Places+to+visit

=**__ Places __****__ to visit __**=

 • __ Swimming pools __
=== – German Sudan Club – entry 25 SP per adult or membership === === – International Club – membership or entry with a member 15SP === === – Hilton Hotel – membership or entry with a member 40SP ===

 – Palace Hotel – no women and children
=== – Rotana – has a Friday brunch and swim deal for 80SP per adult ===

 • __ Museums __
=== – National   === ==== • Archaelogical materials and paintings & nice grounds ====

 – Ethnological
==== • Interesting displays of different people groups around Sudan ====

 – Natural History
==== • Live tortoises, snakes, crocodiles and stuffed birds and animals ====

 • __ Zoo __
=== – By the Hilton zoo houses deer, monkeys, ostriches, lions and other animal === === – By Ozone there are some animals kept similarly in cages within a ‘ park ’ area ===

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===<span style="FONT-SIZE: 4pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> – There are several parks around Khartoum which have some grass and a few trees and scattered playground items such as swings and slides in varying states of disrepair. There are often a few fairground rides too. === ===<span style="FONT-SIZE: 4pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> – Some parks are fairgrounds, such as a fairground with rides ideal for younger children near the Bahri bridge roundabount and Child City near the new Rotana Hotel which also has bouncy castles. These parks tend to open at dusk and stay open into the night! === ==<span style="FONT-SIZE: 6pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> • __ Souks __ – shop keepers are friendly and these often covered markets are interesting and colourful ==

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===<span style="FONT-SIZE: 4pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> – Walks along the Nile and down to various ‘ beaches ’ are pleasant in the late afternoon or earlier morning === ===<span style="FONT-SIZE: 4pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> – Sunt forest and a small patch of woods behind the International Fair provide some more sheltered walks === ===<span style="FONT-SIZE: 4pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> – Catching the ferry across to Tuti Island and walking there is an escape from most traffic though the new bridge may change this! === ===<span style="FONT-SIZE: 4pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> – Walks down by small farms on the river off Sharia Sitteen provide animals and lovely birds to view ===