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Alexandriathen Fayoumthen Luxor
25 nights · 26 days · As a couple
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- Day 18 Luxor Hot Air Balloon at Sunrise · About 1.5 hours including transfers
- Day 19 Luxor's Other West Bank: the Tombs of the Nobles, Deir el-Medina and Medinet Habu · Half day · about 4 hours
- Day 20 Luxor West Bank: Valley of the Kings and Hatshepsut · 5–6 hours

Alexandria
Days 1–8 · 8 nightsWhat 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
- Day 1Arrival in AlexandriaTime reserved for arrivalSee day
- Day 2A free day in AlexandriaOpen for us to plan with youSee day
- Day 3Another free day in AlexandriaOpen for us to plan with youSee day
- Day 4Another free day in AlexandriaOpen for us to plan with youSee day
- Day 5Another free day in AlexandriaOpen for us to plan with youSee day
- Day 6Another free day in AlexandriaOpen for us to plan with youSee day
- Day 7Another free day in AlexandriaOpen for us to plan with youSee day
- Day 8Another free day in AlexandriaOpen for us to plan with youSee day

Fayoum
Days 9–16 · 8 nightsWhat 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.
- Day 9Travel to FayoumTransfer time reservedSee day
- Day 10A free day in FayoumOpen for us to plan with youSee day
- Day 11Another free day in FayoumOpen for us to plan with youSee day
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- Day 15Another free day in FayoumOpen for us to plan with youSee day
- Day 16Another free day in FayoumOpen for us to plan with youSee day

Luxor
Days 17–26 · 9 nightsWhat 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
- Day 17Travel to LuxorTransfer time reservedSee day
- Day 18Dendera and Abydos Day Trip from LuxorSuggested · Full day · about 8 hoursTwo chapters of how Egypt kept reimagining eternity in one day.See day
- Day 19A free day in LuxorOpen for us to plan with youSee day
- Day 20Luxor East and West Bank Private Day TourSuggested · Full day · about 8 hoursTwo banks, one idea.See day
- Day 21Luxor's Other West BankSuggested · Half day · about 4 hoursThe New Kingdom hid its kings in the Valley of the Kings.See day
- Day 22Luxor 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
- Day 23Another free day in LuxorOpen for us to plan with youSee day
- Day 24Another free day in LuxorOpen for us to plan with youSee day
- Day 25Another free day in LuxorOpen for us to plan with youSee day
- Day 26Departure dayPlanned around your flight



