Contacts

  • The scientific committee:
    Prof. Nabil Embabi
    E-mail:
    embabi@sinai2008.com
  • The conference organizer:
    Prof. Magdy Torab
    E-mail:
    magdytorab@sinai2008.com

Travel Guide

Getting There

Cairo Can be reached by air from major world wide destinations, or by domestic direct flights from Sharm El Sheikh international airport 6 time daily. EgyptAir flies to Sharm El Sheikh too from Alexandria, Luxor and Aswan.
The National Bus Service operates daily between most of the major towns on the Sinai peninsula. Since some buses leave only once a day, check schedules. It's advisable to book in advance for the more frequently travelled passages, such as between Sharm and Cairo.
Sharm El Sheikh International Airport offers low cost flights service to/from the following Middle East and Europe destinations:

Flights to Sharm El Sheikh:

More Flights to Sharm El Sheikh International Airport:

•Arkefly (Brussels)
• airBaltic (Riga)
• Air Berlin (Berlin-Tegel, Frankfurt, Nuremberg)
• Air Sinai
• AMC Airlines (Cairo, Gdansk, Krakow, Manchester, Warsaw)
• Astraeus (London-Gatwick, Manchester)
• Atlant-Soyuz Airlines (Moscow-Sheremetyevo)
• Bashkirian Airlines (Ufa)
• Belair (Zurich)
• British Airways: operated by GB Airways (London-Gatwick)
• Condor Airlines (Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hanover, Munich)
• Edelweiss Air (Geneva, Zurich)
• Eurofly (Milan-Malpensa)
• Egyptair (Alexandria, Cairo, Dubai, Geneva, Jeddah, Milan-Malpensa)
• EgyptAir Express (Alexandria, Cairo, Luxor, Amman, Jeddah)
• First Choice Airways (London-Gatwick, Manchester, Bristol)
• Flyglobespan (Edinburgh)
• Jazeera Airways (Kuwait)
• Jet2 (Manchester)
• Koral Blue Airlines (various charter routes)
• Kuwait Airways (Kuwait)
• Livingston Airlines (Milan-Malpensa)
• Lotus Air (Warsaw, Katowice, Kraków, Poznań)
• LTU International (Berlin-Schönefeld, Düsseldorf): operated by LTU Austria (Vienna)
• Luxor Air
• Martinair (Amsterdam)
• MyTravel Airways
• Niki (Vienna)
• Rossiya (St. Petersburg)
• Royal Jordanian (Amman)
• Saudi Arabian Airlines (Jeddah)
• S7 Airlines (Moscow-Domodedovo)
• Thomas Cook Airlines (Birmingham, Bristol, East Midlands, Glasgow-International, London-Gatwick, Manchester (UK), Newcastle)
• Thomsonfly (London-Gatwick, Manchester, Bristol)
• Transaero (Moscow-Domodedovo)
• transavia.com (Amsterdam)
• XL Airways (London-Gatwick, Manchester)
• XL Airways France (Paris-Charles de Gaulle)
 

     Sharm El-Sheikh Airport

Sinai Climate

Primarily a desert type with hot dry summers (May to September) and mild winter (November to March). Rainfall occurs mainly, in the north of the peninsula and to a lesser extent in the southern mountain region. November is transition period. There are large diurnal temperature ranges, relatively little precipitation, and mostly clear skies throughout the year.

Getting Around

Most travel in Sinai keeps to the coastal roads, although a few paved roads link the major settlements of the interior. Most sites can be reached by bus. Expect to pay car or truck drivers more for any travel in the lower peninsula; if you are driving yourself, remember that foreigners are forbidden to leave the main roads. There is regular ferry service between Nuweiba and Aqaba and between Hurghada and Sharm el-Moya (Sharm el-Sheikh's southern harbour). A tuftuf (open-sided bus) operated by the local council runs every half-hour between Na'ama Bay and Sharm el-Moya from 6:30am to midnight.