Nubian Village

Address: Aswan
Admission: Free

ATTRACTION Keywords:
Good Place to Drink, Good Place to Eat, Neighborhood

3:38 PM Sunday, May 19
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Sandwiched between the ruins of Abu and the Mövenpick resort hotel are two colorful Nubian Villages, Siou and Koti. Strolling through their shady alleys and gardens is a wonderful way to experience life on modern Elephantines. A north-south path across the middle of Elephantine Island links the two villages and about halfway along is the Nubian Café, with a shady garden beside a traditional Nubian house.

Close to the wall separating the Mövenpick from Siou village is Nubian House, where the owner serves tea, sells Nubian handicrafts, and can arrange live music and dancing or henna 'tattoos' with local women. Western women should be respectful of local tradition and wear modest clothes.

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Review by Anonymous, August 2008
Doing what: Private Tour: The Nubia Museum

All the guide books say this is a really small museum which it is compared to the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, but it was bigger than expected. I found it very interesting, particularly the exhibit about moving the temples when the High Dam was built.

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Review by Anonymous, August 2008
Doing what: Private Tour: The Nubia Museum

Interesting history of the area and how Abu Simbel and Philae Temple was moved, as well as the tribes that still exist somewhere in the desert.

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Review by Michael W, April 2012
Doing what: Private Tour: The Nubia Museum