Hurghada Trip Overview
Luxor or Waset as it was called in Ancient Egypt or even Thebes during the Greek Time is one of the world heritage sites that should be as a must to be visited. It is locating about 280 km southwest of Hurghada, Red Sea or around 4 hours drive. Such a day trip private is the best option for adults or couples. It is a guided tour with the Egyptologist visiting the east and the west bank including Lunch.
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Duration: 13 hours
Starts: Hurghada, Egypt
Trip Category: Private & Custom Tours >> Private Sightseeing Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Hurghada, Red Sea and Sinai, Egypt
Luxor or Waset as it was called in Ancient Egypt or even Thebes during the Greek Time is one of the world heritage sites that should be as a must to be visited. It is locating about 280 km southwest of Hurghada, Red Sea or around 4 hours drive. Such a day trip private is the best option for adults or couples. It is a guided tour with the Egyptologist visiting the east and the west bank including Lunch.
Itinerary
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Pass By: Hurghada, Hurghada, Red Sea and Sinai
You will be picked up by your charming Egypt tours representative from your hotel in Hurghada and drive to Luxor by air-conditioned deluxe vehicle to visit the famous Karnak Temple the largest place of worship that was ever built.
Its ancient name Ipet-isut means “the most sacred of places.” The temple, or, more correctly, the complex of temples, was built more than two thousand years ago by generation after generation of pharaohs.
Within the complex, the great “Hypostyle Hall” is an incredible forest of giant pillars. Then you will be visiting the West Bank of the river Nile to visit the two colossal statues of Amenhotep III (Colossi of Memnon), and then you will visit the Valley of the Kings, where the magnificent tombs discovered, those tombs were carved deep into the desert rock, richly decorated and filled with treasures for the afterlife of the pharaohs, you will visit 3 tombs.
Later on you will visit the Hatshepsut Temple at El Deir El Bahary, this impressive temple dedicated to the Queen Hatshepsut the only female pharaoh rises out of the desert plain in a series of terraces.
Then you will have the chance to enjoy some Free time at leisure in Luxor for shopping at the originals papyrus institutes and perfume palaces and then you will be driven back to your hotel in Hurghada.
