Day Trip to St Simeon Monastery and Tombs of the Nobles in Aswan

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St Simeon & Tombs of the Noble

2 Adults x $139.00

$278.00

Approx Total

$278.00

Private Tours
Duration: 6 hours
Bottled Water & Snacks.
Pickup included

Inclusions / Exclusions

Mobile ticket
Offered in: Arabic, German, English, Italian, Spanish
Qualified Egyptologist tour guide
All transfers by private air-conditioned vehicle
Entrance fees to all mentioned sightseeing
Bottled water during the tour
Motor boat, Camel Ride & Ferry Boat ride
Pick-up and return from your hotel in Aswan
All service charges and taxes

Any extras not mentioned in the itinerary
Tipping

Overview

Explore two of the less visited sights on the west bank of the River Nile in Aswan in a day trip to St Simeon Monastery and Tombs of the Nobles. Catch a motorized boat across the River Nile and ride a camel to this 6th- to 11th-century sanctuary dedicated to St. Simeon (Anba Hatre), and then proceed with Camel ride the Tombs of the Nobles, climb to the cliffside tombs, and head inside to admire the wall paintings and hieroglyphics that depict the nobles’ lives. Motor boat, Camel Rides, Entrance fees and hotel pickup and drop-off are included.

Pickup points

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Basma Executive Club Elfanadek Street, Aswan, Egypt, EG, 81111
Basma Hotel 1 Al Fanadek Street, in front of Nubia Museum, Aswan, Egypt, EG, 81111
Bayt Zaina Elephantine Island, Aswan, Egypt, EG, 81111
Citymax Hotel Aswan Corniche El Nile, Sheyakhah Thalethah, Aswan, Egypt, EG, 81718
El-amin Guest House Kornish Al Nile,, Aswan, Egypt, EG, 11800
Hapi Hotel 10 Abtal Al Tahrir, , Aswan, Egypt, EG, 81511
Kalabsha Hotel Abtal El Tahrir Street, , Aswan, Egypt, EG
Keylany Hotel 25 Keylany Street, , Aswan, Egypt, EG, 81111
Marhaba Hotel Corniche El Nil, , Aswan, Egypt, EG, 81511
Memnon Hotel Nile Street Above The National Bank, , Aswan, Egypt, EG, 81111
Movenpick Resort Aswan Elephantine Island, Aswan, Egypt, EG, 1240891
Nile Hotel Aswan 15 Corniche El Nile Street, , Aswan, Egypt, EG
Nuba Nile Hotel Aswan 9 Ahmed Ibn Al Abtal, , Aswan, Egypt, EG, 81111
Nubian Oasis Hotel 234 Saad Zaglowl Street, 3min. Left From Train Station By Walk In Saad Zaglool Street 15 Min. From Aswan Air-Port, Aswan, Egypt, EG, 12345
Nubian Plaza Guest House Gharb Sohail, Nagaa Suhayl Gharb, Egypt, EG, 81511
Oscar Hotel Al Berka St., , Aswan, Egypt, EG, 99999
Paradise Hotel 373 Saad Zaghlol Street, , Aswan, Egypt, EG
Philae Hotel 79 Cornich el Nile, , Aswan, Egypt, EG
Pyramisa Isis Corniche Hotel Corniche El Nile, Aswan, Egypt, EG, 99999
Ramsis Hotel Abtal El Tahrir St., beside Cornech el Nile, Aswan, Egypt, EG, 81111
Shehrazad Nile Floating Hotel Kornish El Nile, Egypt Tourism Dock, Aswan, Egypt, EG, 81511
Sofitel Legend Old Cataract Aswan Abtal El Tahrir Street, Aswan, Egypt, EG, 81511
Tiba Hotel Aswan Atlas Area, , Aswan, Egypt, EG, 99999

Pickup details

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Itinerary

Monastery of St. Simeon

Nile Holiday tour guide will pick you up from your hotel in Aswan and start your tour crossing the Nile to the west bank of Aswan, then Join a camel ride next to Aga khan mausoleum, ride a camel to the 6th- to 11th-century sanctuary dedicated to St. Simeon (Anba Hatre), once home to 1,000 monks. Explore the monks’ dwellings and see the church with its fragmented frescoes.

1 hour
Qubbet el-Hawa

Move on with your Camel ride to visit the burial places of ancient Egyptian dignitaries of Aswan’s Tombs of the Nobles. Climb a set of stairs cutting across the hill to the cliffside tombs, most follow a simple plan, with an entrance hall, a pillared room and a corridor leading to the burial chamber. Head inside to admire the wall paintings, hieroglyphic biographies and inscriptions telling of the noblemen's journeys into Africa. On top of the hill above the tombs of the Nobles there is a small shrine or tomb of a local sheikh and holy man "Kubbet el-Hawa” Translated as "the dome of the wind'. The climb is rewarded with amazing views of Aswan, the Nile River and the surrounding landscape. After finished, Take the ferry boat across the River Nile to the east bank and then transfer back to your hotel in Aswan.

1 hour

Additional Info

Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

Non Refundable

This experience is non-refundable and cannot be changed for any reason. If you cancel or ask for an amendment, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.

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