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Long weekend at the Savoy
You can’t spare a full week but you could squeeze in a long weekend, and make up for the short stay by living it up a little. But is the Red Sea a practical proposition? BRENDAN O’BRIEN tries it – you decide
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What’s the rush?
When does the boat leave? Well, when can you be here? Gassous Bay near Safaga is a place to kick back and chill out (except when trekking to the Lighthouse), says John Liddiard
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Get a bit tekkie Egyptian style
Want to drive your diving onward and upward on your next trip? Werner Lau Sharm could be just the ticket, says JOHN BANTIN
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Ras magic
Where is the spiritual home of British divers? Egypt of course! If you want to argue about it, contact JOHN BANTIN, who has just done his 100th Ras Mohammed dive
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Shore to satisfy
Boat-diving isn’t for everyone, but where best to savour the possibilities of shore-diving in the Red Sea? JAMES DAWSON provides a heads-up. Main photography by JOHN BANTIN
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What about the fifth wreck?
The phantom wreck at Abu Nuhas has attained semi-mythical status, but is it just a figment of divers’ imaginations? Only one way to find out, suggests Mike Ward
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Light my fire - Marsa Alam
NIGEL WADE knows what he likes best – coral reefs in great condition. For fellow aficionados he reckons the trick is to get down to Marsa Alam while the going’s still good
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Wrecks & reefs
Never let familiarity breed contempt – the northern wreck and reef circuit may be the best-known way of diving the Red Sea from a liveaboard, but that’s because it’s so good. Keeping her fingernails carefully intact, Farzi Bantin reports more...
Going solo on Golden Dolphin
Diving the Thistlegorm? Nothing unusual in itself, but it felt strange for Stuart Philpott to be doing so as the only (but not lonely) guest on a liveaboard that can take 20 divers on its dive-platform alone. The experience put the classic wreck in a whole new light more...
Blue hole bonanza
Some regard Dahab as a deep-divin' tekkie town, but for TV presenter Miranda Krestovnikoff, it's the perfect retreat for shore-divers with a young family in tow.
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5 undersung Red Sea sites
The Red Sea has plenty of dive sites likely to figure in any 'See Before You Die' or 'World's Top 100' listing - Elphinstone, the Thistlegorm or the Brothers - but what of the lesser-known gems? James Dawson names his favoured five more...
From Egypt with love 007
It looks like RIP for VIP One, a mature Red Sea liveaboard badly damaged by fire earlier this year. But Stuart '007' Philpott wasn't to know that he might be embarking on a final voyage as he climbed aboard, his imagination running riot
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Three-Day Break
A shore-diving resort may be great for a family holiday, but combined with a short liveaboard getaway, it's even better! John Bantin takes a holiday within a holiday
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Shakedown cruising with the Contessa
When a Red Sea liveaboard is about to go into service, it's a good idea to give it a bit of a trial run. Of course, if you invite along paying guests and journalists, you're being impressively brave. John Liddiard volunteers as a lab-rat aboard the Contessa Mia
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Six days in the desert
For a wide-angle photographer, Marsa Alam provides spectacular opportunities, says Zac Macaulay, as he enjoys a taste of southern Egypt's underwater world
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