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Alexandriathen Fayoumthen Luxor

19 nights · 20 days · As a couple

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  • Day 12 Luxor Hot Air Balloon at Sunrise · About 1.5 hours including transfers
  • Day 13 Luxor's Other West Bank: the Tombs of the Nobles, Deir el-Medina and Medinet Habu · Half day · about 4 hours
  • Day 14 Luxor West Bank: Valley of the Kings and Hatshepsut · 5–6 hours
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Alexandria

Days 1–6 · 6 nights
What to know about Alexandria
How long
A long day from Cairo, or a night. Catacombs, a Roman theatre and the Mediterranean seafront. A day trip from Cairo is about six hours on the road in total; a night gives you an evening on the Corniche.
What deserves priority
The catacombs, the Roman theatre and Qaitbay Fort.
  • Bibliotheca Alexandrina

    Alexandria's modern library, built as a successor to the most famous library of the ancient world.

  • Catacombs of Kom el-Shoqafa

    A tomb built for the rich that grew into a city of the dead.

  • Kom el-Dikka

    Roman Alexandria at street level, uncovered in the middle of the modern city.

    Open 09:00–17:00 · checked 3 September 2026

  • Pompey's Pillar

    A single column of red granite, standing alone among the ruins of one of Alexandria's great temples.

  • Qaitbay Fort

    A Mamluk fortress built on the ruins of the Lighthouse, one of the Seven Wonders.

    Open 09:00–20:00 · checked 3 September 2026

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  1. Day 1Arrival in AlexandriaTime reserved for arrivalSee day
  2. Day 2A free day in AlexandriaOpen for us to plan with youSee day
  3. Day 3Another free day in AlexandriaOpen for us to plan with youSee day
  4. Day 4Another free day in AlexandriaOpen for us to plan with youSee day
  5. Day 5Another free day in AlexandriaOpen for us to plan with youSee day
  6. Day 6Another free day in AlexandriaOpen for us to plan with youSee day

Fayoum

Days 7–10 · 4 nights
What to know about Fayoum
How long
A day from Cairo, or a night. About two hours from Cairo each way. A day covers Wadi El Rayan or the Valley of the Whales; a night by Lake Qarun lets you see both without rushing.
What deserves priority
Wadi El Rayan's lakes and waterfalls, and the whale fossils of Wadi El Hitan.
  • Wadi el-Hitan

    A desert valley of fossil whales with legs, from a sea that covered Egypt forty million years ago.

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  1. Day 7Travel to FayoumTransfer time reservedSee day
  2. Day 8A free day in FayoumOpen for us to plan with youSee day
  3. Day 9Another free day in FayoumOpen for us to plan with youSee day
  4. Day 10Another free day in FayoumOpen for us to plan with youSee day

Luxor

Days 11–20 · 9 nights
What to know about Luxor
How long
2–3 nights recommended. Stay in Luxor and you reach the West Bank tombs in the cool of the morning, with Karnak in the afternoon light.
What deserves priority
Valley of the Kings, West Bank and Karnak.
  • Colossi of Memnon

    Two seated colossi of Amenhotep III, the gatekeepers of a temple the flood once filled.

  • Karnak

    Not a temple. A temple city.

    Open 06:00–17:00 · checked 3 September 2026

  • Luxor Temple

    The temple the god came to visit.

    Open 06:00–20:00 · checked 15 September 2026

  • Medinet Habu

    Ramesses III's temple and fortress, where the builders of the royal tombs came to demand their pay.

    Open 06:00–17:00 · checked 29 September 2026

  • Temple of Hatshepsut

    Hatshepsut's terraced temple against the cliffs, facing Karnak across the river.

    Open 06:00–17:00 · checked 3 September 2026

  • The Ramesseum

    The temple and grain store of Ramesses II, where the fallen colossus of Ozymandias lies.

    Open 06:00–17:00 · checked 17 October 2026

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  1. Day 11Travel to LuxorTransfer time reservedSee day
  2. Day 12Dendera and Abydos Day Trip from LuxorSuggested · Full day · about 8 hoursTwo chapters of how Egypt kept reimagining eternity in one day.See day
  3. Day 13A free day in LuxorOpen for us to plan with youSee day
  4. Day 14Luxor East and West Bank Private Day TourSuggested · Full day · about 8 hoursTwo banks, one idea.See day
  5. Day 15Luxor's Other West BankSuggested · Half day · about 4 hoursThe New Kingdom hid its kings in the Valley of the Kings.See day
  6. Day 16Luxor Hot Air Balloon at SunriseSuggested · About 1.5 hours including transfersFrom the air, the plan of Thebes is plain: the river down the middle, the temples of the gods on the east bank, and on the west the hills where the kings were buried.See day
  7. Day 17Another free day in LuxorOpen for us to plan with youSee day
  8. Day 18Another free day in LuxorOpen for us to plan with youSee day
  9. Day 19Another free day in LuxorOpen for us to plan with youSee day
  10. Day 20Departure dayPlanned around your flight
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Egypt from orbit · NASA Terra/MODIS · positions approximate
  1. Alexandria6 nights
  2. Fayoum4 nights
  3. Luxor9 nights

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