Editing Aden (section)

=== Tourist sites ===
[[File:Street Scene Aden Yemen.jpg|thumb|right|Crown Library of Aden, 1999]]
[[File:Old Town Aden Yemen.jpg|thumb|right|Aban Mosque]]
[[File:National museum of Yemen aden.jpg|thumb|right|The Palace of the [[Sultanate of Lahej]], now the National Museum of Yemen]]
[[File:Crescent hotel aden.jpg|thumb|right|The Crescent Hotel]]

Aden has several historical and natural sites of interest to visitors. These include:
*The historical British churches, one of which lies empty and semi-derelict in 2019.<ref>Jamal, Shafee (12 January 2012).  [https://web.archive.org/web/20150504222625/http://www.yementimes.com/en/1537/Culture/192/Aden%E2%80%99s-rich-religious-heritage.htm "Aden's rich religious heritage."]  ''[[Yemen Times]]'' (YemenTimes.com).  Archived 2015-05-04.</ref> 
*The [[Zoroastrian]] Temple
*[[Cisterns of Tawila|The Cisterns of Tawila]]—an ancient water-catchment system located in the sub-centre of Crater
*[[Sira Fortress]]
*The Aden Minaret<ref name="lonelyplanet.com">{{cite web |url=https://www.lonelyplanet.com/yemen/aden/attractions/aden-minaret/a/poi-sig/1075959/361192 |title=Archived copy |access-date=3 December 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220041914/https://www.lonelyplanet.com/yemen/aden/attractions/aden-minaret/a/poi-sig/1075959/361192 |archive-date=20 December 2016 }}</ref>
*[[Big Ben Aden|Little Ben]], a miniature [[Big Ben]] Clock Tower overlooking Steamer Point. Built during the colonial period, this was restored in 2012 after 3 decades of neglect since the British withdrawal of 1967.
*The Landing Pier at Steamer Point is a 19th-century building used by visiting dignitaries during the colonial period, most notably Queen Elizabeth during her 1954 visit to the colony. This building was hit by an airstrike in 2015 and is currently in the process of being restored in 2019.
*The Crescent Hotel which contained a number of artifacts relating to the Royal Visit of 1954 and which currently remains derelict as a result of a recent airstrike.
*The Palace of the [[Sultanate of Lahej]]/National Museum—The National Museum was founded in 1966 and is located in what used to be the Palace of the Sultanate of Lahej. Northern forces robbed it during the 1994 Civil War, but its collection of pieces remains one of the biggest in Yemen.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://arabiantica.humnet.unipi.it/index.php?id=aden-national-museum |title=Arabia Antica: Pre-islamic Arabia, Culture and Archaeology: About |website=arabiantica.humnet.unipi.it |access-date=14 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161114172338/http://arabiantica.humnet.unipi.it/index.php?id=aden-national-museum |archive-date=14 November 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*The Aden Military Museum which features a painting depicting the 20 June 1967 ambush by Arab Police Barracks on a British Army unit when a number of the 22 soldiers killed that day were driving in two Land Rovers on Queen Arwa Road, Crater.
*The Rimbaud House, which opened in 1991, is the two-story house of French poet [[Arthur Rimbaud]] who lived in Aden from 1880 to 1891. Rimbaud moved to Aden on his way to Ethiopia in an attempt for a new life. As of the late 1990s, the first floor of the house belonged to the French Consulate, a cultural centre and a library. The house is located in [[al-Tawahi]]—the European Quarter of Aden—and is politically and culturally debated for its French nature in an area previously colonized by Britain.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Taminian |first=Lucine |title=Rimbaud's House in Aden, Yemen: Giving Voice(s) to the Silent Poet |journal= Cultural Anthropology|volume=13 |issue=4 |pages=464–490 |doi=10.1525/can.1998.13.4.464 |jstor=656569|year=1998 }}</ref>
*The fortifications of Jebal Hadid and Jebal Shamsan
*The beaches of Aden and Little Aden—Some of the popular beaches in Aden consist of Lover's Bay Beach, Elephant Beach and Gold Beach. The popular beach in Little Aden is called Blue Beach.<ref name=":0">{{cite book |title=Yemen |last=McLaughlin |first=Daniel |publisher=Bradt Travel Guides |year=2008 |pages=183}}</ref> Some beaches are private and some are public, which is subject to change over time due to the changing resort industry. According to the Wall Street Journal, kidnappings on the beaches and the threat of Al Qaeda has caused problems for the resort industry in Aden, which used to be popular among locals and Westerners.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/middleeast/2013/06/06/aden-once-the-lively-beach-resort-of-yemen-struggles-under-sway-of-al-qaeda/ |title=Aden, Once The Lively Beach Resort of Yemen, Struggles Under Sway of Al Qaeda |last=Abi Habib |first=Maria |date=6 June 2013 |website=The Wall Street Journal |access-date=4 August 2017 |archive-date=14 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161114170423/http://blogs.wsj.com/middleeast/2013/06/06/aden-once-the-lively-beach-resort-of-yemen-struggles-under-sway-of-al-qaeda/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Aidrus Mosque|Al-Aidaroos Mosque]]<ref name="lonelyplanet.com" />
*Main Pass – now called Al-Aqba Road is the only road into Aden through Crater. Originally an Arched Upper bridge known as Main Gate, it overlooked Aden city and was built during the Ottoman Empire. A painted crest of the 24th British army battalion is still visible on the brickwork adjacent to the Gate site and is believed to be the only remaining army Crest from colonial rule still visible in Aden. In March 1963 the bridge was removed by a British Army controlled explosion to widen the 2 lane roadway to the present 4 lane highway and the only reminder of this bridge is a quarter scale replica built at the end of the Al-Aqba road intersection known as the AdenGate Model roundabout.