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Luxorthen Cairo & Giza
23 nights · 24 days · As a couple
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- Day 2 Luxor Hot Air Balloon at Sunrise · About 1.5 hours including transfers
- Day 3 Luxor's Other West Bank: the Tombs of the Nobles, Deir el-Medina and Medinet Habu · Half day · about 4 hours
- Day 4 Luxor West Bank: Valley of the Kings and Hatshepsut · 5–6 hours
- Day 11 Royal Mummies and Old Cairo: The Museum of Egyptian Civilization and Coptic Cairo · Half day · about 5 hours
- Day 12 Historic Cairo on Foot: al-Mu'izz Street from Bab al-Futuh to Bab Zuwayla · Half day · about 4 hours
- Day 13 Saqqara, Memphis and Dahshur: The First Pyramids · About 6 hours
- Day 14 Giza Pyramids Half-Day Private Tour · Half day · about 4 hours
Luxor
Days 1–9 · 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 1Arrival in LuxorTime reserved for arrivalSee day
- Day 2Dendera and Abydos Day Trip from LuxorSuggested · Full day · about 8 hoursTwo chapters of how Egypt kept reimagining eternity in one day.See day
- Day 3A free day in LuxorOpen for us to plan with youSee day
- Day 4Luxor East and West Bank Private Day TourSuggested · Full day · about 8 hoursTwo banks, one idea.See day
- Day 5Luxor's Other West BankSuggested · Half day · about 4 hoursThe New Kingdom hid its kings in the Valley of the Kings.See day
- Day 6Luxor 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 7Another free day in LuxorOpen for us to plan with youSee day
- Day 8Another free day in LuxorOpen for us to plan with youSee day
- Day 9Another free day in LuxorOpen for us to plan with youSee day
Cairo & Giza
Days 10–24 · 14 nightsWhat to know about Cairo & Giza
- How long
- 3 nights recommended. Give Giza and the museum a full day together, then a second day for historic Cairo's mosques, churches and bazaar.
- What deserves priority
- Pyramids, the Sphinx and the Grand Egyptian Museum.
- Al-Mu'izz Street
The main street of the Fatimid court city, where for eight centuries anyone with power built to be seen.
Open 09:00–17:00 · checked 29 September 2026
- Ben Ezra Synagogue
The synagogue whose storeroom kept a medieval community's paperwork for centuries.
Open 09:00–16:00 · checked 3 September 2026
- Cairo Citadel
A medieval fortress above the whole of Cairo, and the seat of Egypt's rulers for more than six centuries.
Open 08:00–17:00 · checked 3 September 2026
- Dahshur
Where the Egyptians learned how to build a pyramid, by getting it wrong first.
Open 08:00–17:00 · checked 3 September 2026
- Giza Plateau
Three generations of kings built here; the plateau asks who did the building, and how they lived.
Open 08:00–16:00 · checked 3 September 2026
- Grand Egyptian Museum
A museum whose greatest collections belong to places you can see on the same day.
- Day 10Travel to Cairo & GizaFlight option: about 1 hour by air. Allow extra time for airports and transfers.See day
- Day 11Royal Mummies and Old CairoSuggested · Half day · about 5 hoursThe pharaohs built for eternity, and here, three thousand years later, they lie in a new museum on the edge of Old Cairo.See day
- Day 12Historic Cairo on FootSuggested · Half day · about 4 hoursThe street the Fatimid caliphs laid out as the spine of their new court city.See day
- Day 13Saqqara, Memphis and DahshurSuggested · About 6 hoursSee how pyramid building developed before Giza, on a day out from Cairo.See day
- Day 14Giza Pyramids and the Grand Egyptian MuseumSuggested · Full day · about 7 hoursOne day, two settings for the same story.See day
- Day 15A free day in Cairo & GizaOpen for us to plan with youSee day
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