Private day tour to Dendera and Abydos temples from Luxor

Pick up time from your hotel in Luxor by our tour guide, Then Drive to Dendera temple

Dendera temple is around 37 miles (60 km) north of Luxor. It is dedicated to the goddess Hathor, the goddess of love, playing, dance, and music back in ancient Egypt.

This temple is a Greco-Roman temple built on the ruins of an ancient Egyptian one. You should visit this temple as it’s very well preserved, Its ceiling is still intact and decorated with Egyptian zodiac signs and mythical creatures of the afterlife, it’s the only temple you can go up top to its roof and down under the ground to its crypts!

Dendera temple covers some 40,000 square meters; it dates back to 237 BC and more than a pharaoh kept adding to the temple  King Ptolemy III, IV, and VI, and the most popular depictions inside the temple represent Cleopatra VII, Julius Caesar, and their son Caesarion (Ptolemy XV Philopator Philometor Caesar).

Drive to Abydos temple from Dendera temple

Considered one of the most important archaeological sites in Egypt, the sacred city of Abydos was the site of many ancient temples, including Umm el-Qa'ab, a royal necropolis where early pharaohs were entombed. These tombs began to be seen as extremely significant burials and in later times it became desirable to be buried in the area, leading to the growth of the town's importance as a cult site.

Enjoy Egyptian Lunch at Abydos temple  

Drive back to Luxor from Abydos temple