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- Dahab
Dahab
With enduring Bohemian quality, golden beaches and laid-back
atmosphere, Dahab is an excellent holiday destination, particularly
for backpackers and scuba divers. Dahab has both budget
accommodation and fine hotels catering for the more luxury-seeking
guest. It has a fiercely competitive array of seafront restaurants
for open-air dining alongside the lapping waves.
Dahab lies on the deepest section of the Great Rift Valley that
extends down through Africa, making for dramatic underwater scenery
with steep drops, valleys and canyons. Most of the diving is
accessed from the shore, reached by taking a pick-up truck to the
beaches stretching in either direction of the town. Some of the
superb dive and snorkelling sites nearby include the Blue Hole, one
of the best in the Sinai region, and the Canyon, but only
TEC-divers are allowed to dive the deeper sections of such
formations.
Information & Facts
Language
Arabic is the official language although English and
French are widely spoken, especially in the tourist
areas.
Money
The unit of currency is the Egyptian Pound (EGP), which is
divided into 100 piastres. Most credit cards are accepted in major
hotels and restaurants. Visitors are advised to take travellers
cheques in US Dollars or Pounds to avoid additional exchange rate
charges. Banks are usually closed on Friday and Saturday, but
private exchange bureaux, called 'Forex', are open daily and banks
in major hotels are open 24 hours. Cairo branches of the Egyptian
British Bank and Banque Misr now have ATMs available that accept
Visa, MasterCard and Cirrus and are quite common in the main
tourist areas.