Practical Information

The bus stop at Na’ama Bay is in front of the Marina Sharm Hotel, but the bus will drop passengers at any of the big hotels. The bay is often known as “Marina” or “Marina Sharm,” its Hebrew names. Buses from Sharm ash-Sheikh usually stop at Na’ama a few minutes later.

Public showers are available in the Aquamarine and Hilton hotels. The tourist police are located past the Aquamarine. The National Bank of Egypt has branches in the Marina Sharm, Gazala, Movenpick, and Hilton Hotels.

Pigeonhouse is the best/only inexpensive place to roost in the bay. Thatched huts are equipped with fans (singles LE30, doubles LE40, breakfast included). Flock to the northern end of the bay, and you’ll find it on the desert side of the road. Camping on the beach is outlawed, of course. (Hiltoner to Mdvenpickian: “I saw a man on the beach. . . backpacking! It was so (sob) horrible!” Movenpickian (shuddering): “Der Teufel!") There’s lots of unclaimed sand to the north of town, however; Ras Nasrani, near the southern end of the airstrip, has pristine camping and prime diving. Shark’s Bay is a development several kilometers north of town which has inexpensive tents on the beach, a hotel, and a diving center.