Old Cataract Hotel
The Old Cataract Hotel is an historic British colonial-era hotel located on the banks of the River Nile in Aswan, Egypt. Built by Thomas Cook, it opened in 1900 as the Cataract Hotel. In 1961, the hotel was expanded with a new tower wing.- Type: Hotel
- Description: hotel in Aswan, Egypt
- Also known as: “Mandarin Oriental Old Cataract”, “Sofitel Legend Old Cataract”, “Sofitel Legend Old Cataract Aswan”, and “Sofitel Legend Old Cataract Aswan Hotel”
- Address: 81511 Abtal El Tahrir
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Nubian Museum and Elephantine.
Nubian Museum
Museum
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The Nubian Museum is an archaeological museum in Aswan, Upper Egypt, devoted to the archaeological, historical, cultural, and environmental heritage of Nubia. Nubian Museum is situated 330 metres south of Old Cataract Hotel.
Elephantine
Island
Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Elephantine is an island on the Nile, forming part of the city of Aswan in Upper Egypt. The archaeological digs on the island became a World Heritage Site in 1979, along with other examples of Upper Egyptian architecture, as part of the "Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae".
Aswan Museum
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Aswan Museum is a museum in Elephantine, located on the south-eastern side of Aswan, Egypt. It was set up in 1912 by the British Egyptologist Cecil Mallaby Firth. Aswan Museum is situated 320 metres north of Old Cataract Hotel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aswan and Shellal.
Aswan
Aswan is the southernmost city of Egypt, some 870 km south of Cairo, just below the Aswan Dam and Lake Nasser, with a population of 275,000. Aswan is far more relaxed and smaller than Cairo and Luxor.
Shellal
Village
Shellal is a small ancient village on the banks of the Nile, south of Aswan in Upper Egypt. It was the traditional northern frontier of the Nubian region with both the Egyptian Empire and the Roman Empire. Shellal is situated 3½ km south of Old Cataract Hotel.
Old Cataract Hotel
- Categories: building, tourism, historic site, historic building, and accommodation
- Location: Aswan Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
24.0823° or 24° 4′ 56″ northLongitude
32.88818° or 32° 53′ 18″ eastElevation
108 metres (354 feet)Inception
1899Brand
SofitelOpen location code
7GPJ3VJQ+W7OpenStreetMap ID
way 97885476OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=buildingOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=hotel
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Old Cataract Hotel” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “فندق أولد كتراكت”
- Arabic: “فندق كتراكت القديم”
- Egyptian Arabic: “لوكاندة كتراكت”
- French: “Old Cataract”
- German: “Mandarin Oriental Old Cataract”
- German: “Old Cataract Hotel”
- German: “Old Cataract”
- German: “Sofitel Legend Old Cataract Aswan”
- Hindi: “ओल्ड कैटरैक्ट होटल”
- Japanese: “オールドカタラクト”
- Spanish: “Old Cataract Hotel”
- “Mandarin Oriental Old Cataract”
- “Old Cataract Hotel”
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