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For those of you who never been there - one small correction. Sharm is a city where the distance between one end to the other is around 50km. So even if you are in a hotel located 20 km from the centre you are still in Sharm. By the way Hilton Fayrouz is located in one of the centres - Naama Bay. There is also another centre, the so - called "Old Sharm". And it's generally difficult to point the exact "city centre" because Sharm is a very young city - first hotels were build there in the 80ties and from the very beggining it was created as a holiday city. Besides these two centres I mentioned there are also kind of a local "city centres" - on the back of the hospital, Hadaba etc.deand:One thing also to bear in mind is that a quite a few of the hotels are a fair way out of Sharm itself.(...) So, we decided to stay in downtown Sharm.
mania:For those of you who never been there - one small correction. Sharm is a city where the distance between one end to the other is around 50km. So even if you are in a hotel located 20 km from the centre you are still in Sharm. By the way Hilton Fayrouz is located in one of the centres - Naama Bay. There is also another centre, the so - called "Old Sharm". And it's generally difficult to point the exact "city centre" because Sharm is a very young city - first hotels were build there in the 80ties and from the very beggining it was created as a holiday city. Besides these two centres I mentioned there are also kind of a local "city centres" - on the back of the hospital, Hadaba etc.
Anyway most of the hotels are for families so travelling there with children is no problem. As driving is concerned - you can also rent a car there but i wouldn't advise. Local drivers are a bit (I would even say a lot) crazy but there are not so many car accidents as I would imagine seeing the way they drive.
But I saw a lot of people with enfants taking the local taxis.
Mania