HIGHLIGHTS of LUXOR in 9 hours

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HIGHLIGHTS of LUXOR in 9 hours

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Maximum number of tourists: 10
Price per tour: 100 USD
Duration: 9 hours
Distance: 16 km
Tour by: Shenouda Gries (Date: 22.01.2011)

Tour description

This tour will cover all the important sites within Luxor city as we will visit The Valley of The Kings , Hatshepsut Temple , 2 Colossi of Memnon , Karnak Temples & Luxor Temple
Luxor 'World's Greatest Open Air Museum' as it contains a major amount of Monuments of the world which remain till today.

This City is located 680 km south of Cairo on the East Bank of the River Nile. The ancient name of Luxor is Ta-Pe/Ta-Opet,which means The Holy Land. This name becomes Thebes during the Greek reign in Egypt then the Arabs come and call it Luxor which is an Arabic word means palaces in English.

The Importance of Luxor comes from its position as it is the Capital of Ancient Egypt for years, it's the main cult center of the main God of Egypt, and in it there is the largest temple in Egypt which is Karnak Temple.

Itinerary:
We start our Tour by Pick you up from the Agreed place (any hotel within Luxor.)

We will drive for about 40 minutes head to the West side of the River Nile ( known by natives as West Bank) , We will visit there:

1- The Valley of The Kings ( Our ticket will allow us to visit 3 tombs from the best , If you want to visit the tomb of King Tut-Ankh-Amun its with an extra ticket.)

2- Temple of Queen Hatshepsut (A Funerary Temple designed on terraced style by the Queen who ruled Egypt as male ruler.)

3- 2 Colossi of Memnon (Located at the front of the ruined Amonophise|||'s temple.)

Then we will return back to the east and we have time for rest and lunch before we continue our tour at the East Bank, We will visit there:

4- Karnak Temples ( Complex of temples, one of them is the temple of the main God of Egypt.)

5- Luxor Temple ( In which they used to celebrate the feast of marriage of God Amon-Ra.)

Finally I will conduct you back to your hotel.

Meet up location:
I will meet you at any agreed place within Luxor area such as a hotel, a Nile cruise, the airport or the railway station.

End location:
I will conduct you back to your hotel, Nile cruise, the airport or the railway station.

What's Included:
*My services as your private tour guide.
*All transfers during the tour in a new air-conditioned vehicle with a professional driver.

What's Extra:
*The entrance fees for the sightseeing.
*Tips or anythings of personal nature.
*Any food or drinks.

Keywords (tags), separate by comma: Egypt tour, indevaduals travel, trip Luxor

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