Bay promenade
Dining late into the night.
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Sharm el-Sheikh's best-known bay and the beating heart of its tourist life: a sheltered sandy bay of calm, clear water ringed by hotels, restaurants, cafés and bazaars, with the pink mountains of Sinai rising in the distance. A pedestrian promenade runs along the bay linking the hotels, and in the evening it throngs with visitors who come to dine, shop and sit in cafés late into the night, so it feels livelier after dark than by day, with its lights and music. By day it is a place for swimming and water sports, from sailing and water-skiing to dive trips, with coral reefs near the shore at both ends of the bay for snorkelling, and many boats leave from here for Ras Mohammed and Tiran. Strolling the promenade is free, and most of the beach belongs to hotels that sell beach access to non-guests. Prices here run above the rest of the city; the Old Market is cheaper for shopping.
Dining late into the night.
Swimming and water sports.
Boats to Ras Mohammed.
Naama Bay, central Sharm el-Sheikh
Yes, many hotels and beach clubs sell day access to non-guests, at varying prices.