The joys of Egypt’s Sharm-el-Sheik (where the pound goes further compared to a year ago) [Video]

Thirty-seven miles of coastline, hotels with clifftop pools… and it’s family friendly: The joys of Sharm-el-Sheik (where the pound goes further compared to a year ago)

11:35 EST 25 Jan 2023 , updated 11:35 EST 25 Jan 2023

Every week our Holiday Hero Neil Simpson takes an in-depth look at a brilliant holiday topic, doing all the legwork so you don’t have to. This week: Bargains in Sharm-el-Sheik.

Egypt is one of the few places where the pound goes further than a year ago, putting Sharm-el-Sheik, its most popular Red Sea city, firmly on the radar for anyone wanting family-friendly holidays without breaking the bank.

Latest figures show £100 bought a little under 2,500 Egyptian pounds in January 2022. Now it buys more than 3,500. Holiday prices alone can also be a pleasant surprise – many fell last year as hoteliers rushed to woo new guests to replace Russians who once filled up to four in ten Sharm-el-Sheik rooms.

Olly Gaspar, of …