Ras Sudr, Egypt » location & getting there

Location:
Ras Sudr is in the western part of the Sinai Peninsula, just under 80 km south of the Suez Canal tunnel. The Ramada Resort and Club Mistral centre are about 15 km south of Ras Sudr (also spelt Ras Sedr).

Getting there:
You can travel to Ras Sudr via Cairo or Sharm el Sheik. The former alternative can be recommended, as it is the shortest way and you can also take advantage of the opportunity to visit the sights of Cairo on the way there or back. If you wish to do so, it would be best to include at least one night's stay in Cairo in your travel schedule.

Getting there via Cairo:
If you have booked directly with Club Mistral, our agent, Midland Travel, will be responsible for your transfer. If you have made your own travel arrangements, we recommend taking a taxi or, alternatively, a rental car, although you will actually have very little need for a rental car once you are there and this would also be the more expensive alternative. The taxi driver should be familiar with your destination. If you opt for a rental car, leave Cairo International Airport and travel south in the direction of the Suez tunnel. There is a roundabout after the tunnel, where you should take the first exit, in the direction of Ras Sudr, El Tur and Sharm el Sheik. About 1 hour's drive from the tunnel, after the town of Ras Sudr, you will see a large sign for the Ramada Hotel. Turn right here into the hotel driveway.

Getting there via Sharm el Sheik:
The only advantage of flying to Sharm el Sheik lies in the large number of charter carriers that fly to this destination, the best-known on the Sinai. Transfer time from the airport to Ras Sudr with our agent, Midland Travel, is about 3 1/2 to 4 hours. By taxi, it will take approximately the same length of time. There are several car rental centres in Sharm el Sheikh. To get to Ras Sudr, you should take the southern route along the harbour of Sharm el Sheik in the direction of El Tur. Continue along the road, which follows the seashore almost the whole time, until you see the large sign for the Ramada Hotel, about 15 km before Ras Sudr. Turn left here into the hotel driveway.

Charter carriers and scheduled flights:
The major airline companies offer scheduled flights to Cairo International Airport daily from almost every European country. This means that your stay in Ras Sudr is not subject to the normal weekly schedule and you come any day and stay for any number of days as you wish. However, charter companies, too, like Hapag-Lloyd, Air Berlin or Aero Flight, are again offering extremely attractively priced flights to Cairo as of winter 2004/2005.

Sharm el Sheik Airport is used almost entirely by charter companies of the major tour operators.
Flights are, however, extremely frequent and, to some extent, also very reasonable.