Egypt Guide
Sinai
Basata
The trendiest resort in between Nuweiba and Taba is BASATA, which lies by the headland of Ras el-Burqa. Created by the German-educated Sherif el-Ghamrawy, it is Egypt's most eco-friendly resort, with its own greenhouse, generator, bakery, desalination plant and school for local Bedouin children. Organic waste is fed to Basata's donkeys, goats, pigeons and ducks, or used to fertilize the fruit and vegetables. The huts are made entirely from natural materials; empty Baraka bottles are shredded and sent back to the company for recycling, and children can earn treats by collecting cigarette butts from the beach. Alcohol, drugs, television and loud music are forbidden lest they spoil the ambience, which is family-oriented with a New Age ethos. There's a communal vegetarian or fish dinner each night, and guests may help themselves in the kitchen and bakery: write down what you've taken and pay when you leave. You can store your own food in the fridge.
Such is Basata's popularity that it's advisable to reserve ahead ( 
069/350-0480 
www.basata.com Price: £E200-300). There are sixteen huts, some of them mud-brick, or you can pitch a tent on the beach. Guests can sign up for inland safaris (£E80 per person per day by Jeep, £E100 by camel) or rent snorkelling gear (£E28), but divers aren't welcome. You'll either feel at home with Basata's New Agers or find them unbearably cliquey.