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Enjoy a 5-hour guided trip to the West Bank. You will visit Colossi of Memnon, constitutes of two massive stone statues of the Pharaoh Amenhotep III. You will discover Valley of the kings, a royal burial ground. You will have free time to visit the Alabaster factory and purchase some souvenirs. You will then go to the funerary temples of the queen Hatshepsut.
After picking up from the hotel/cruise by our Egyptologist guide, you will Head to the West Bank of Luxor, first you will Cross the river Nile bridge which is located at the south of the city to reach colossi of Memnon after 45 minutes.
The Colossi of Memnon, the two massive stone statues of the Pharaoh Amenhotep III, which stand at the front of the ruined Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep III, the largest temple in the Theban Necropolis.
After that you will move forward to Valley of the kings also known as the Valley of the Gates of the Kings, where, for a period of nearly 500 years from the 16th to 11th century BC, rock-cut tombs were excavated for the pharaohs and powerful nobles of the New Kingdom. The ticket allows the entrance of 3 tombs.
After you will visit the Alabaster factory, which is almost a museum, with excellent replicas of the known ancient Egyptian art masterpieces. Everything there is handmade - the materials used vary from wood, faience, alabaster, granite, limestone to different stones.
End you visit at the Westbank at temple of Hatshepsut, which is a masterpiece of ancient architecture, built during the reign of Pharaoh Hatshepsut of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt.
