Le EgyptAsyut governorate
🏙️ Asyut
Upper Egypt's largest city, with the Durunka monastery and painted tombs in the western cliffs.
📍 Districts & areas
Durunka
Holy Family monastery in the mountain, a big pilgrimage in August.
Holy Family monastery in the mountain, a big pilgrimage in August.
Meir
Old and Middle Kingdom painted tombs, rarely visited.
Old and Middle Kingdom painted tombs, rarely visited.
El Qusiya
The Muharraq Monastery on the Holy Family route.
The Muharraq Monastery on the Holy Family route.
🏛️ Places to visit
🍽️ What & where to eat
- Upper Egyptian grills and eish shamsi
🛍️ What to buy
- Tally fabric (Asyut's metal-thread embroidered cloth)
🏬 Where to shop
- Textile shops in the old market