Taba Castle-South Sinai

Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi Castle or Taba Castle Commander Salahuddin al-Ayyubi established his castle on the island of Pharaoh in the year 567 AH 1170 AD in Taba, which is 10 km from Aqaba and from the Sinai Beach 250 AD to repel the Crusader raids and protect the Egyptian pilgrim route across the Sinai, to protect land and sea routes between Egypt, the Levant and the Hijaz, And secure the pilgrimage route, and as an advanced marine base to secure the Gulf of Aqaba and the Red Sea from any maritime invasion.

Pharaoh's Island

 (in Arabic: Jazirrat Far'aun) is an island located in the north of the Gulf of Aqaba, on the eastern coast of the Sinai peninsula, in Egypt. In the 12th century, the crusaders who defended the neighboring city of Aqaba, currently in Jordan, built a citadel there, which they called Ile de Graye. In 1170 the Muslim leader Saladin conquered the island and rebuilt the citadel.

Together with the citadel of Al-Gundi, also in Egypt, the buildings on Pharaoh's Island were inscribed on the UNESCO list of candidates for World Heritage on July 28, 2003, due to the universal cultural value that was attributed to them.
Due to its location, close to Jordan and Israel, the island, with its coral reefs, has become a popular destination for tourists staying in Taba, Eilat and Aqaba.