Day 01
Medinat Habu, Deir el-Medina and Valley of the Queens
- At 8:00 am, pick up from your hotel or Nile Cruise in Luxor by an Egyptologist tour guide.
- Transfer by private air-conditioned vehicle to the West Bank of the Nile.
- Visit Medinat Habu, an archaeological locality near the foot of the Theban Hills on the West Bank of the River Nile.
- Explore the Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III, approximately 150 m long and closely resembling the mortuary temple of Ramesses II, the Ramesseum.
- Continue the day tour to Deir el-Medina, known as the Valley of the Workers, an ancient Egyptian village that was home to the artisans who worked on the tombs in the Valley of the Kings during the 18th to 20th dynasties of the New Kingdom period (ca. 1550-1080 BC).
- Admire the frescoes in the village, which appear remarkably fresh.
- End the day with a visit to the Valley of the Queens, a burial place for the wives of Pharaohs in ancient times.
- Known in ancient times as Ta-Set-Neferu, meaning "the place of the Children of the Pharaoh," it housed not only queens of the 18th, 19th, and 20th dynasties (1550-1070 BCE), but also princes, princesses, and members of the nobility.
- Transfer back to your hotel or Nile Cruise in Luxor.
