Abydos & Dendera
Abydos is our insider tip because of the magnificent reliefs and its history:
160 km north from Luxor.
Dendera is half way and one of the best-preserved temple complexes.
Relief art in Abydos (also photo on top)
Visit both temples
Dendera and Abydoss (pickup East Bank Side)
If you stay in a hotel at the EAST bank side
or ferry can be used to avoid additional charges if hotel is on the west bank:
Car, driver and guide,
both temples (1-2 guests): $178
Microbus, driver and guide,
both temples (3-6 guests): $210
Microbus, driver and guide,
both temples (7-8 guests): $225
Dendera and Abydoss (pickup West Bank Side)
If you stay in a hotel at the WEST bank side
Car, driver and guide,
both temples (1-2 guests): $204
Microbus, driver and guide,
both temples (3-6 guests): $246
Microbus, driver and guide,
both temples (7-8 guests): $261
Detail from a ceiling painting in Dendera
Dendera
only
Dendera only (pickup East Bank Side)
If you stay in a hotel at the EAST bank side
or ferry can be used to avoid additional charges if hotel is on the west bank:
Car, driver and guide,
both temples (1-2 guests): $142
Microbus, driver and guide,
both temples (3-6 guests): $165
Microbus, driver and guide,
both temples (7-8 guests): $178
Dendera only (pickup West Bank Side)
If you stay in a hotel at the WEST bank side
Car, driver and guide,
both temples (1-2 guests): $168
Microbus, driver and guide,
both temples (3-6 guests): $201
Microbus, driver and guide,
both temples (7-8 guests): $214
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- Anubis (Abydos)
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- Sekhmet (Abydos)
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- Thoth (Abydos)
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- Birds in a net (Abydos)
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- Men carrying the net (Abydos)
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- Ramses and Sethos I: Offering birds (Abydos)
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- Hathor (Dendera)
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- Dendera
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- Columns in Dendera
Good to know
Here is what we recommend in order to avoid additional transportation costs when choosing Luxor hotels
When picking a hotel in Luxor keep in mind it takes a long time for transportation to cross from the East to the West Bank (nearly one hour round trip). All transportation companies are located on the East Bank.
If you choose a West Bank Hotel location there may be some tours (East Bank tours especially) where you will need to take a ferry from the West Bank to the East Bank to meet your transportation otherwise additional transportation costs will be added to compensate for the extra drive time.
These additional costs are notated on the file should you choose a west bank hotel location.
Some hotels/guesthouses on the west bank of Luxor are near a ferry dock – if this is the case – we can drop you off at the ferry on the East Bank and you can take the ferry over to the west bank in order to save on transportation cost.
Popular East Bank Luxor hotels include: Pavillion Winter Luxor, Nefertiti Hotel, Iberotel, Hilton, Sonesta St George and both Steigenbergers.
Aswan-Individual service in Luxor and around:
After many guests had asked us for assistance in Luxor also, Waleed tried to find solutions how to offer services with the same promises we give for Aswan:
- No visits of souvenir shops
- Payment is for car, driver and guide instead to ask for payments from each person
- Perfect knowledge of professional guides; well checked new cars and licensed drivers
- Individual service for each person / couple / family instead of foreigners put together to groups
- No extra costs except for tickets and a tip that is up to you
All of which is contrary to how business is usually done by travel agents in Luxor. To keep control we ask our guests to send a message or call Waleed as soon they feel like it – so Waleed can call the travel agency in Luxor to make sure all is going according to our guest’s wishes.
Whenever it is possible we are sending our Aswan Guides to Luxor to care for our guests – even if they have to stay overnight in Luxor for this. All this is to guarantee our standards for Luxor too.
