Taba
Taba
Taba is a wonderful city on Egypt's northeastern border. It belongs to the South Sinai Governorate. It is one of the best cities for diving and cruises on the Red Sea or the Gulf of Aqaba, and many tourists visit it every year.
This city includes many historical and tourist places and the best hotels in Egypt, the most famous of which is the Hilton Hotel.
The most distinctive feature of this city is that it is located on the borders of more than one country, such as Saudi Arabia and Jordan, and it also has more than one port, whether by land with the latest transportation or a fantastic maritime port. For example, the port of Aqaba, which is located on the border of Jordan, or even the air harbor, which includes the best airports in Egypt.
Taba suffered from many floods, but the Egyptian government intervened to avoid these natural issues, costing 300 million pounds to build dams, barriers, and lakes, so this made the city of Taba safer and free of any natural disasters because of the efforts of the Egyptian government to protect a city that has now become one of the most beautiful tourist cities.
The city of Taba has more than 3,000 people, but it is a large city and very important for tourism and the Egyptian economy, as it is very near the city of Sharm El Sheikh, where many Egyptians work in various fields and which is considered one of the most important and beautiful tourist cities along the Red Sea coast.
Taba ports
The land is a port specialized in that it contains the best roads that reach many wonderful tourist places, such as Dahab and Sharm El Sheikh, and also after you go through the Suez Canal, you can go to Alexandria or Cairo, where you can visit the best historical and tourist places in Egypt.
As for the seaport, which is the port of Aqaba, it was a very small port, but the Egyptian state paid more than 50 million to develop the port and make it one of the best ports, as it has become an important port for Egyptian tourism because it annually receives many tourists coming from Jordan. In addition to the importation of large goods, whether agricultural or industrial, this port, which used to take more than a day to reach, has become no more than a few hours because of the developments they made, as well as its transfer to be near Saudi Arabia, as Egyptian companies have done everything in it to be an Egyptian port And the air harbor has become today a very important harbor where you can shorten the time to reach any place in Egypt. After the Egyptian government developed the airports to become an international standard, as they were able to accommodate only 500 passengers per hour, they now reached 1000 passengers. As we know, Egypt Air is one of the most important Egyptian companies in the airline service, whether inside or outside Egypt.
The top natural and tourist attractions in Taba
The Gulf of Aqaba is another more beautiful gulf, which is Fjord Gulf, which is a suitable place for diving, photography, and seeing coral reefs that make the landscape a great place to relax away from the crowds and noise. You can also take a beautiful picture in a great landscape.
There is also the beautiful Taba Reserve, where you can enjoy a safari and camp between the mountains and valleys, like Wadi Watir, it also has wonderful oases with beautiful oases with rare birds and plants.
In the Aqaba Reserve, there is a very special valley called the coloured valley, and it is called so because of the colourful shadows as a result of the stones that were deposited or the mineral salts that gave it different colours.
Like orange, purple, and many wonderful colours that give the valley distinctive and wonderful shapes, it is a natural masterpiece in Taba and one of the most beautiful places where you can enjoy it.
Near the city of Aqaba, where the seaport is located, there is a wonderful and distinctive island with many coral reefs, which is Pharaoh Island, which is marked by the presence of a very important tourist and historical monument, which was one of the most important fortresses of Egypt in the Islamic era; it is the citadel of Salah al-Din, and he constructed it to be an unbreakable fortress in the face of enemies and ambitions in Egypt and to save the way for pilgrims to go to Saudi Arabia and also to secure maritime trade to preserve the Egyptian country from any occupation or external attack, especially from Reginald, Salah al-Din's nearest enemy, before the Battle of Hattin.
The castle includes many places to keep weapons and food, as well as places to sleep for soldiers, and there is also a mosque for soldiers to pray in at this moment. The most important thing that characterizes the island is that it is made of strong granite, thanks to which the island did not fall, and a castle was constructed from the same stone, which made it a strong building that protected the Egyptian maritime borders.
The island is special in its location, as its south connects to the Arabian Peninsula, while its north reaches Syria by land through the Sinai, and it has now become a wonderful historical place that is visited by tourists from different countries.
The Egyptian city of Taba is a wonderful city where you can do various activities, as it has become a unique tourist city on the Red Sea coast of Sinai.
