Day Trip to Luxor from Safaga Port

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Overview

The Coptic and Islamic Cairo tour is a kind of spiritual Egypt tour to some of the holy places in Cairo. In fact, Cairo day tours to the Coptic and Islamic heritage in Cairo offer a glimpse into Cairo's rich history and diverse cultural heritage.

Start your Egypt tours by visiting an iconic church called the Hanging Church. Then, please your heart when you visit Saint Sergius and Bacchus Church (Abu Serga) where the Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ rested for 3 months during private tours in Cairo.

After that in your Egypt day tours, go inside the Alabaster Mosque of Mohamed Ali on the Citadel and feel the peace of heart and mind. Moreover, you will be amazed by Sultan Hassan Mosque and Madrasa and how it operates in the past. Also, you will enter Al Rifae Mosque.

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1 Luxor Attractions

On the agreed time, your guide will pick you up at the exit of Safaga Port to start your day trip to Luxor attractions.

Coffee Break: The distance between Safaga and Luxor is about 200km takes about 3 hours with a short break at a lounge on the way to use the toilet (10 L.E per person) or get a coffee. Start your Luxor day tours with the most popular attractions in Luxor, Valley of the Kings is the second visited attraction in Egypt after the Giza Pyramids and it is one of the best things to do in Egypt. Actually, Egyptian Pharaohs of the 18th dynasty, 19th dynasty, and 20th dynasty used the place to bury their mummies. The Kings Valley is the best place where you can learn about ancient Egyptian religion, ancient Egyptian Civilization religious beliefs. with your entrance ticket, you can visit 3 tombs and you can shoot photos inside for free. These three tombs could be 3 of the following tombs:

(KV 02) Rameses IV
Tomb of Ramses III (KV 11)
Ramses IX Tomb KV 6
Merenptah tomb (KV 8)
The tomb of Tausert and Setnakht (KV 14)

After visiting your 3 tombs and shoot some photos for the astronomical ceiling of the tombs, you will be ready for your last stop. Mortuary temple of Hatshepsut, Hatshepsut temple is a unique temple because she was the only female Pharoah who ruled Egypt as a king for about 23 years. The temple starts with the avenue of Sphinxes with only two restorated Sphinxes statues for Hatshepsut. After that you will visit Memnon Colossi, These are two very huge twin seated statues 17m in height each decorated the entrance of the Mortuary temple of Amenhotep III during the New Kingdom.

Lunch: Enjoy your lunch at a local restaurant near the Colossi of Memnon, enjoy Short Nile Cruise, you can enjoy 30 minutes short Egypt Nile Cruises to Luxor from the water especially Luxor temple, Winter Palace, and Luxor Museum. End your Safaga Shore Excursions with Karnak temple, the biggest temple in the world. In fact, your guide will explain about ancient Egyptian history during the New Kingdom when Thebes (Luxor) was the capital of Egypt. At the end of your tour to Karnak temple, we will drive you back to Safaga Port.