Aswan is one of the most beautiful cities. Aswan is located in the south of Egypt. It is an ancient city and a popular destination for many Nubian culture and civilization. It is still present today in the surrounding villages and monuments. Besides the fact that Aswan includes many ancient temples and monuments. Natural landscapes, and great waterfalls.
What can you do in Aswan?
There are many things that, can you do in Aswan. Including touring the boat on the Nile River to visit the Nubian villages scattered around the delta, And there are many popular markets that sell spices, tea, and aromatic herbs. There are many interesting places in Aswan that you can visit where Aswan. Represents a creative world with its islands and reserves, rich cultures and impressive history.
Visit the Spice Market in Aswan
The Spice Market in Aswan is located in the city center. Near from the train station and the banks of the Nile, and is the ideal place to search for As its stalls are filled with spices also traditional jilbab and fabrics, Silverware and treasures of all kinds. It is a fun place to explore, and in general, sellers are more friendly and less aggressive than other markets around the country.
It’s worth shopping for perfumes, which to be particularly good at Aswan. There are also wonderful and unique Nubian styles, which are difficult to find anywhere else in Egypt. If you like hibiscus and Egyptian drinks, you can buy and prepare them at home. It is the best place to shop in Aswan.
Elephantine Island
If you want to calm down and get away from the crowds, the best place is Elephantine Island, which is the largest island in the Nile off Aswan.
Part of the island includes the Movenpick Resort Aswan, one of the best luxury hotels in the city. The Nubian villages of Elephantine Island are a great place for hiking, as they roam the quiet, dusty streets of the traditional Nubian villages of Kouti and Soi, with their colored homes. You can spend time getting to know its inhabitants and taking some great pictures.
Unfinished obelisk
The northern quarry near Aswan still contains what would have been the world’s tallest obelisk. The unfinished obelisk, a huge granite slab of 42 meters high.
It is one of the most interesting things in Aswan, and it is a great place to get to know ancient Egypt. You can still see the signs of the original workers, it provides insight into building techniques at the time of the Pharaohs.
Visit Aswan High Dam
Another thing that can be done in Aswan is a visit to the High Dam to learn about this engineering marvel. On the one hand, the dam provides electricity to an entire Egypt and protected Egypt from flooding But its construction came at a great cost, Nubian villages were flooded, displacing residents and forcing them to live in the city. Forcing temples and archaeological sites to move.
High Dam thickness is 980 meters at the base and 40 meters at the highest point. And the average capacity of the dam reservoir (Lake Nasser) is 135 billion cubic meters. With the largest capacity of 157 billion cubic meters. There are illustrative panels showing the stages of the dam and how it was built.
El Nabatat Island
If you are a lover of nature, then El Nabatat Island or Kitchener’s Island is a perfect choice. It is one of the most wonderful recreational places in Aswan. It is a natural reserve built on an area of 17 acres divided into seven different plant areas. Plants, which contain a group of fruits and tropical trees, medicinal and aromatic plants, ornamental plants and wood and spice trees. Also colorful and exotic birds.
Abu Simbel Temples
Abu Simbel Temples considered one of the most important tourist landmarks in Aswan. The temples are currently west of Lake Nasser, the largest industrial lake in the world. But that was not the original location of the temples. As the Nile River flooded that site after diverting the course of the river during the construction of the High Dam.
The temple witnesses two important events that are repeated every year and attract thousands of tourists. Watching the sun’s perpendicular on the face of the king’s statue in the Holy of Holies in the king’s birthday, and the day of his coronation on the throne.
The Nubian Museum
It was opened on November 23, 1997, and its building received the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 2001. The museum has been devoted to Nubian culture and civilization. And is one of the most important cultural museums in the city of Aswan. And a distinguished destination among Egypt’s tourist attractions. It contains 3000 pieces of Egyptian antiquities representing different times. Among the exhibits are 90 large and rare objects.
The museum displays the importance of the ancient Nubian civilization and its quarries. As it included diorite quarries, which were a source of various kinds of precious stones.
Sehel Island
The island of Suhail is the title of beauty and elegance when the beauty of a charming nature meets the mystery of the past surrounded by curiosity and passion. Which attracts Egyptians to discover more secrets that baffle the world until now.
One of the wonderful landmarks on the island of Suhail is the Nubian village. Which dates back to ancient Egypt, and was a source of granite that was used in the construction of temples and obelisks.
Aswan Museum
Located on Elephantine Island. The Aswan Museum includes in its vicinity a temple of Khnum. A statue of the god of Khnum in the shape of a ram head. Many Nubian monuments and relics from Elephantine Island, and ancient relics dating back to prehistoric times. Which made it one of the most prominent tourist attractions in Aswan.
El Corniche
You will enjoy a lot of walking along El Corniche, and the best time for that is the time of sunset or sunrise. To watch the sunset or sunrise over the Great Nile and above the landmarks of Aswan and its desert in a wonderful and irresistible view. If you do not want to walk along the Aswan Corniche, also you can take a walk in one of the boats spread along the Aswan Corniche. To see the sunset scene amid the waters of the Nile River, and this is much more beautiful.
