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Bamboo benches spread with striped mattresses and cushions, set right on the sand facing the sea.

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Sinai · Assalah, Dahab

Dahab's seafront tables

Eating with your feet in the sand, a metre from the reef, watching divers come back.

€€ Mid-range

The Assalah promenade lines up dozens of fish and international restaurants, all open to the water. Quality varies but the setting is identical everywhere: cushions, low tables, the sea right there. It is how Dahab eats.

The extra bit

Pick a restaurant full of regulars rather than a convincing tout: on this promenade, the two never coincide.

Know before you go

Prices are shown in pounds and sometimes in euros: pay in pounds, the applied rate is almost always poor.

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Assalah promenade, Dahab, South Sinai

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