Qué hay en Asuán, Egipto, a lo largo del año

Máxima afluencia — Ramadan, Nile cruise season

• Festivo

  Ramadan

  25 Ene – 25 Mar · normalmenteCierres

  Feluccas still sail and the temples stay open, but the souk shuts through the afternoon and boatmen are fasting in the sun all day. Cruise boats keep their own kitchens running regardless. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Nile cruise season (15 Oct – 15 Abr (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Ramadan, Abu Simbel Sun Festival

• Festival

  Abu Simbel Sun Festival

  20–24 FebGran festivalMucha genteReserva pronto

  Twice a year the sunrise reaches the length of the great temple and lights the statues in the sanctuary. Convoys leave Aswan around three in the morning and the forecourt is packed well before dawn. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Ramadan (25 Ene – 25 Mar (normalmente)), Nile cruise season (15 Oct – 15 Abr (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Ramadan, Nile cruise season

• Riesgo

  Khamaseen dust winds

  1 Mar – 31 May · normalmenteTemporada de polvo

  Hot southerly winds pick up desert sand for a day or two at a time and the far bank of the Nile disappears behind it. Flights into Aswan and the Abu Simbel road are the first things to go. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Ramadan (25 Ene – 25 Mar (normalmente)), Nile cruise season (15 Oct – 15 Abr (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Sham el-Nessim, Nile cruise season

• Festivo

  Sham el-Nessim

  13 AbrFiesta nacionalMucha genteCierres

  Sham el-Nessim, the Monday after Orthodox Easter, is a public holiday kept by Egyptians of every faith. Families are out from early morning picnicking in parks, gardens, on the river and on beaches, public spaces are packed, and salted fish and coloured eggs are the traditional food. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Khamaseen dust winds (1 Mar – 31 May (normalmente)), Nile cruise season (15 Oct – 15 Abr (normalmente))

Concurrido — Eid al-Adha, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festivo

  Eid al-Adha

  1 May – 15 Jun · normalmenteRamadán y EidCierresMucha gente

  Eid al-Adha brings Egypt's longest public holiday, usually four or five days. Government offices, banks and many shops close, trains and buses are packed, and hotels fill with Egyptian families at higher rates. The date moves about 11 days earlier each year. Fuente ↗

• Temporada

  The unusable middle of the day

  20 May – 15 Sep · normalmenteCalor extremo

  Everything shifts to dawn and dusk: temples first thing, the river in the evening, nothing at all between eleven and four. Hotel prices halve, which is the whole argument for coming now.

Sigue en marcha: Khamaseen dust winds (1 Mar – 31 May (normalmente)), Sham el-Nessim (13 Abr)

Máxima afluencia — Eid al-Adha, Summer holidays en Egipto

En junio no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Eid al-Adha (1 May – 15 Jun (normalmente)), The unusable middle of the day (20 May – 15 Sep (normalmente))

Concurrido — Summer holidays en Egipto, vacaciones escolares en 5 de los mercados que lo llenan

En julio no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: The unusable middle of the day (20 May – 15 Sep (normalmente))

Concurrido — Summer holidays en Egipto, vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan

En agosto no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: The unusable middle of the day (20 May – 15 Sep (normalmente))

Concurrido — Summer holidays en Egipto, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

En septiembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: The unusable middle of the day (20 May – 15 Sep (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Nile cruise season, Abu Simbel Sun Festival, autumn

• Temporada

  Nile cruise season

  15 Oct – 15 Abr · normalmenteMucha genteReserva pronto

  The boats moor four and five abreast at the corniche and the temple sites run to their schedule: full at nine, empty by two. Prices and availability follow the same curve.

• Festival

  Abu Simbel Sun Festival, autumn

  20–24 OctGran festivalMucha genteReserva pronto

  The second alignment of the year, on the 22nd, and the easier one to attend — the pre-dawn drive south is far less punishing than it is in February. Fuente ↗

Concurrido — Nile cruise season, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

En noviembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Nile cruise season (15 Oct – 15 Abr (normalmente))

Concurrido — Nile cruise season, vacaciones escolares en 5 de los mercados que lo llenan

En diciembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Nile cruise season (15 Oct – 15 Abr (normalmente))