Red Sea

The Red Sea is a sea between Arabian peninsula of Asia in the northeast and Africa in the southwest. It is a part of the Indian Ocean. The Red Sea is about 2200 km long, but its width is less than 330 km. Many ships go through the Red Sea, because the Suez Channel connects the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea and Bab-el-Mandeb at the opposite end is a gate to the Indian Ocean. Ports of the Red Sea are, for example, Suez, Port Sudan, Massawa, Yanbu al-Bahr, Jeddah, Aqaba and Eilat.

The water of Red Sea has more salt and is clearer than water of most other seas because almost no rivers run into it. The weather is dry and warm around the Red Sea and for this reason many people from Europe and other parts of the world come for their holiday to the Red Sea. Some of them are divers, who swim under the sea level, to see rich coral reefs and fish. Holiday places, for example, are Sharm el-Sheikh, Eilat or Hurghada. The countries next to the Red Sea are Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Israel.

It plays an important role in the book of Exodus.

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Сергей Шпынов
Divers do it deeper :)
Wayne Miller-Douglass
19 March 2014
Beautiful place kinda feels like what it could be like to go to the ocean on Mars with all the jagged red rocks
Sharm Club Excursions
Let's have some rest on a beach, snorkeling, water-sports and other activities are available after a Quad-biking experience and camel riding adventure.
Виктор
3 November 2013
Внимание!!! Осторожно, не увлекаться рыбами, течение уносит быстро. Ласты иметь обязательно))
Burak Gök
8 February 2015
Kaş'ın deniz suyu daha temiz. Ama Kızıl deniz bir akvaryum. Orası tartışılmaz.
poMuc
13 November 2012
Найти столик у окна, чтобы с удовольствием рассматривать людей. Бугагага :)
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21°35′31″N, 38°5′16″E, 146.2km from Dahabān Get directions
Thu 9:00 AM–5:00 PM
Fri-Sat 9:00 AM–6:00 PM
Sun 8:00 AM–8:00 PM
Mon 8:00 AM–5:00 PM
Tue 9:00 AM–4:00 PM

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