Day 01
Luxor West Bank Tour to Deir el-Medina and Seti I
- Get picked up by a professional tour guide from your Luxor hotel, who will take you in private air-conditioned transportation through picturesque villages to Al Qurna, the ancient town surrounded by temples and tombs.
- Visit Deir el-Medina, home to artisans, servants, and craftsmen who worked at the royal tombs. Their crafts and cottages were passed on from generation to generation. Because these were the finest artists, their graves are lavishly decorated with beautiful representations of everyday life. From the plateau of the tombs, you will have an excellent overview of the houses and streets of Deir el-Medina. A scale model shows who lived where and when.
- Then, head to the mortuary temple of Seti I, whose construction started during his reign but was completed after his death by his son, Ramses II. Although not as famous as his temple in Abydos, this memorial near the palm groves is well worth visiting. It is the earliest example of a palace built within a mortuary temple, and beautiful reliefs have survived throughout the ages.
- On the way back to the East Bank, you will have the opportunity to take beautiful pictures of the Colossi of Memnon.
- Finally, you will be brought back to your Luxor hotel.
Tour ends.
