Tour Itinerary
First thing in the morning we will pick you up from your hotel or Nile cruise to go to the west bank of Luxor, the necropolis of ancient Thebes.
Our first stop will be Medinet Habu, where the mortuary temple of Ramses III is located, one of the most important religious monuments of the city. Its entrance is 63 meters wide and 22 meters high and represents the pharaoh punishing some prisoners.
The tour continues to the Valley of the Nobles, where more than 500 tombs of high officials of the Theban government are located. We will enter several of the tombs to discover their decoration, much better preserved than that of the royal tombs because they were less interesting to looters.
Our last stop will be Deir el-Medina, an Egyptian settlement founded by Thutmose I to accommodate the workers and artisans of ancient Egypt. For more than 450 years this village was inhabited by the builders and decorators of the royal tombs. Many archaeological evidences are still preserved, making this one of the most studied settlements of the time.
The tour ends back at the hotel or Nile Cruise where you are staying.