​Half-Day Aswan Tour: Necropolis of the Nobles and St Simeon’s Monastery

The Necropolis of the Nobles

The Necropolis of the Nobles of Aswan is located on the left bank of the Nile opposite the city of Aswan to the north of the famous botanical garden. This necropolis is home to around forty tombs, all dug into the rock, six of which are open to visitors. These burials, dating from the Old Pharaonic Empire, around the 25th century BC. JC, are testimony to the greatness of Aswan at the time. Important monarchs, princes and other dignitaries rest here.

St Simeon Monastery

St Simeon Monastery is located on the left bank of the Nile in Aswan, near the Nile on the edge of the desert. This monastery, erected in the 6th century AD. It is a set of buildings surrounded by a spectacular stone and brick wall 8m high in the shape of a trapeze, intended to protect the monks from Bedouin incursions. This gives the monastery the appearance of a fortress. It contains several buildings: church, monks' lodgings, etc. where Coptic style paintings are kept. Some monks once lived there, but it was abandoned in the 13th century due to lack of water.

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