over view
Nile divides Luxor into 2 parts, east bank and west bank. The kings of the new kingdom period who select Luxor to be the capital for all Egypt in 1500BC,they chose the west bank of Luxor to build their funerary temples and dug their tombs, the kings dug their tombs in the Valley of the kings, the Queens dug their tombs in the Valley of the queens, the priests, officials and scribes dug their tombs in the valley of nobbles, while the workers and artisans have dug their tombs in the workmen village .
Luxor classic tours are divided into 3 days, one day to visit east bank of Luxor for 3 hours to see Karnak and Luxor temple,2nd day, tour to the west bank of Luxor for 5 hours to visit Valley of the kings, queen Hatshepsut temple and Memnon colosie,3rd day tour for 4 hours to visit valley of the Nobles, artisans village at Deir El Medina ,and Habu temple
I will pick you up from your hotel in Luxor to go to Valley of the kings, there we will visit 3 different design included tombs, out of 12 tombs open there,there are 3 more tombs open there with extra tickets,king Tut,seti 1and king ramesses 6,after we finish the tour in the valley of the kings ,we will go to visit the unique temple of the queen Htshipsuit,it was built in the form of 3 terraces ,looks like a new building, while it is about 3500 years old, there you will see the mummy form figures of the queen and 2 of her sphinxes, after that we will stop at Memnon colossi to take photos and enjoy the scenary of luxor west bank treasures before we return back to your hotel in luxor
today we will visit 3 different sites in the west bank of Luxor ,I will pick you up from your hotel in Luxor and go to Valley of Nobles ,where we will visit 3 tombs for officials and middle class people, we will enjoy seeing the colorful day life activities scenes there ,then we will visit the workmen village, where we will see the 70 houses in the village and explore the tomb of senijem ,the chief artist in the valley of the kings, after that we will finish the day tour by visiting Habu temple, the best preserved condition temple in the west bank of Luxor and which was built by King Ramses the 3rd around 900BC,we will enjoy the very deep carving details of the war scene ,we will see the king Palace which connecting to his temple by a nice decorated balcony ,then we will back to your hotel in Luxor
Only logged in customers who have purchased this product may leave a review.
Greg Thomas –
We had Hassaan as a guide. Not only does he know his stuff he’s a mighty great bloke with it ..I recommend him to anyone who travels to Egypt