Sharm El SheikhMount Sinai
2,285 metres, climbed overnight for a sunrise that people travel continents for.
Climbed overnight for sunrise. Guides are compulsory and arranged at the monastery.
Free entry
Attractions guide
What to see in Sharm El Sheikh
Written by our Egyptologists — history, hours, prices and the practical detail guidebooks skip.
Sharm El Sheikh holds 3 of the sites we guide at regularly. Each page below covers what the monument is, the history behind it, current opening hours and gate prices, and links straight to every tour of ours that includes it.
Opening hours in Egypt shift with the season and during Ramadan, and the gate prices are reviewed by the Ministry of Tourism roughly once a year. We update these pages when they change, but if you are planning tightly around a closing time it is worth checking with us the week before.
Under-6s enter free everywhere. Children 6–11 pay roughly half the adult rate at every state-run site.
Sharm El Sheikh
Sharm El SheikhSaint Catherine's Monastery
The oldest continuously inhabited Christian monastery on earth, holding the Burning Bush.
09:00–12:00, closed Fridays, Sundays and Orthodox holidays. Library by appointment only.
Free entry
Sharm El SheikhRas Mohamed National Park
Egypt's first national park, at the point where two gulfs meet.
Daylight hours. Entry by boat or 4x4; park fees apply.
$12.60 entry
Want a guide who can explain all of it?
Our Sharm El Sheikh tours cover these sites with a licensed Egyptologist and hotel pickup.