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Aswan Hotels
Where to stay in Aswan – cataract-view balconies over the islands, resorts on their own Nile island, and Nubian guesthouses on the painted west bank – Egypt's gentlest city, booked by our own team.
- Best areas
- Cataract · the islands · Nubia
- Star range
- 3-star to 5-star
- Nights
- 1–2 typical
- Nile view
- Yes, cataract-front
- Airport
- Aswan (ASW)
- Rates
- Net, negotiated direct
The decision
Where to stay in Aswan
Aswan is the softest landing in Egypt – the Nile widens and breaks around black granite islands, the desert comes right to the far bank, and the pace drops the moment you arrive. Where you stay is mostly a choice of view: the cataract from a riverside balcony, an island reached by launch, or a Nubian village across the water.
Cataract & the Nile-front
First-timers who want the famous view
The grand riverside hotels and Nile-front 5-star look over the islands and the rocks where the river narrows. Aswan's signature stay, and its best sunsets over the dunes.
An island in the river
Couples and quiet seekers
Resorts on their own Nile island, reached by a short launch, with the town a two-minute boat ride away. Green, calm and a little removed from everything.
The Nubian west bank
Travelers after color and character
Family-run guesthouses in the painted villages above the river – warm, simple, sociable. For many people it's the part of Aswan they remember most.
Town & the corniche
The budget-minded and early starts
Smaller hotels near the souk, the station and the ferry, handy for a pre-dawn run to Abu Simbel. Value over view, with everything close to hand.
What the stars mean here
Star ratings in Aswan
Egyptian star ratings run a little generous, so here's what each level actually buys you in Aswan.
A clean town hotel near the corniche, or a simple, characterful Nubian guesthouse on the west bank. The basics done well and the warmest welcome on the river.
The comfortable middle: a pool, a riverside terrace and often a cataract or island view for well below the landmark rate.
The historic cataract hotels and the island resorts – full service, balconies over the rocks and the felucca sails, and the rooms worth asking us which ones face the water.
From the collection
Hotels we book in Aswan
A sample of the Aswan hotels we book, from cataract-front 5-star to island resorts and Nubian guesthouses. Tell us your dates and the view you want, and we'll match the room.
Tolip Aswan — 5-star resort on the Corniche El Nile
Choose Tolip Aswan for a Nile-side resort stay on Aswan’s East Bank, with a mid-priced option among the city’s five-star hotels. Set on Cornich El Nile, the resort is handy for the Nubian Museum and Unfinished Obelisk. Room choices include suites and a Triple Room, while balcony and bathtub features appear across room types. It’s a practical base for travelers who want a resort setting in Aswan while keeping the city’s sights on their itinerary.
The Zen Wellness Resort Aswan
The Zen Wellness Resort Aswan is a West Bank Nile-side choice for travelers who want a five-star resort setting rather than an East Bank base near Aswan’s central sights. Its room options include Nile- and garden-view choices, plus family-size stays for groups. The largest family option sleeps up to eight, making it useful for larger parties traveling together. The trade-off is the river crossing: the Nile cruise moorings, Nubian Museum, and Unfinished Obelisk are on the East Bank, so reaching them calls for a ferry or taxi.
Aswan: Sonesta Nouba, Movenpick, The Zen Wellness Resort
Choose Sonesta Nouba for a five-star stay on Aswan’s West Bank, with a Nile-side setting that makes it a different base from hotels on the East Bank. The location suits travelers who want to experience this side of the river, while planning ferry or taxi rides for the East Bank’s Nubian Museum, Unfinished Obelisk, and Nile cruise moorings. Rooms include a terrace, with a choice of one queen bed or two twin beds. It is one of Aswan’s more expensive hotels, so the West Bank location is the key reason to choose it.
Sofitel Old Cataract, Aswan
Choose Sofitel Old Cataract for its Aswan location near the Nubian Museum and Nile cruise moorings, plus suite options with Nile or river views. The hotel offers 21 suites among its room types, including a Nile View Suite and suites with a terrace. Other room features include balconies, terraces, and living rooms, with garden-view rooms also available. It is one of Aswan’s more expensive hotels, making it a fit for travelers who value a suite-focused stay and a location handy for exploring the city.
Pyramisa Isis Island Aswan
Choose Pyramisa Isis Island Aswan for its West Bank setting on the Nile and room options with Nile views—a distinctive base among Aswan’s mid-priced four-star hotels. The hotel is on Corniche El Nil, with room types that also include garden views, balconies and living rooms. Families can choose from family-size options, and the largest room types sleep four. For visits to East Bank sights such as the Nubian Museum and Unfinished Obelisk, plan on crossing the Nile by ferry or taxi.
Obelisk Nile Towers Hotel – Aswan
Obelisk Nile Towers Hotel – Aswan is a good-value 5-star choice on Aswan’s East Bank, with river-view rooms and a short walk to the Nile cruise moorings. That combination makes it a practical base for travelers who want the river close by without choosing one of the city’s more expensive hotels. The Nubian Museum and Unfinished Obelisk are also nearby. For a more distinctive stay, ask about a Double or Twin Room with River View and Terrace.
Obelisk Nile Hotel, Aswan Nile Corniche
Obelisk Nile Hotel – Aswan is a good-value pick for its East Bank Corniche El Nil location and Nile-facing setting. It puts Aswan Nile cruise moorings a short walk away, with the Nubian Museum and Unfinished Obelisk also nearby. Room choices include a Suite with River View and a Romantic Suite with a living room; views across the room types include the Nile, river, garden, and pool. For travelers comparing Aswan hotels, it combines a riverside address with a 4-star stay at one of the city’s more affordable options.
Mövenpick Resort Aswan
Movenpick Resort Aswan is a strong choice over Aswan’s city hotels if you want a Nile-island setting with suites and rooms offering river, garden, or pool views. Set on Elephantine Island in the Nile, the five-star resort gives you a distinctive base for exploring Aswan, with the Nile cruise moorings, Nubian Museum, and Unfinished Obelisk across the water. Room choices include suites and family-size options, with the largest sleeping six; some have a balcony or terrace, and suite layouts can include a living room.
Hapi Hotel Aswan
Hapi Hotel Aswan is a good-value East Bank base, with Aswan’s Nile cruise moorings a short walk away. That location makes it a practical pick for travelers who want to explore Aswan and board a Nile cruise without choosing a pricier stay. Room options include Deluxe Nile King and Twin rooms, and some room types have bathtubs. Family-size room options are available, with the largest room sleeping three.
Gloria Aqua Park - New Aswan
Gloria Aqua Park - New Aswan is a good-value choice in Aswan for travelers who want a West Bank base and a pool-view room option. The hotel is in New Aswan, across the Nile from the Corniche cruise moorings, the Nubian Museum and the Unfinished Obelisk, so reaching those East Bank places means using a ferry or taxi. Room options include family-size types that sleep up to five, and some rooms have balconies or bathtubs. It offers a practical alternative to Aswan hotels on the East Bank.
Basma Executive Club Hotel – Aswan
Basma Executive Club Hotel -Aswan is a mid-priced 5-star choice for a stay near Aswan’s Nubian Museum and Unfinished Obelisk. Its central Aswan setting makes it a practical base for exploring these sights and the Nile cruise moorings. Room options include three suites and a family-size studio suite, with kitchens and bathtubs among the room features. For travelers comparing Aswan’s higher-end hotels, it pairs a 5-star classification with a mid-priced position and a location close to several of the city’s key places.
Basma, Citymax – Aswan
Choose Basma Aswan for its location in front of the Nubian Museum and a choice of river, garden, or pool views at a mid-priced 4-star hotel. The Unfinished Obelisk and Aswan’s Nile cruise moorings are also nearby. With 11 room types, the hotel offers options including a Design Suite with a terrace and river view, as well as rooms with garden or pool views. It’s a practical Aswan base for travelers who want museum access and the Nile close at hand.
Aswan Plaza Corniche
Aswan Plaza Corniche is a good-value East Bank base on the Nile Corniche, with river-view rooms and suites for travelers who want a more spacious stay in Aswan. Choose from room types that include balconies and living areas, with family-size options for groups of up to four. Its Corniche address puts the hotel near Aswan’s Nile cruise moorings, the Nubian Museum, and the Unfinished Obelisk, making it a practical choice for combining riverside time with city sightseeing.
From your door
What you can do from a Aswan hotel
Aswan is the gateway to the Nubian south – the temples on the water, the High Dam, and Abu Simbel a short flight or an early drive beyond.
Philae Temple
The temple of Isis on its island, reached by motor launch – a short half-day and best in the early light.
The High Dam & Lake Nasser
The dam that reshaped modern Egypt and the vast lake behind it, a short drive from the riverside hotels.
Abu Simbel
Ramesses II's colossal rock temple above Lake Nasser – a short flight or an early-morning drive, and worth the start.
A Nubian village & a felucca
The painted west-bank villages and a late-afternoon sail among the islands – the gentle, sociable side of the south.
Day tours
Things to do from your hotel
From an Aswan hotel or a docked cruise ship, the river, the dam and the Nubian villages are all close. Here are the day tours we run from the city, with live starting prices.
- Nubian Village Tour, AswanFrom $68
- Private Felucca Ride on the Nile, AswanFrom $34
- Elephantine Island & Aswan Botanical Garden by Private MotorboatFrom $754 Hours
- Abu Simbel by Road from Aswan (Day Tour)From $1461 Days
- Abu Simbel by Plane from Aswan, Day TourFrom $585
- Aswan to Kom Ombo, Edfu & Luxor – Day TourFrom $2591 Days
- Kom Ombo & Edfu Temples Day Trip from Aswan – Private, Return to AswanFrom $1079 Hours
- Kom Ombo, Edfu & Esna Temples Day Trip from Aswan – Private, Finish in Luxor or AswanFrom $12010 Hours
- Cairo Day Trip from Aswan by Flight – Private, Giza Pyramids, Sphinx & Grand Egyptian MuseumFrom $86916 Hours
- Aswan: High Dam, Philae Temple & Unfinished Obelisk Day TourFrom $2031 Days
- Aswan High Dam & Unfinished Obelisk, Half-Day TourFrom $68
- Philae Temple Half-Day Tour, AswanFrom $60
- Philae Temple Sound and Light Show, evening excursion from AswanFrom $781 Days
- Kalabsha Temple & Nubian Museum – Private Half-Day Tour in AswanFrom $665 Hours
Before you book
Booking a Aswan hotel, practically
A few things worth knowing before you pick an Aswan hotel.
How many nights
One night covers Philae, the High Dam and a sunset felucca; two lets you add Abu Simbel without a rushed dawn. Many Nile cruises start or finish in Aswan, so your hotel nights may bookend the boat.
Getting in
Aswan airport is about twenty-five minutes from the corniche, and the train from Cairo and Luxor arrives in the center of town. A private transfer meets either and handles the short hop to your hotel or island launch.
Abu Simbel, early
Abu Simbel is three hours by road or a short flight south. Either way it's an early start – we'll tell you whether the flight or the drive suits your nights and your budget.
Island hotels run on launches
The island resorts are reached by the hotel's own boat across a narrow channel, running through the day. Romantic and quiet, but factor the short crossing into late nights and early flights.
Common questions
Aswan hotels, answered
01Where is the best area to stay in Aswan?+
For the view people come for, a cataract-front or Nile-front hotel over the islands. For calm, a resort on its own Nile island reached by launch. For color and character, a Nubian guesthouse on the west bank; for an early Abu Simbel start or a tighter budget, a town hotel near the corniche. We match the area to the view and the pace you want.
02How many nights should I spend in Aswan?+
One night is enough for Philae, the High Dam and a sunset felucca. Add a second to include Abu Simbel at a comfortable pace. Because many Nile cruises begin or end in Aswan, your hotel nights often sit either side of the boat.
03Is it worth staying in a Nubian guesthouse?+
For character over polish, yes – the painted west-bank houses, home cooking and the warmth of the welcome stay with a lot of travelers longer than the 5-star views. We also book the cataract and island hotels; many people do one night of each.
04Can I visit Abu Simbel from my Aswan hotel?+
Yes – Abu Simbel is a short flight or a three-hour drive south, both early starts from Aswan. We arrange the flight or the road trip with a guide and the pickup from your hotel, and advise which fits your nights and budget.
05Do your Aswan hotels include breakfast and transfers?+
Breakfast is included at nearly every Aswan hotel we book, and we confirm it on the quote. Transfers are a simple add – a private meet at the airport or station, and the island-launch crossing where your hotel sits on the water.
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Find your room in Aswan
Tell us your dates and the view you're after – the cataract, an island, or a Nubian village across the water – and we'll send hand-picked Aswan hotels. Cairo · Luxor · Aswan · Hurghada · Marsa Alam · Sharm El Sheikh, on the ground since 1988.