ASWAN HOTELS, EGYPT: Aswan, the border between ancient Egypt and ancient
Nubia - and the first place one had to pass cataracts in
the Nile if one came all the way from the Mediterranean.
The ancient town was located on the Island Elephantine
and was called Abu ("elephant"), and the temple constructions
here date back to pre historic times (more than five thousand
years ago).
Amoun Village
Hotel Aswan
is located in
Aswan. It
has a unique
geographical
location on
75000 square
meters of unspoiled
ground, while
the resort is
only 4 km from
Naama Bay,
12 km from the
airport and
13 km from Ras
Mohammad
The New Cataract
Hotel was inaugurated
in 1963 and
renovated in
1980 as an annex
to the famous
Old Cataract
Hotel of Aswan.,
merging the
new with the
contrasting
old sister hotel.
The hotel is
set in the exotic
gardens of the
Old Cataract
and sharing
many of its
facilities.
It is overlooking
the Nile and
the Elephantine
Island and the
beautiful landscape
of Aswan.
Hilton Borg
El Arab Hotel
is a hotel with
a unique location
overlooking
the Montaza
Royal beach
and gardens.
Its bay is surrounded
by the vast
magnificent
gifts of nature,
the gardens
of the Montaza
Royal Palace
which was once
the site of
the late King
Farouk's summer
palace.
Hilton Green
Plaza Hotel
is a hotel with
a unique location
overlooking
the Montaza
Royal beach
and gardens.
Its bay is surrounded
by the vast
magnificent
gifts of nature,
the gardens
of the Montaza
Royal Palace
which was once
the site of
the late King
Farouk's summer
palace.
In Egypt's second
capital and
in a unique
outstanding
position stands
the one of a
kind Sheraton
Montazah Hotel.
Sheraton Montazah
satisfies all
its guests by
offering the
best and most
exclusive facilities
and services
assuring a great
unique accommodation.
The Basma Hotel
in Aswan, which
is one of the
major touristic
cities located
at the southern
border of Egypt.
This city that
looks over several
tiny islands
scattered in
the River Nile's
flow, approximately
425 miles south
of Cairo, below
both the Aswan
Dam and Lake
Nasser.
The Isis Corniche
Hotel in Aswan
was built in
1982. It is
a pleasant modern
building having
its own garden
at the back
, leading to
the East bank
of the River
Nile, and surrounded
by the exotic
tropical garden,
also overlooking
the ancient
Elephantine
Island, where
the river "god
Hapi" lived.
The Kalabsha
Hotel , named
after the famous
ancient Kalabsha
Temple built
by the Roman
Emperor Octavius
Augustus and
dedicated to
the fertility
god Mandulisa
, is a self
catering hotel,
of a modern
building on
the hillside
, having a panoramic
view overlooking
the Nile River
,where the guest
can stroll up
and down the
corniche watching
the spectacular
view of the
sailboats
Amoun Island
Hotel Aswan
is located in
Aswan. It
has a unique
geographical
location on
75000 square
meters of unspoiled
ground, while
the resort is
only 4 km from
Naama Bay,
12 km from the
airport and
13 km from Ras
Mohammad
The Cleopatra
Hotel Aswan,
named after
the historical
strong-willed
Macedonian queen
who has dreamed
to build a greater
world empire,
has been built
in 1982, as
a cozy hotel,
in the center
of Aswan, the
city that was
the capital
of the first
Upper Egypt
nome, lying
at the northern
end of the first
of six cataracts
of the Nile.
The Marhaba
Palace Hotel
Aswan, which
means in Arabic
language "welcome”,
was built in
2003/2004. It
is a modern
whitewashed
building overlooking
the Nile in
Aswan, the southern
gateway to many
ancient Pharaonic
temples, among
which the Temple
of Philae, Kalabsha
and Abu Simble.
