Nuweiba #Nuweiba wheres magnificent beaches and coral reefs are the most common draw, and the bay is home to a number of resorts and tourist villages. The port continues to offer ferry service to Aqaba on the Jordan coast on a daily basis. Further north, on the far side of the prominence that thrusts out into the Gulf of Aqaba to form Nuweiba Bay, is Nuweiba el- Tarabin. Although possessed of an equally lovely beach, Tarabin is more modestly developed, for the area is home also to the Tarabin tribe of the Bedouin. Also at Nuweiba el-Tarabin are the ruins of the great fortress of Tarabin, constructed at the outset of the 16th century by the Mameluke sultan Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghuri (1501-1506).
Posted on: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 20:10:01 +0000