One day in Aswān, Egypt
A day through Aswān’s best-known sights that lie close together: El-Tabia Mosque, unfinished obelisk, International Museum of Nubia, Temple of Satet, Aswan Museum and Mausoleum of Aga Khan. 6 stops, about 3.6 km between them in straight lines; the streets make it longer.
The route
- El-Tabia MosqueMosque · On the map
- unfinished obeliskMonument · 1.4 km on from El-Tabia Mosque · On the map
- International Museum of NubiaMuseum · 0.7 km on from unfinished obelisk · On the map
- Temple of SatetTemple or shrine · 0.6 km on from International Museum of Nubia · On the map
- Aswan MuseumMuseum · 0.1 km on from Temple of Satet · On the map
- Mausoleum of Aga KhanMonument · 0.9 km on from Aswan Museum · On the map
6 stops, 10 km on foot along the streets: about 2 h 3 min of walking.
More for Aswān
- Things to do in Aswān, Egypt · 20 places to see, led by Sehel Island and Famine Stela
Photo credits
- El-Tabia Mosque: Hajor, CC BY-SA 3.0
- unfinished obelisk: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0
- International Museum of Nubia: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.5
- Aswan Museum: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Mausoleum of Aga Khan: Hedwig Storch, CC BY-SA 3.0
Pictures from Wikimedia Commons, through each place’s Wikidata entry.
Good to know
- Each day starts at the best-known place not yet seen and adds the best known within a short walk of it, then puts them in the shortest order. The places come from Wikidata (CC0), ranked by how many Wikipedias have an article about them.
- The map draws each day’s walk along the streets, routed by Valhalla on OpenStreetMap; the distances beside the stops are straight lines.
- Opening hours, tickets and closures are not checked: each place’s Wikipedia article has them.