About Dahab and Stay Young Hotel

Dahab

Dahab is an increasingly popular part of Egypt, this became the place to be for back-packers during the early 90s. Dahab has it all and anyone can afford it. It is no secret Dahab is most famous for the diving and specially the Blue Hole. While many people see Egypt as it was, a country for seeing the pyramids and temples, others have now discovered what Egypt has become, the water sport capitol of the world. What makes Dahab a particularity important place is that it holds the possibility of diving, snorkeling, wind surfing and kite surfing in one place without any form of traveling.

You can go down to the Lighthouse (beach and restaurant area) and walk straight into the water and start your dive. You don't have to spend all the money on a luxurious cruise boat, Dahab leaves you with a choice. You can choose after your budget, maybe you want to do 10 dives and see all the unique local sights for a cheap price or you can choose to spend some more on trips like Ras Abu Galum and Thistlegorm. Most of the diving in Dahab is shore diving and since the visibility is so good in the red sea you can easily snorkel all the dive sights and i can assure you that you that nowhere else you will get this much out of snorkeling.

The wind and kite surfing conditions have just been discovered by the eyes of the world and there is a reason for it. The Lagoona has what the wind surfers and kite surfers dreamed about, an area that is windy, flat ocean and shallow water. We have many wind surfing and kite surfing schools with excellent instructors and unbeatable prices.

Dahab is also famous for the Sinai Mountain where moses received the 10 commandments. In that mountain they built the Saint Catherine monastery around 520 A.C. The chapel itself was built by order from empress Helen, the mother of Constantin the great who was the first roman emperor to convert to Christianity and end the prosecution of Christians.

Dahab has it all you can do Quad bikes in the desert, mountain climbing, diving, snorkeling, kite surfing, wind surfing, yoga, massage, clubbing, shopping and it has an unlimited number of amazing safaris out in the deserts of Sinai.

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Stay young

Stay Young is located within a hotel by the name Jowhara and it was one of the first hotels to be built in Dahab. Back then Jowhara was only a Bedouin camp with some Bedouin huts, since then it grew into a beautiful 55 room hotel. It was completely rebuilt and is now one of the biggest hotels in Mashraba (centre of Dahab).

The Jowhara hotel itself is owned and run by Mohammed Soleiman from the El-towery family that is one of the original families of Dahab and have deep roots all over the Sinai peninsula.

Stay Young is a part of the hotel, but is under a different management. Stay Young is a very special hotel in Dahab, because it is not only a hotel, it is an art project. We have taken the time to create unique wall murals (paintings) in all of our 12 rooms. The art work was created by a Norwegian artist (Øyvind Fiksdal) and a Korean artist (Young H. Chung). Each of the rooms are featured with a completely different style and color scheme, but its all very pleasing to the eye and down to earth.

Many of the customers looking for accommodation here are back packer and we try very hard to make stunning rooms that could fit into anyones budget, because traveling Egypt can be hard at times, there is not much in the mid range where you can find that little thing that makes it special.

We offer a self catered kitchen as well if you miss cooking or feel nervous about having your food properly cooked. The food in Dahab is very good and there is nothing to worry about, but we understand that a tourist coming to Egypt can be skeptic need some time to see how good it really is. The food in Dahab is easily affordable for any budget, but sometimes if you are traveling for a longer time or if you just enjoy cooking you would want to cook for your self and you have the choice.

All of our rooms have private bath room and new air condition system that is serviced every year. Most of the systems can also be used as heaters and this is a big benefit in winter, because believe it or not, but the winters in Egypt can get cold at times. If you are coming in winter time we recommend you to bring something warm, because in an evening out in the street you might get a bit of a chill.

Dahab is the best place you can travel to in Egypt if you have children, it is very peace full and quiet, your children can run around playing on the beaches while you can enjoy your time. Dahab is a safe place, the number of reported thefts and other forms of criminal offenses are record low.

We have wireless Internet for all the customers to use without charge.

If you come to Jowhara hotel and you wish to stay in the "Stay Young" part of the hotel please request this in the reception.

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Location of Stay Young, Dahab Hotel

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The Stay Young Hotel is located inside Jowhara hotel. Jowhara means jewel in Arabic and the old name of the hotel was "Jewel of Dahab". Most drivers know the Jowhara hotel and if they dont its right across the street from Penguin and Christina Beach Hotel. Be warned that some drivers have a tendency to say that a hotel is closed. This is because the driver gets a commission to bring their customers to a specific hotel.

Stay Young is located in Mashraba street wich is the most popular area for the bazaars and hotels. The biggest benefit of being situated in Mashraba is that its right between the Lagoona and the Lighthouse. Stay Young is just a 100 meters off the beach and you can find some of the best restaurants in Dahab within 500 meters.

Lighthouse is the Diving capitol, it is here you find most of the dive centers and is also the training area for almost all of the beginning divers. It is also a good place for snorkeling and there are no private beaches here so you are not locked down to picking a hotel with a private beach. Lighthouse is about 7-8 minutes walk from the hotel and you can take a taxi down there for less than one USD without any bargaining skills.

The Lagoona is the wind/kite surfing kingdom, it is a beautiful lagoon of fine sand naturally created. The centers here offers brand new equipment and properly educated instructors. It is getting more and more famous because the semi closed Lagoona has the conditions that makes it so easy for beginners to catch up and when you have the proper training and feel confident you can take it out in the open ocean.

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Prices in Stay Young, Dahab Hotel

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Traveling From Cairo or Sharm to Dahab Egypt

Stay young can offer you transport by air conditioned mini bus from Cairo to Dahab for only 180Le (Egyptian Pounds). To be on the safe side we ask you to book this 48 hours before departure.

You can take a bus from the Abbassyia bus station 5 times a day. The departure times are 8:30, 13:00, 17:00, 19:00 and 23:00. The bus is around 80Le, but be warned that most buses are very low class and we can not promise you a pleasant journey.

WARNING: Some drivers might tell you that the hotel you are going to are closed and offer to take you to another hotel.

From Sharm El-sheikh

We can arrange minibus or taxi for 180Le as well. You can arrange a taxi by your self, but unless you have well trained negotiation skills they will charge you way over the proper rate and the drivers can be very pushy.

If you come from Dahab station

From the bus station you can get any taxi, but do not pay over 5Le per person under any situation. Tell the driver you wish to go to Jowhara or Jewel of Dahab (Jowhara mean jewel in Arabic). If the driver should not know is hotel tell the driver Christina Beach Hotel and its right across the street.

If you have any question about the transport or time tables for buses we would be happy to help you. Email us at stayyoung@fiksdal.be.

Dahab Restaurant Info

The Nightlife in Dahab

The Dive Sites in Dahab

The Saint Catherine Monastery in Dahab

The Safaris in Dahab

Wind Surfing and Kite Surfing in Dahab

Weather and wind forecast for Dahab

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