Not too long ago, I was asked by a pal what the most spellbinding thing to do on a trip in Sharm el Sheikh. He was preparing to ask his girlfriend to marry him on an upcoming holiday break and not surprisingly was looking to pick the best location.

I had to carefully consider this as although I fly to Egypt often, it is nearly always to go scuba diving or take it easy on the beach which although it is a fantastic way to spend a getaway, it wasn’t really what he was looking for.

I tried to think of the nicest restaurants with the best views but nothing really came to mind as special. I started to consider the many day trips that were being offered to tourists. There are many different trip activities on offer among them trips by airplane to Cairo, Luxor and the Lost City of Petra in Jordan. Additionally you can also take a trip from Sharm el Sheikh to Jerusalem.

Even so, these trips are quite a few hours long and are generally tiring so I began pondering over options a little closer to Sharm. You’ll find many options for an enchanting location such as a Bedouin dinner under the heavens but the more I thought about it, there was no more than one real possibility. The excursion to Mount Sinai and St Catherine’s Monastery departs Sharm el Sheikh just before sunrise. After 2-3 hours, you reach Mount Sinai in the midst of the wilderness and start to ascend the mountain. Looking out from your vantage point, you stand in anticipation of the Sinai sunrise.

The desert in this part of Egypt is eye-catching with a mix of sand and vivid mountains. As the sun appears and begins to climb in the skies, you begin to feel its welcoming rays and the shadows retreat around the conforms of the adjoining mountains. It really is a marvelous and spellbinding occasion. The trip to Mount Sinai is one of the daily tours from Sharm el Sheikh and is well worth getting up early for.

You’ll find many different Sharm tours operating from Egypt’s leading beach destination.

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