Luxor treasures tour enjoy three incredible days to discover Luxor top sights & Dandarah & Abydos temples with private Egyptologist. Luxor stands head-and-shoulders above all cities and historical places in Egypt, Luxor is the biggest Out-Door Museum in the World, for its sheer wealth of the ancient treasures of tombs and temples. This was the site of ancient Thebes, the great city of the New Kingdom pharaohs who covered the banks of the Nile with their impressive buildings works and began the vast tomb structures snugly hidden amid the rocky valley of the West Bank. The scope of their ambition is best appreciated today in the magnificent Karnak Temple complex, but there are so many monuments here that you could easily spend a week simply soaking up the grandeur and elegance. Luxor is basically an open-air museum and theres no better place in Egypt to stop for a few days and simply lose yourself in the wonders of ancient Egypt.
* Duration: 3 days
* Starts: Luxor, Egypt
* Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
Luxor treasures tour enjoy three incredible days to discover Luxor top sights & Dandarah & Abydos temples with private Egyptologist. Luxor stands head-and-shoulders above all cities and historical places in Egypt, Luxor is the biggest Out-Door Museum in the World, for its sheer wealth of the ancient treasures of tombs and temples. This was the site of ancient Thebes, the great city of the New Kingdom pharaohs who covered the banks of the Nile with their impressive buildings works and began the vast tomb structures snugly hidden amid the rocky valley of the West Bank. The scope of their ambition is best appreciated today in the magnificent Karnak Temple complex, but there are so many monuments here that you could easily spend a week simply soaking up the grandeur and elegance. Luxor is basically an open-air museum and theres no better place in Egypt to stop for a few days and simply lose yourself in the wonders of ancient Egypt.
Itinerary
Day 1: Discover Luxor and mummification museum luxor & karnak temple
Stop At: Mummification Museum, Corniche El Nil St. Opposite Mina Palace Hotel, Luxor Egypt
The Mummification Museum is an archaeological museum in Luxor, Upper Egypt. It is dedicated to the art of Ancient Egyptian mummification
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Luxor Temple, Luxor 23512 Egypt
Luxor Temple is a large Ancient Egyptian temple complex located on the east bank of the Nile River in the city today known as Luxor and was constructed approximately 1400 BCE. In the Egyptian language it is known as ipet resyt, “the southern sanctuary”
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Temple of Karnak, Karnak, Luxor Egypt
The Karnak Temple Complex, commonly known as Karnak, comprises a vast mix of decayed temples, chapels, pylons, and other buildings near Luxor, in Egypt
Duration: 2 hours
Meals included:
Lunch
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 2: Explore the valley of the king & Hatsheput
Stop At: Valley of the Kings, Luxor City, Luxor 85511 Egypt
The Valley of the Kings, also known as the Valley of the Gates of the Kings, is a valley in Egypt where, for a period of nearly 500 years from the 16th to 11th century BC, rock cut tombs were excavated for the pharaohs and powerful nobles of the New Kingdom
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el Bahari, Kings Valley Rd Deir el-Bahari, Luxor 23512 Egypt
Hatshepsut was the fifth pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt. She was the second historically-confirmed female pharaoh, the first being Sobekneferu. Hatshepsut came to the throne of Egypt in 1478 BC
Duration: 2 hours
Meals included:
Lunch
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 3: Abydos Temple from Luxor
Stop At: Abydos, Al Balyana, Sohag Egypt
Abydos is one of the oldest cities of ancient Egypt, and also of the eighth nome in Upper Egypt. It is located about 11 kilometres west of the Nile at latitude 26° 10′ N, near the modern Egyptian towns of El Araba El Madfuna and El Balyana. In the ancient Egyptian language, the city was called Abdju.
Duration: 6 hours
Meals included:
Lunch
No accommodation included on this day.
