A great winter resort Aswan is situated in Southern Egypt and straddles the Nile. Interesting sights to visit include:
Mausoleum of Aga Khan: the rsting place of Aga Khan, the interior is al marble
Monastry of St Simeon: originally built on 7th Century and rebuilt in 10th century when Nubians copnverted to Christianity
Abu Simbel Temples: one deicated to rameses II and one to his wife Nefertari. The temples were moved during the creation of the Aswan Dam.
Temple of the Nobles: This is an area of rock hewn tombs dating from the Old Kingdom to the Romans. inside the tombs are decorated with vivid paintings of everyday life.
Elephantine Island seperates the Nile into 2 channels and has an interesting museum and ruins of Abu
Aswan Dam: an engineering miracle in the 1960's provides electricity for the whole country.
The most famous sites in Dahab are underwater,;
the blue hole part of the Rift valley can be dived from the shore. Others hore dives include the caves to the south, and the bell to the north.
An interesting option are camel / dive trips. To dive sites north of Dahab only accessible by Camel.
Na'ama Bay: Great beach to relax after sightseing
St catherine's Monastry: In the shadow of Mount Sinai, stands the fortress-like St Catherine's Monastery, established by Emperor Justinian in 527 at the spot where Moses supposedly encountered the burning bush. Inside its high walls is an architectural mishmash of libraries, kitchens and living quarters, and an exquisite church hung with gold lamps and ancient icons and soaked in the scent of incense.
Coloured Canyon: A gorge carved by water through layers of sandstone and limestone over the past 1.5 million years. The result is spectacular, especially at the narrowest section, where the towering rock walls, rosy pink and gold, with streaks and swirls of burgundy, green and yellow, are barely three feet apart and the sky is just a sliver of blue.
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