Na’ama Bay

Take your pick of Movenpick, PLM, or Hilton: high-priced resorts line Na’ama Bay, but somehow they all look the same. Sprawling complexes of blinding white stuccoed concrete gleam in the desert sun; the scaffolding and formwork of new construction spreads ugly tentacles in every direction. Six km north of Sharm ash-Sheikh, Na’ama Bay is the resort center for the southern Sinai. It’s not cheap and not particularly pretty, but it’s got plenty of diving centers and world-famous dive sites.