Excursion Luxor - Center of Attraction of Tourists in Egypt

Interest in such a resort country as Egypt is currently experiencing a real boom: the flow of tourists to this country has almost doubled in the last few years. Along with the increase in the flow, the demand for the services offered by the Egyptian resorts has traditionally increased, and the cultural program offered to the tourist from the CIS is becoming more and more extensive.
However, until now many tourists who travel to Egypt in the Hurghada area (such resorts as Makadi Bay, Sal Hashish, Soma Bay, Hurghada itself, Marsa Alam and El Gouna) do not have enough idea about the availability and filling of the excursion program under the capacious The name "Luxor".
In fact, the journey "Luxor" consists of a dozen mini-excursions, united by one route plan. What are these excursions and what is interesting in them and is intended to tell this article.
The first sightseeing objects appear quite unexpectedly - right behind the bus glass in the course of traffic - these are ordinary Arab villages, which are in Egypt a great many, with their morning way of life, different people, crooked streets and unsightly houses. These pictures from the life of modern Egypt produce for many tourists an impression no less than the grandiose buildings of the Luxor Temple complex.
The real first object of cultural heritage will be the so-called "Colossi of Memnon" - giant sculptures of the pharaoh Amenhotep of the third, composed of gigantic stones, whose weight is surprising even in our modern times. These statues are the "guard" of the entrance of the majestic temple, which did not reach our days, as it was built of unfired brick. We can now only guess about the gigantic dimensions of this cult structure, looking at the silent protection in the form of two seated pharaohs.
The second object of cultural heritage in this tour is the Karnak Temple - a huge complex consisting of buildings, squares, alleys, bas-reliefs and freestanding columns and sphinxes. This is the central part of the excursion tour, in which the traveler is offered a vast introduction to the history of Egypt, consisting of a constant struggle for the supreme throne of the all-powerful pharaoh, the supreme ruler of the country.
After seeing the majestic structures, the bus takes us directly to the city of Luxor - the legacy of ancient Thebes for a simple but very informative excursion to the Papyrus Museum. The employee of the store-museum with the help of simple tools will show how from the papyrus cane, which is abundant and now occurs on the banks of the Nile for a short cycle to get a sheet on which it is possible to write letters or drawings. The extensive halls of the exhibition center at the museum are full of works of masters of papyrus painting - it is almost impossible to get out of these halls without buying.
Valley of the Kings and the Valley of the Tsaritsa - parts of the "city of the dead" - the multiple tombs of kings and generals, as well as their wives of later eras of ancient Egypt.
Tombs go to many meters under the ground - the air is rather stale - the topic of death is not suitable for everyone - so if you are closer to fresh air and sun - you can simply read on the surface at numerous stands about the Egyptian pharaohs and the history of the discoveries of their tombs.
The temple of Queen Hatshepsut is another precious stone in the crown of this excursion tour. The legendary queen was awarded the legendary funerary church-burial vault, wandering through the pylons of which you understand the greatness of Egypt in ancient times.
The excursion ends with a beautiful walk along the Nile on the background of the sunset that begins by this time.
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