Egypt with Luxury & Style
(10 Days): A Sample Itinerary
ID #: DT-E-10-4-11-10-BESI
DavidTravel Itinerary Highlights include:
•
In Cairo
explore the Egyptian
Museum of Antiquities and its Mummy Room an the hilltop
Citadel • Explore the relics at ancient Memphis,
Sakkara, the
Great Pyramids of Giza and the famous
Sphinx • Fly to Luxor and visit the Temple of Karnak.
Cross the Nile to explore the Valley of the Kings and Valley of
the Queens. View the fabled
Colossi
of Memnon and the mortuary temple of Queen Hatshepsut • Cruise northward to Qena on a scenic route
far from the crowds and other cruise ships. Visit the beautiful
Ptolemaic Temple of the Goddess Hathor at Denderah, with its
dark chambers, underground passages and towering columns
inscribed with hieroglyphs • Tour the
Luxor Temple
then stop at the famous avenue of sphinxes • Cruise to Edfu to explore the extraordinary
Temple of Horus, the falcon-headed god • At
Kom Ombo visit
the lovely Greco-Roman temple followed by an afternoon excursion
to the majestic Philae Temple on the Island of Agilika •
Fly to Abu Simbel to view the four 65-foot figures of
Ramses II
fronting his temple
Overview:
Travelers have marveled at
Egypt's
archaeological wonders for centuries, ever since the Ancient
Greeks visited the pyramids. Today, the ancient wonders attract
millions of tourists each year to the pyramids, temples, mosques
and great monuments of the Nile Valley, as well as the stunning
diving resorts of the Red Sea.
In 430 BC, when Herodotos exclaimed in awe
over the magnificent monuments in Egypt, many of them were
already 2,500 years old. Most, from the pyramids of Giza to the
astonishingly beautiful temples of Karnak or Philae, or the
painted tombs in the Valley of the Kings, can still be visited
today. The sheer age of this great civilisation is mind-blowing.
The life-giving Nile pours across the map,
feeding an emerald ribbon of irrigated fields adjacent to
villages shaded by date palms. Whether on a cruise ship or
traditional felucca, life on the water is a constant visual
feast, while the few huge, dusty cities(Cairo, Alexandria, Aswan
and Luxor) are a babble of exotic sounds and smells.