Egypt
- Travel: Respite In Aswan
The Times, ZA (Stanley Stewart) God invented Egypt for people hell-bent on sight-seeing. From the pyramids of Giza to the Valley of the Kings, the Nile is just one darned monument after another. Temples, tombs, pyramids, sphinxes: it can go on a bit....
- Travel: Cruising The Royal Route Of The Pharaohs
Ottawa Citizen (Mark Angelo) As our plane approached the town of Aswan in southern Egypt, I could see the meandering Nile below. Beyond the line of the river and the green ribbon of lush irrigated lands that paralleled it, there was nothing but the vast...
- Travel: Nile Cruise
Vancouver Sun (Mark Angelo) As our plane approached the town of Aswan in southern Egypt, I could see the meandering Nile below. Beyond the line of the river and the green ribbon of lush irrigated lands that paralleled it, there was nothing but the vast...
- Daily Photo - More Views Of Aswan, Past And Present
Thanks again to George Mutter for sending me these photographs, offering contrasts between Aswan as in 1906 and 2006. They are great. The first pair show camels in the forecourt of the Old Cataract Hotel (look closely at the modern one!). The latter pair...
- Travel: Aswan
ANBA (Randa Achmawi) The city of Aswan, on the banks of the Nile, 843 kilometres south of Cairo, is renowned as one of the most beautiful sites in Egypt. The cool climate in winter, from December to February, attracts a crowd of European tourists. Aswan...
Egypt
Restoration of the Old Cataract Hotel in Aswan
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine el-Aref)
The legendary turn-of-the-last-century Old Cataract Hotel in Aswan is now as glamorous as it ever was following three years of restoration, writes Nevine El-Aref
On a hilltop in Aswan, at the spot where the River Nile meets a granite barrier to create the first cataract, stand the elegant Old Cataract Hotel, a favourite haunt of film stars and royalty with one of the best views in existence. The building combines three different architectural styles in a harmonious blend of late Victorian opulence, Egyptian atmosphere and an inimitable touch of French taste.
The first legend of the hotel relates to its name, which refers to the old belief that the collision of the Nile with the northernmost granite barrier of land was actually the point where the civilised world reached its end. The hotel overlooks Elephantine Island, a place of some significance in ancient Egypt as the centre of the cult of Khnum, god of the cataract and the annual inundation.
- Travel: Respite In Aswan
The Times, ZA (Stanley Stewart) God invented Egypt for people hell-bent on sight-seeing. From the pyramids of Giza to the Valley of the Kings, the Nile is just one darned monument after another. Temples, tombs, pyramids, sphinxes: it can go on a bit....
- Travel: Cruising The Royal Route Of The Pharaohs
Ottawa Citizen (Mark Angelo) As our plane approached the town of Aswan in southern Egypt, I could see the meandering Nile below. Beyond the line of the river and the green ribbon of lush irrigated lands that paralleled it, there was nothing but the vast...
- Travel: Nile Cruise
Vancouver Sun (Mark Angelo) As our plane approached the town of Aswan in southern Egypt, I could see the meandering Nile below. Beyond the line of the river and the green ribbon of lush irrigated lands that paralleled it, there was nothing but the vast...
- Daily Photo - More Views Of Aswan, Past And Present
Thanks again to George Mutter for sending me these photographs, offering contrasts between Aswan as in 1906 and 2006. They are great. The first pair show camels in the forecourt of the Old Cataract Hotel (look closely at the modern one!). The latter pair...
- Travel: Aswan
ANBA (Randa Achmawi) The city of Aswan, on the banks of the Nile, 843 kilometres south of Cairo, is renowned as one of the most beautiful sites in Egypt. The cool climate in winter, from December to February, attracts a crowd of European tourists. Aswan...