Things to do in Dakhla Oasis
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Ethnographic Museum
Dakhla’s wonderful museum, attached to Dar al-Wafdeen Government Hotel, is only opened on request: ask at the tourist office or at the Cultural Palace, where the museum’s manager, Ibrahim Kamel, can be found. The museum is laid out as a traditional home, with different areas for men, women and visitors. Displays of clothing, baskets, jewellery and other domestic items give an insight into oasis life.
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House of Abu Nafir
Of interest is the restored House of Abu Nafir. A dramatic pointed arch at the entrance frames a huge studded wooden door. Built of mud brick, and on a grander scale than the surrounding houses, it incorporates huge blocks from an earlier structure, possibly a Ptolemaic temple, decorated with hieroglyphic reliefs.
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Abu Mohamed Restaurant
Abu Mohamed, brother of Ahmed Hamdy, touts, cooks and serves in this simple roadside restaurant. His set meal includes good vegetables with kebab or pigeon (order ahead) and ends with homemade basbousa (a sticky dessert). Cold beer, internet and bike hire (E£10 per hour) are available.
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Ahmed Hamdy’s Restaurant
On the main road into town is Ahmed Hamdy’s popular place serving delicious chicken, kebabs, vegetables and a few other small dishes inside or on the terrace. The freshly squeezed lime juice is excellent and you can request beer (E£12) and sheesha.
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Said Shihad
Owner Said is on to a good thing here: grilling up a meat-centric feast nightly to a dedicated following of hungry locals. The lamb shish kebab is the thing to go for – perfectly succulent and served with potatoes in a tomato sauce, rice and tahini.
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Dawia Restaurant
The wall-to-wall, sparkling-white tiles signal one of the cleanest places to eat in town. As well as the usual Egyptian victuals, Dawia throws caution to the wind: it fries up burgers and even experiments with several pasta dishes.
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Tomb of Sheikh Nasr ad-Din
There are 37 lintels in the village, the earliest of which dates to the early 16th century. One of the finest is above the Tomb of Sheikh Nasr ad-Din, which is marked by a restored 12th-century mud-brick minaret.
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Anwar Restaurant
A cafe-restaurant that’s popular with locals, below the hotel of the same name. Anwar serves up ta’amiyya and fuul, in addition to the more substantial chicken-and-rice combo.
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Tombs
Heading back to Mut from Al-Qasr, take the secondary road for a change of scenery. You can visit several Tombs near the ruined village of Amhadah, dating from the 2nd century.
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Ethnographic Museum
Occupying Sherif Ahmed’s house, which itself dates back to 1785, the museum’s everyday objects try to give life to the empty buildings around them.
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Woodworking Cooperative
There’s a woodworking cooperative, where you can watch palm and acacia trees being hewn and hammered into furniture and trinkets.
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citadel
From the top of the hill, at the citadel, there are great views of the new town and the desert cliffs and dunes that surround it.
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Nasr ad-Din Mosque
Adjoining the Tomb of Sheikh Nasr ad-Din is Nasr ad-Din Mosque with a 21m-high minaret.
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