Taba
Taba 
Taba is an Egyptian city belonging to the South Sinai Governorate and is located at the head of the Gulf of Aqaba between the eastern Taba mountain range and plateaus on the one hand, and the waters of the Gulf of Aqaba on the other. The city has a population of 3,000 people, and its area is approximately 508.8 acres, and it is about 240 km north of Sharm El-Sheikh 
Taba is located at the head of the Gulf of Aqaba, between the eastern Taba mountain range and plateaus on the one hand, and the waters of the Gulf of Aqaba on the other. The city has a population of 3,000 people, and its area is approximately 508.8 acres, and it is about 240 km north of Sharm El-Sheikh. It oversees the borders of four countries, namely, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Palestine, as it is about 7 km away from the Egyptian port of Umm Rashrash, and is located in the face of the Saudi border in a direct direction to the Tabuk military base, and is the last Egyptian urban point on the Gulf of Aqaba opposite the only sea port Jordan, the port of Aqaba. Taba is characterized by its coasts, which overlook a group of beaches, bays, lakes, and diving sites 
It is located in the city on many distinctive tourist attractions, including: the flag platform, which is a memorial to the site of raising the Egyptian flag on the liberated land of Taba on March 19, 1989. and the model Bedouin village, which includes 198 Bedouin houses, a school, a health unit, 60 shops and a youth center. With the aim of serving Bedouin communities, especially Wadi Al-Marakh in Taba, at a cost of 50 million pounds. In addition to the Taba Museum, which preserves the history of the city's landmarks. It includes three halls containing more than 700 artifacts that are an archive of the lives of the people of South Sinai, starting from the Pharaonic era until the modern era The Taba Reserve, which is one of the most favorite places for tourists in the city, contains caves, mountain paths, and valleys, the most famous of which are Wadi Watir, Al-Zaljah, Al-Sawana, Nakhil, and Ain Khadra Oasis, in addition to rare species of animals, 50 species of birds, and more than 450 rare plants The colored canyon or the colored canyon is one of the natural wonders of the Taba Reserve. It is a labyrinth of colored sandy rocks that reach a height of 40 meters in some places. This valley, which extends in the depths of the desert mountains, was formed by rainwater and winter torrents for which channels were dug in the middle of the mountains after it had been flowing for hundreds of years. The colored valley gained its name thanks to the shades of colors that cover its walls and the veins of mineral salts that draw lines on its sand and limestone stones and give them scarlet, orange, silver, golden, purple, red and yellow colors Pharaoh's Island is 10 km from the city of Aqaba, and 30 meters from the Sinai coast. It is located in the ancient Citadel of Salah al-Din, which was established by the leader Salah al-Din in 1171 AD, to repel the raids of the Crusaders, and to protect the Egyptian pilgrimage route through Sinai. In the year 1182 AD, Prince Arnat, the owner of the Karak fortress, besieged the island with the intention of closing the Red Sea to the Muslims, and monopolizing the trade of the Far East and the Indian Ocean by seizing Ayla in the north (currently Aqaba) And Aden in the south, so Al-Adil Abu Bakr bin Ayyub confronted him with the instructions of his brother Salah Al-Din, and that was a prelude to the Battle of Hattin. The castle contains defensive installations, a workshop for the manufacture of weapons, a military meeting hall, rooms for soldiers, a baking oven, granaries, a steam bath, water tanks, and a mosque established by Prince Hussam al-Din Bajil bin Hamdan. The castle was built of granite fire stone taken from the hill on which the castle was built
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