Sights in Southern Yemen
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National Museum
Not really a museum at all, but more the petrified palace of Imam Ahmed, the NationalMuseum preserves the life and times of its previous and slightly peculiar owner. Among the exhibits – which are intriguing, bizarre and comical in equal measure – are a large collection of gifts and purchases from Europe, including an Etch-a-Sketch, hundreds of bottles of eau de cologne (in which the imam apparently bathed), a personal cinema (despite TV and films being banned under Imamic law) and an electronic rocking bed that must be the envy of Hugh Hefner. Among his many quirks, the imam claimed not just to have magical powers that protected him from all evils, but also to be bu…
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Gold Mohur Club
If you're desperate for a dip – or a drink – the Gold Mohur Club, part of the Sheraton Gold Mohur Hotel, provides refreshment in both ways on a private but muddy beach. Admission buys you free use of the shower and changing facilities, as well as access to the hotel's restaurants. You can also put your sea legs on and head out in a boat (per boat half-hour/hour YR6000/8000) to view Aden the way it should be seen.
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Aden Minaret
Among the town's mosques that are worth a peek are the Al-Aidrus Mosque , built in the mid-19th century on top of 600-year-old ruins, and the strange little Aden Minaret, which is all that remains of a mosque built in the 8th century. Non-Muslims won't be allowed inside either.
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Tourist Harbour
The Tourist Harbourand its pier is a colourful place for a stroll, especially early or late in the day when boats, which range from traditional sambuqs (local boats) to giant supertankers, are coming and going in greater numbers.
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National Museum for Antiquities
Not exactly overwhelming is the recently renovated National Museum for Antiquities, which has exhibits dating from prehistoric times to the early Islamic period. The highlights are the wonderful range of Sabaean relics.
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Ethnographical Museum
Upstairs on the 1st floor is the Ethnographical Museum, which has a musty and poorly displayed collection of traditional dress from across the country.
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Military Museum
The Military Museum was closed at the time of research and seemed unlikely to ever open again, but it's worth cruising past and checking just in case.
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Al-Aidrus Mosque
Among the town's mosques that are worth a peek are the Al-Aidrus Mosque , built in the mid-19th century on top of 600-year-old ruins.
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Tahawi Art Gallery
Opposite the tourist harbour is the Tahawi Art Gallery, which exhibits the work of local artists.
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