Police said the 26-year-old man was swimming off Coral Bay beach when a 10ft (3m) tiger shark bit his arm.

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But you can also enjoy Atlantis by staying in the less expensive parts of the resort: the Coral or Beach Towers, or the marina condos.

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During 20 minutes of snorkeling off the beach at Coral Bay (pop. 120), we saw blue-spotted stingrays, moray eels, manta rays and dozens of fish species.

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Even the beach is not what it seems: the coral reefs stretch from the shore far out to sea, and although Egyptian laws protecting the reefs are regularly violated by developers who bulldoze their way through reefs, tourists may find they have to pick their way for some distance over the delicate sharp reefs, damaging both them and their feet, to find deep water.

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