Internet
Internet in Dahab is fast and reliable - except for weekly breakdowns of power especially in summertime for about 30 minutes.
Beginning in 1997 with the first modem-connection ("White Hawk Internetcafe") in Mashraba Street, there are now more then 10 Internetcafes with strong DSL-Lines offering Internet- and Printout-Services to their customers.
In most of them you can also make printouts for about 3 LE per page.
Ask also for Wirless in your hotel, many places offer free connectivity to guests.
Free Wireless Zones in Restaurants
Mashraba: Penguin Restaurant, Seaview Restaurant, Dolphin Cafe, Tree Restaurant, El Salam Restaurant.
Masbat: Alf Leila German Bakery
Eel Garden/North: Blue Beach
Dahab City Dahab City is the southern part of Dahab. Along the sandy blue laguna you will find the most beautiful (and expensive) hotels of Dahab, including Hilton or Iberotel Dahabeya. Nearly all surf-activities are centered in this area. In Dahab-City you find as well nearly all official buildings like central bus-station, postal office, city-offices and the main bank.
Mashraba Mashraba is the south-west part of Dahab with a long beach, nice hotels with western standard, and some restaurants. Its a beautiful, very quiet and relaxing area.
Seafront ("Masbat") The seafront or "masbat" is the place where the first tourists arrived to enjoy the beautiful beach. Its still the pittoresque centre of the town - here you will find the best and colourful restaurants, cheap hotels and nearly all of the traditional "camps".
Assala Assala is the old bedouin village in the northern parts of the Delta. Most of the local bedouin and egyptian inhabitants live here.
Eel Garden The northern coast of Dahab is called Eel Garden, named from the famous divespot nearby. You will find a nice mixture of modern and traditional hotels and restaurants. Life is very quiet and relaxing there, with a natural beach after the end of the promenade at the divesport Eel Garden.
updated 14.04.2010
