Full-Day West Bank Tour of Luxor
Your guide will take you directly to the West Bank to begin your visit to the Valley of the Kings, which bears witness to the greatness of the pharaohs who built tombs befitting their status as the living image of God on earth and their souls, which would become gods in the afterlife.
The Valley of the Kings contains the tombs of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Dynasties. Among the greatest and most famous kings buried here are King Ramses II, King Seti I, and King Thutmose III, the great warrior.
We then continue to visit the temple of the great queen and the most famous queen who ruled Egypt, Queen Hatshepsut. She was renowned as a female ruler of royal lineage, and her great engineer Senmut built her funerary temple as an architectural masterpiece with no equal in the ancient world.
Next, visit the Colossi of Memnon, where the temple of King Amenhotep III once stood. Although the temple was destroyed by a great earthquake that struck ancient Egypt, its ruins can still be seen.
Continue your tour to the Valley of the Queens, which the ancient Egyptians called Ta-Set-Neferu. It contains the tombs of the most famous queens, wives of the great kings of the nineteenth and twentieth dynasties. The most beautiful of these tombs is the tomb of Queen Nefertari, wife of the great king Ramses II.
We then go to visit one of the most beautiful temples that still retains its splendor and bright colors: the Temple of Habu, built by King Ramses III and considered one of the greatest funerary temples.
The walls of the temple depict the naval victories of King Ramses III over the Sea Peoples and his control over the Mediterranean Sea.
Finally, we visit the workers' city of Deir el-Medina, which flourished during the period of building the royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings and the Valley of the Queens.
The city was divided in a very organized manner, and the remains of the houses are still present today. A complete tomb was discovered here: the tomb of the chief worker Kha and his wife Merit. It is one of the most beautiful tombs ever found intact and contains the complete household furniture of the chief worker and his wife, telling us how the middle class lived in ancient times.
After the visit, your guide will take you back to your hotel in Luxor.
