was built near to the burning bush where God appeared to Moses with the Ten Commandments. The monastery dates back to 330AD but has changed dramatically over the centuries.
Visitors who are willing to travel further away can book excursions to neighbouring Israel, the Holy land. As one can imagine Israel is packed with sites that are of biblical interest and a trip to Jesus’ home town Nazareth is rather interesting. There are various sites that claim to have been significant to Jesus and other central characters from the Bible such as the Basilica of annunciation, a church reputed to have been built where the Virgin Mary’s home had stood.
A trip to the Dead Sea is definitely worth a visit and holidaymakers can indulge themselves in a spot of floating and posing for photographs.
No visit into the Holy Land and Israel is complete without visiting Jerusalem and guests will find that they can book excursions here from their Sharm el Sheikh hotels. The historic city contains a number of sites that are significant to followers of the Abrahamic religions and in the west these include the dome of the rock and the al-Aqsa mosque, while the Christian, Jewish, Armenian and Muslim quarters all have their fair share of historic sites.