Ancient Egypt - Touring Cairo, Giza Pyramids, Saqqarah, Aswan, Sharm el Sheikh, Luxor, Abu Simbel, Edfu, Kom Ombo and Dendarah.
Egypt Luxor - Visiting Temples, Tombs and Ancient Sites including Karnak Temple, Luxor Temple, Hatshepsut, the Valley of the Kings and Valley of the Queens.
We had a holiday in EGYPT - LUXOR and went on our own around
the West Bank's and Luxor's Temples, Tombs and Ancient Sites so we have a considerable amount of
information on this with lots of photographs including some pictures from inside
the tombs in the Valley of the Kings, the Valley of the Queens, Nobles and
Workers areas showing the drawings. There are several topics and loads of
pictures about our visits to Madinat Habu, the amazing Karnak Temple and Luxor Temple.
We have describe how to do these Luxor sightseeing days out/trips independently
so you can use your own itinerary and enjoy the sites at your own pace - plus we
have indicated typical costs etc. - it's surprisingly inexpensive and very easy
to do your own thing at Luxor and much more relaxing.
During our holiday we also took a River Nile Cruise up that river to visit Qena
and Dendarah - there are lots of River Nile and Dendarah Temple photos and a
guide about doing this trip. Incidentally there is also a fairly short walk described on the River Nile's
West Bank where we wandered round several of the canals for a while - there is
(somewhat surprisingly perhaps) lovely lush countryside and wildlife to be enjoyed in the area.
You may be interested in the following website concerning holidays in Egypt -
Holidays to Egypt.
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Egypt - Visitor Guide for Luxor Situated alongside the River Nile in
Egypt, the Egyptian City of Luxor is the starting point for visiting some of the
world's most amazing archaeological sites. Our Luxor Egypt holiday and travel
guides give general information about travelling to and around the City, costs,
food, taxis, ferries, places to visit and so on.
Egyptian Boats and Trains Photos Quite a few pictures
of the various boats which we saw on the River Nile whilst at Luxor including
ferries, small cargo boats and hotel cruise ships. There are also photos from
Luxor Railway station of several of their railway engines, shunters and so on
plus narrow gauge engines seen out in the cane fields on the West Bank.
Dendarah Temple Visitor Guide Located a little way up the River
Nile from Luxor this topic is about our trip up to see the ancient sites there
including Dendarah Temple. We did this for once on an organised trip which meant
a small cruise boat ride on the Nile - quite interesting. There are also photos
of the various things we saw whilst travelling up the Nile.
Hatshepsut Temple and Tombs of the Nobles
Touring Guide On this day out we
visited The Ramesseum, Hatshepsut and the Tombs of the Nobles - and on the way
back to the ferry we stopped off at the somewhat forgotten Temple of Seti 1.
This topic explains all about doing this trip and has lots of photos as well.
Visiting Egypts Karnak Temple and Luxor Temple
Karnak Temple - situated up the road a
little way from Luxor this is an easy sightseeing trip to do on your own. Karnak
is just a short taxi ride (and remember taxis are quite cheap to use in Luxor)
so if you come in on a cruise boat or staying at a hotel you can easily get to
Karnak. Our guide shows how we did this and has loads of pictures from this
really awesome ancient site just outside of Luxor. Luxor Temple Situated alongside the River Nile
in the centre of Luxor, Egypt this Egyptian Temple is easy to visit whether you
have arrived on a cruise boat for a short stop over or are staying on holiday at
Luxor.
Guide to visiting the Valley of the Kings and Queens (and Workers)
The Valley of the Kings, The Valley
of the Queens ( dont' miss the Valley of the Workers) - Luxor, Egypt. Easy to get too by just taking
a ferry across the River Nile at Luxor and then catching a bus or taxi to the
Ticket Office. The main target for many tourists are these first two world famous Egyptian ancient sites however if you take some time to look round the Valley of
the Workers as well it is much more interesting in our opinion.
Madinat Habu Temple and also the
Temple of Ramses 111 are sometimes missed out by visitors to Luxor - this is
perhaps a mistake - the whole complex is really interesting and one of the best
visits we did whilst on holiday in Luxor, Egypt.
Cairo Egypt - Travel, Holiday and Touring - Giza Pyramids, Coptic Cairo, Cairo Citadel, Egyptian Museum plus day trips to Saqqarah and Wadi Al Natrun.
Cairo Travel and Holiday Guide - General Information about holidays and
visiting Cairo - the
airport, taxis, travelling around and sightseeing, staying alive on the roads,
eating in Cairo and so on.
Touring Cairo - this topic covers -of course-
a trip to the Giza Pyramids but also visiting Saqqara, Nile Barrages, out to the beautiful
monasteries at Wadi al Natrun, touring and wandering around Old Cairo and Coptic Cairo, The
Citadel, visits and photos of the many mosques in the city plus a visit
around Cairo's Northern Cemetery.
Aswan Egypt - Tour, Holiday and Travel Guide for the lovely and layed back southern Egyptian city of Aswan - hotels, restaurants and day trips.
Egypt - Aswan - Holiday and Travel Guide. This topic is all about travelling to Aswan, restaurants, hotels, costs, a monastery visit, boat trips on The Nile, seeing Aswan High Dam, Aswan Souk, Nubian villages plus other places to go and visit locally whilst on holiday in Aswan. There is also a topic about longer day trips which are quite easy to do whilst staying in Aswan describing visits to Abu Simbel, The Temple of Kom Ombo and to Edfu.
The Red Sea Holiday Resort of Sharm el Sheikh - Egypt.
Sharm El-Sheik Holiday guide. Sharm el Sheikh may be of interest for a
holiday if you fancy some winter sunshine (and excellent snorkelling or diving).
There are photographs from around the resort showing off some of it's beaches as
well as the area itself and also information on some of the other things you can
do whilst on holiday at Sharm.
One of the trips you can do whilst staying at Sharm is go into the Sinai Desert
- we describe our (extremely cold) night-time walk up to the top of Mount
Moses/Mount Sinai (deep in the Sinai desert) to see the sunrise - a really
amazing and scenic experience. Following this we returned back down the mountain
and had a visit and tour around St Catherine's Monastery.
Further related information: The following travel books may be of great benefit if travelling and touring around Egypt's Ancient Sites - Egypt Rough Guide Egypt Insight Guide Egypt Eyewitness Guide Egypt Lonely Planet
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there are
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India Vacation and Touring Guides India - Goa and the
Golden Triangle (holidays in India and touring Indian Tombs,
Forts and Temples.)
New Zealand Travel Guides New Zealand
North and South Islands - about holidays and travelling in
New Zealand
Greek Islands Holidays + Touring Athens Many Greek Islands are covered on our Greece Holiday and Travel Guides - also a topic on touring
Athens (which of course has one or two ancient
sites of it's own to enjoy.)
Holidays in the Far East Hong Kong, Bali, Singapore,
Bangkok and Cambodia (Siem Reap,
Angkor Wat etc and Phnom Penh) - holiday and travel guides in the
Far East. (Angkor Archaeological Park with it's Angkor Wat, Angkor Thom and so
on can easily boast to be just as impressive as the magnificent Karnak etc. to
be seen in Egypt).
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