Taba

Taba holidays provide year round sun with fantastic facilities.  Good value luxury hotels offer all you could need at a price you can afford.  The main holiday resort is Taba Heights which offer fantastic water sport facilities, miles of golden beaches, a casino and an 18-hole championship golf course. Taba boasts some of the best diving in the world for both beginners and advanced divers.   Away from the holiday beach resorts you can go on a desert safari and have a Bedouin dinner under the clear nights sky.  Not to mention being within relatively easy reach of some fantastic heritage sites, like the Lost City of Petra and the Pyramids of Giza near Cairo.  You are also close to the lively Israeli resort of Eilat with its large selection shops and nightlife just a short hop over the border.

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Currency

The Egyptian pound is the official currency for the Arab Republic of Egypt. The Egyptian pound notation is EGP, although LE is also frequently used as notation. The pound is divided into 100 piasters, or 1000 milliemes. Most credit cards are accepted in major hotels and restaurants. Visitors are advised to take travellers cheques in US Dollars or Pounds to avoid additional exchange rate charges. Banks are usually closed on Friday and Saturday, but private exchange bureaux, called 'Forex', are open daily and banks in major hotels are open 24 hours.

Climate

Egypt is a country bathed in almost perpetual sunshine the whole year round, the days are warm and hot and the nights are cool. During the summer months the climate in the inland desert areas can vary widely from 7C at night, to 43C during the day. Temperatures in the coastal regions in resorts such as Sharm el Sheikh and Hurghada will usually see an average of 14C during winter and around 30C in the summer. The summer months from May until August will see Egypt gaining around 12 hours of constant sunshine per day. Rainfall in Egypt is very low with less that 80mm per year and prevailing northern winds can take the edge of the heat.