El-Tor, Egypt
الطور
El-Tor is a regional capital of 38,285 people in South Sinai, Egypt.
Why visit El-Tor
Townapedia lists 1 museum or landmark and 1 place to eat in and around town.
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About El-Tor
El Tor (Egyptian Arabic: الطور aṭ-Ṭūr/et-Ṭūr Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [etˈtˤuːɾ]), also romanized as Al-Tur and At-Tur and known as Tur Sinai, formerly Raithu, is a city and the capital of the South Sinai Governorate of Egypt. The name of the city comes from the Arabic term for the mountain where the prophet Moses is believed to have received the Tablets of the Law from God; this mountain is designated Jabal Al Tor.
From the Wikipedia article El Tor, Egypt (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Museums and landmarks1
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Restaurants and cafes1
Bazzoka
Restaurant · Burger, Cake, Chicken, Donut, Friture, Pancake, Sandwich · 0.6 km
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Map of El-Tor
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Getting there and nearby towns
Tur Sinai Airport (ELT) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 5 km away.
- Saint Catherine 48 km northeast, about 48 min by car
- Ras Gharib 55 km west, about 55 min by car
- Sharm el-Sheikh 78 km southeast, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Dahab 89 km east, about 1 h 30 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
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Sources and licences
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Hammam Musa (Moses' Bath), hot spring, El-Tor. South Sinai. Egypt. 03, Staselnik, CC BY-SA 3.0
- El Tor camel kiss, Mmelouk, CC BY-SA 4.0
- El Tor camel traffic, Mmelouk, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Unnamed Road, Qesm at Tour, South Sinai Governorate, Egypt - panoramio, youssef_alam, CC BY 3.0
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