It is a city situated on the eastern bank of the Nile 899 km south of Cairo.  It is a linkage of Egypt and Sudan, as a gateway to the heart of the African continent. So, it has become an important trading center.

Aswan main tourist's sites:

-Elephantine Island: It was one of the most powerful forts on Egypt's southern borders. It lies opposite the old Cataract Hotel. And their idol god at that time was "Khnum”. It has the shape of a ram's head. So, it is better to see by yourself and wander on the island before you start thanks to its temples and museum.

-Al Gizeira temples: The Island has remnants of stone temples from different ages and appears on the gate of one of the southern Temple which represents Alexander II to an Egyptian king's body and provides offerings to the various god

-Aswan Museum’s annex: It is in Elephantine Island. Established over two years, the Annex is located 10 meters north of the Museum and contains three display rooms its area is about 220 meters that host 1,788 artifacts discovered during the joint German-Swiss expedition to the island in the period 1969-1998.

-The Aswan Museum’s Annex has been opened on 21st February 2017. The content of Aswan Museum’s annex varied between stone utensils; funerary paintings; a group of funerary furniture; royal statues including a statue of King Thutmose II of pink granite; Costume and amulets, as well as a collection of coins from the Greco-Roman era.

 -The Nilometer:  It is dating back to the Roman era. The application of measures in the Nile in various languages as Greek; democratic and Arabic languages was due to an early date

 -Agilkia Island: It embraces the Philae Temple that has been submerged by the Nile water. The Philae Temple has been dismantled and regrouped over the island, which is 500 meters from the Philae temple site. Sound and light are also displayed in Philae temples in all different languages.

- Amoun Island: It is a small island. A tourist hotel has been erected there.

-Tombs of the Nobles: These are rock tombs located on the West Bank of Aswan. Those tombs were for Aswan and Elephantine rulers. They are engraved in the sandy rock and date back to ancient times. The tombs have historical significance that places them at the forefront of the tombs in Upper Egypt, and the most important of those tombs (Mekho and Sabni). It also gives an idea of the architectural style of the tombs, as well as the titles and functions that have been there at South rulers. The inscriptions on the walls of these tombs illustrated the role these princes played in protecting the country or in making trips inside Africa.

-The Monastery of St. Simeon: It dates back to 6th century A.D. It is one of the most intact Coptic monasteries which includes a church, whose frescoes are still extant representing Jesus Christ and the Saints.

 -The unfinished Obelisk: A huge obelisk incompletely carved, about 41 meters high, and more than 117 tons in weight. It owes its importance to the fact that it shows the techniques the ancient Egyptians used in carving obelisks.

-Philae Temple: It is located in the south of Aswan City, Aswan Reservoir. Philae, Arabic Jazīrat Fīlah (“Philae Island”) or Jazīrat al-Birba (“Temple Island”), island in the Nile River between the old Aswan Dam and the Aswan High Dam, in Aswān muḥāfaẓah (governorate), southern Egypt. Its ancient Egyptian name was P-aaleq; the Coptic-derived name Pilak (“End,” or “Remote Place”) probably refers to its marking the boundary with Nubia. The conventional name (Philae) is Greek, but locally the site is known as Qaṣr Anas al-Wujūd, for a hero of The Thousand and One Night. The worship group has been devoted to the worship of the god Isis, but the island contained the temples of Hathor, Amenhotep, and other temples.

-Nubian ancient temples: The name of Nubia is called on the land located from the south of the first waterfall of the Nile in Aswan to the area of Dongola after the fourth waterfall in Sudan. This area allows some of the temples that entered service and others in the development stage, namely (the Temple of Dakka, Derr, al-Sebua, The Temple of Maharraqa, Abraim Palace, Banot Cemetery, and Abu Odeh Cemetery