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Popular Things To Do | Other Things To Do Tips | All Tips (291) Most people try and take afternoon tea at the Old Cataract Hotel but I don't think it's worth the effort of trying to get passed the guards on the gates. They seem to think that unless you are staying at the hotel, you can't afford it. They will make you buy a £3 (sterling) ticket and although it is refundable against your tea, why should you have to pay to even enter the hotel?
I much better option is to take the complimentary ferry over the the Elephantine Island Resort (used to be called the Oberoi). You can't miss it, it is built on Elephantine Island and has a huge 'control tower' that dominates Aswan. Take the lift from reception up to the top of the tower and enjoy 360 degrees views of the Nile and Aswan at sunset. Address: Elephantine Island Resort, Aswan
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Must see for it's historical and engineering significance.
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Named Kitchener's Island after Lord Horatio Kitchener, this small island has been a botanical garden since 1899. The island is hidden from Aswan's view by the larger Elephantine Island next door, and can only be reached by boat. It was given to Lord Kitchener in the 1890s after his successful involvement, as Egyptian Consul, in the Sudanese campaigns. His love for gardening led him to turn the island into a botanical garden and planted it with many rare tropical plants. Locals refer to the island as Geziret el-Nabatat, which means "Island of Plants." Today, the Egyptian government owns the garden and has turned it into a public park, though a biological/botanical research centre is still maintained on the island. An afternoon at this botanical paradise on Kitchener's Island is a nice way to relax when suffering from "antique fatigue." Address: Kitchener's Island
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Nubia means the "Land of Gold". This famous spacious museum has many panels in English and Arabic describing the history of this place. There is large variety of granite colors on many statues & monuments and ancient delicate work on many items if displayed there. You will also find monuments from lost archaeological sites and Aswan Dam. Unfortunately many temples were not as lucky as Abu Simbel and Philae and have been lost under water. Nubia stretches from Aswan down to Khartoum in Sudan.
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On the island of Elefantine you can find a museum, Temple of Satet, Nubian village and a big Nilometer. We were surpriced that there was not many tourist on the island.
We visited the museum, Temple of Satet and the Nilometer. The museum of Aswan is not big, but it has some beautiful objects. From small objects to mummys.
Then we continued to the Temple of Satet. This is a large area with several temples inside it.
And there is a panorama place, where you can see the whole island and some more.
The Nilometer was the last place we visited, before going back with the motor-boat, and to the promenade of Assuan.
The entrance fee was 25L.E and it contained the museum, the Temple area and the Nilometer.
The price on the boat trip, depend on how good you are at bargain. From 5L.E up ... Directions: Get a motor boat or the public ferry, from the east-bank to get you to the island of Elefantine.
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One of the highlights of being in Aswan is watching the sun set across the Nile. The views are breathtaking and the atmosphere is serene. Visitors have the option to watch it from the Nile Corniche in the city of Aswan, or to take a felucca ride on the Nile just before sunset. Whichever way one chooses, sunset is not to be missed!
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One of the newest churches in Egypt, the Archangel Michael Coptic Orthodox Cathedral of Aswan was consecrated in 2006. It is located just outside the Old Cataract Hotel at the southern end of the city of Aswan. It was built in an architectural style now common among Coptic churches in Egypt and serves the relatively prominent Coptic community of Aswan.
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Originally the temple of Philae was on the east bank of the Nile at a small bay, but after the building of the High Dam it had to be dismantled and rebuilt at a newly formed island. The cult of the goddess Isis, the bride of Osiris, dates back to extremely ancient times and it was a tradition that Egyptians went at least once a year on a pilgrimage to the sacred island. According to Egyptian mythology, Isis was desperate after Seth had murdered his brother Osiris and scattered parts of his body all over Egypt. She travelled throughout the country in search for her husband’s limbs and after she had found and brought them together, Osiris resuscitated and ascended to Heaven. Leave a Comment
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Our family travels regulary (since 5 years) in the winter time to Aswan,
to savour the Nile and its picturescue landscape. A tour with a
traditional felucca (sailing boat) is, in our opinion, one of the most
beautiful thing to do in Aswan. On the felucca you ride leisurely down
the Nile, while the Nile Islands and sand dunes are passing by you can
enjoy the Peace far from the hectical European Citys. Now and then you
leave the felucca to visit old tombs, the botanical garden of Kitcheners
Island or the Cloistre of Simeon in the desert. The time on a felucca
tour is different because you align to the rythm of the Nile.
The highlight is a day trip to the 1^st Cataract, where you reach behind
the rapids unknown touristy area with Nubian villages and a bathing
place. Here is the nature still intact, the Nile clean, the sand dunes
and the green, copius Nile Islands with their biota espescially
beautiful. If you want to, you can go bathing on the Nile beach or visit
a Nubian village.
Important for the 1^st Cataract trip is a experienced and trusted
captain who can ride the rapids securely. We already made tours with unexperienced captains who couldn´t ride the 1^st Cataract which came into dangerous sloping positions with the
felucca and turned over with the comment, that there isn´t anything
interesting upwards the Nile and that the 1^st Cataract is much more
behind (what was wrong).
A very good captian is Abdullah, you can rent
his felucca at the waterfront (Coniche) in Aswan right across from
Elephantine Island for a very fair price (just ask for the boat/felucca
„Admacum“ of Abdullah Abu Zaid). He is a very calm, discreet and
experienced captain, with him, we made some nice Nile trips to, for
tourists, unknown places and can really recommend. His felucca was very
clean and well-kept.
To discover Aswan with the felucca – one of the best things to We already look forward to our next holiday.
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