Sharm Old Market.

Market Sharm Old Market, also known as Sharm Old Town, offers a dense sensory contrast to the city's polished resort strips. Centered around the towering, ornate Al-Sahaba Mosque, the district is a maze of narrow alleyways and colorful storefronts built into the base of a jagged stone mountain. While modernized for comfort, it retains the kinetic energy of a traditional Egyptian souk. Visitors weave through stalls overflowing with hand-woven rugs, pungent spices, and gold jewelry, where the art of haggling remains the standard mode of business. Beyond the shopping, the area functions as the city’s culinary heart, housing long-standing seafood restaurants and street-side cafes serving koshari and mint tea. At night, the illuminated mosque and cliffside waterfalls provide a dramatic backdrop for people-watching and soaking up the local atmosphere.