Imagine you can feel the magical touch of the gods in this majestic city. With our Luxor Tour from Hurghada, you will visit the city of a hundred gates where you will find ancient Egyptian architecture at its best, showing the heritage of ancient Egyptian culture as what is the largest Temple of Karnak, Temple of Luxor, the funerary Temple of Hatshepsut and more. Don’t miss the opportunity to book this tour to the great destination of Luxor.
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You will be picked up from Hurghada by an air-conditioned car and your excursion will begin. During the 4-hour drive from Hurghada to Luxor, your guide will tell you about the civilization and culture of Luxor.
First, you will visit the temples of Karnak, the largest place of worship ever built. Your guide will lead you through the ruins of the site, which was a pilgrimage site for almost 2000 years.
Afterward, continue your journey across the Nile River, and on its East bank have the opportunity to visit the large temple of Luxor located there.
Then visit the temple of Queen Hatshepsut in Deir el-Bahari “. You will also see the Sacred Lake where pharaohs were washed. See today beautiful ruins remained, but once they were built in all their splendor for the only female ruler of Egypt!
Continue to the Colossi of Memnon. These two huge statues, sitting and resting on their huge granite floors, are the landmarks of the western shore.
You will have lunch at a local restaurant.
In the end, visit the Valley of the Kings, where the golden treasures of King Tutankhamun still lie along with the original burial objects.
Admire the signs that adorn the rock walls, the hieroglyphs that trace the lives of the kings in long stories.
Finally, you will be driven back to your hotel at Hurghada.
Luxor consists of three parts: The city of Luxor on the east bank of the Nile, the temple district of Karnak, and Thebes on the west bank of the Nile. The city is rich in historical witnesses of a past high culture. For centuries Thebes was the most distinguished residence and most powerful city of the Orient.
Thebes, like all cities of ancient Egypt, was divided into the realm of the dead on the west bank and the realm of the living on the east bank. Luxor was known among the Greeks as “hundred-gated Thebes”.
Luxor is also the departure point of the Nile cruises.
Prices are quoted in US dollars but you can pay in euro or pounds sterling as well. The price is quoted per person.
