16/03/2022
why do you have to visit Aswan?
simply Aswan has it all:
Mild climate in winter, Average temperatures (24 degrees during the day - 14 degrees at night), therefore it is considered an ideal winter destination for many important characters from the kings and sovereigns, politicians, writers and artists already last century. our Egyptian president Sadat, Mubark, the English writer Agatha Cristie who wrote her famous novel Murder on the Nile from the terrace of the Cataract hotel in Aswan.
we also remember the Shah of Iran (Aghakan Mohmed III) who was passionate about this city and then buried here in Aswan in 1957, his Mausuleum overlooks the Nile on the West Bank of Aswan.
let's also remember the former French president Jean Francois Mitterand who visits Aswan almost every year ... the list is long ...
the Nile in Aswan is spectacular: it should not be direct, but obstructed by many granite mounds and islets in the middle: these mounds called: Cataracts of the Nile
Aswan is the last Egyptian governorate in southern Egypt on the Nile valley, it is the longest governorate extending from the south of Esna to the Egyptian Sudanese border 40 km south of Abu Simbel, divided into 6 cities; large: Edfu, Kom Ombo, Nasr al Nuba, Daraw, Aswan and Abu Simbel, with a total population of around 1.5 million
here we find ourselves with a unique ethnic group that has been here since the dawn of history: the Nubians, dark complexion, speak a different dialect, have their traditions and their life completely different from us Egyptians ..
the sailing boat is a stop not to be missed when coming to Aswan, an absolute relaxation while the boat goes slowly following the gentle breeze and looking at all the legendary nature around.
you are in a natural framework: the Nile, the islands, the cataracts, pure air, herons, sailing boats, Nubians, dunes and many archaeological sites to see
the list of archaeological sites in Aswan is long: let's go and discover it slowly together in the next posts