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The city of Aswan
The city of Aswan is bigger but much calmer than Luxor. It is one of the nicest cities of Egypt and the most southern placed along with some of the best stretches of the Nile, where this one becomes more wide and splashed with small islands, with high desert hills crowned by the Mausoleum Aga Khan like backdrop.
One of its most out-standing islands is the island Elefantina. Aswan is a typical tourist destination from the XIXth century. Due to its closeness to the Tropic of Cancer, Aswan in warm and dry during the whole year.
The natural Aswan beauty is its main attraction. The granite formations in the shore, the small islets in the center of the river and the luxuriant palm trees add delight to the city. Also, it is the best place to which to come if what you want is sumergerte in the local culture. In general, the life in Aswan is relaxed and pacific, being the buys in the bazaar one of its activities more rough.
Aswan was placed in the main commerce route between Egypt and the grounds of the south, where one was trading especially with gold, slaves and ivory. For centuries, the city was the entry door to the rest of Africa. The governors of the sixth dynasty sent several expeditions to explore several African countries, and mcuhas of them they began in Aswan. This city was also the biggest source of granite, sandstone and quartz used in the construction of several monuments of Egypt.
