Along the Aqaba coast of the Red Sea, the town of Nuweiba, Egypt stretches for 7 km. It has been there for some time, but only recently have tourist investors discovered it. Now you will find several new hotels strung out along the coast both north and south of town.

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Nuweiba Muzeina

Nuweiba Town and Nuweiba Muzeina are connected by dunes. You will find many smaller-scale hotels and camps adorning the beautiful, sandy beaches of this region of the coastline. Off shore lie spectacular coral reefs.

The Dunes are actually two dunes, "Duna" and "small Duna." Most of the campsites and hotels are built in the southern, small Duna, while Duna remains more of a romantic, virgin place, with simple accommodations and a few small restaurants with spectacular views.

Nuweiba Muzeina is the industrial area. Trade business between Egypt and the Arab countries on the other side of the Gulf of Aqaba increased due to the construction of the port in 1985. Then a mountain highway was built to connect mainland Egypt with the Sinai Peninsula, partly to accommodate this trade.

Here one can buy duty-free goods. This is also where you can purchase tickets for the ferry to Jordan. The common area has many shops and supermarkets where you can some great bargains on commodities not available in Nuweiba, Egypt Town itself. You will also find some very good, cheap, local restaurants in the area.

Nuweiba Tarabin

Nuweiba Tarabin, the northern part of town, is basically nothing more than a thick palm grove, the ruins of a Turkish fort, and a rather shallow bay. But inside the ruins is a very important commodity; there is a well from which the Bedoins have drawn fresh, cool water for centuries.

Families of the Tarabin tribe, who occupy the area north of Nuweiba, were among the first settlers early in the 80's. It was then that the Bedouins first established a few basic accomodations, using mere scar metal wood found in the immediate area. But soon, what with the increase in tourism and an improved infrastructure, small hotels and campsites popped up all along the bay.

Tarabin in Nuweiba, Egypt is well known for its unusual and entertaining, oriental atmosphere. Restaurants next to restaurants, and bazaars next to bazaars, give the traveler the impression he is in a true oriental market place.

Along the beach lie the Bedoin-style restaurants; here you may recline in luxurious leisure, made comfortable beyond words by lush carpets and cushions. Lay back, relax, let time slide by.