Dendara & Abydos Day Tour

Early morning meet your local guide in the lobby of your hotel in Luxor for a 3- hours drive to the temple of Abydos. Spend 2 hours at the temple complex then have lunch at a local restaurant (included).
After lunch we will drive for 2 hours to reach the temple Dendera. After that, drive back to the hotel and arrive at 6 pm.
Temple of Abydos.
Located about 2.5 hours by car north of Luxor, it was one of the most important religious sites to ancient Egyptians. Ancient Egyptians would have hopes to visit Abydos, which for them was strongly associated with the entry into the afterlife. Temple of Abydos was built by King Seti I, who was the father of the great Ramesses II, who actually completed the construction of most of the temple after his father’s death.
Abydos Temple contains small chapels dedicated to each of the major gods: Ptah, Re-Harakhte, Amun-Re, Osiris, Isis, Horus, and also one to Seti himself.
The temple of Abydos is one of the best examples that still has beautiful fresh colors.
Dendara.
Dendara Temple is dedicated to the goddess Hathor dating from 380 BC
The Temple of Dendara is one of the best preserved temples in Egypt. It was known as the Castle of the Sistrum or Pr Hathor, which means the House of Hathor, who was the goddess of love, joy, and beauty.
With the exception of its supporting pillars, which had capitals sculpted in the image of Hathor and were defaced by the Christians, the walls, rooms, and roof are complete and extraordinarily well preserved. The stone steps of the spiral staircase are time-worn but may still be used to ascend to the roof, where there is a small chapel decorated with Hathor-headed columns.
In ancient times, Dendara was associated with healing. Patients who traveled there for cures were housed in special buildings where they could rest, sleep, and commune with the gods in their dreams. There is something else special about this temple as well: It bears the name of Cleopatra and her son, whose father was Julius Caesar. It is that these celebrated rulers climbed the same stairs and contemplated the same landscape stretching out for miles below.
Today, the place sings with the music of birds. Hundreds of them roost in small cracks and hollows in the walls, seemingly contemplating their own carved likenesses in the hieroglyphic reliefs.
There have been temples on this site ever since the Old Kingdom, but the present temple was begun in the reign of Ptolemy VIII. The building we see today was constructed and added upon from about 116 BC to 34 AD.