Dendara Temple & Abydos Temple Full Day Tour

In the morning. Your  tour guide will be pick you up from your hotel to start your tour and you will travel to the north of Luxor city to visit The temple of Dendara.

In a relatively isolated location on the edge of the desert, about 2.5 km southwest of the modern town, there is a Greco-Roman temple, known in ancient Egypt as “Lonit” or “Tentra”. The site of the modern town was the capital of the Upper Egyptian region.

Dendera dates back to the pre-dynastic period in Egypt. This is evidenced by the ancient tombs near the wall of the Temple of Hathor. Dendera was the capital of the Sixth Khor of Upper Egypt, and Hathor was its main deity. The system of the Temple of Hathor dates back to the reign of Khufu, and it was later restored by Pepi I.

Then, go to visit the temple of Abydos. 

The temple is considered as one of the most impressive and important archaeological sites in Egypt and the sacred city of Abydos was the site of many ancient temples, including Umm el-Qa’ab which is 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.

After finishing your day tour, You will be transferred back to your hor hotel in Luxor.