Travel to Egypt, to discover the infinite ancient wonders offered by this country. The trip starts from Cairo with an excursion to the Egyptian Museum of Antiquties, before visiting Giza with the famous Sphinx and the Pyramids. This tour to Egypt continues with a flight from Cairo to Abu Simbel where, after a visit to Ramses II and Nefertari temples, I board the MS Eugenie cruise ship for a four days cruise on lake Nasser. This lake isn't natural and was formed after the construction of a dam in Aswan, filling with water a vast valley in the middle of the desert. Temples and other archaeological ruins were saved from the waters and carried on tops and sides of the hills. During the lake Nasser cruise, I visit the temples of Amada, Derr, Wadi Es Seboua and others. Once in Aswan, after a visit to the majestic High Dam, I board another ship bound for Luxor, visiting additional temples along the shores of Nile river, at Kom Ombo and Edfu. In Luxor, I visit both the western and eastern shores of Nile river, with excursions to the Necropolis of Thebes, Valley of the Kings, temple of Queen Hatshepsut, the Colossi of Memnon, Luxor and the Karnak Temples. A final excursion by car brings me to Abydos and Denderah, to visit additional temples, before flying back to my country directly from Luxor.

This trip has been booked through ATB Holidays. With ATB Holidays you can choose between ready made Egypt package tours or you can custom design your own itinerary easily, even if you travel alone. They will organize everything for you, including a guide speaking your language, but excluding the flights. The trip did run very smoothly, exactly as planned, without any problem. The services provided were excellent either during the reservation process and then on place.

A flight from Cairo to Abu Simbel thru Aswan, brings me to the temples of Ramses II and his wife Nefertari, saved from the waters of lake Nasser when the Aswan High Dam was built. From Abu Simbel, a cruise of five days on lake Nasser starts aboard the MS Eugenie ship.

The cruise ship continues to navigate the lake Nasser waters, passing near the ruins of Qasr Ibrim, before stopping at Aniba where a tour of Ramses II's Amada and Derr temples, as well as the Pennut's tomb, is planned.

Today we visit the beautiful temple of Wadi es Sebua, in the middle of Sahara desert, dedicated to Ramses II. The ship arrives in Aswan the following day where, just before the High Dam, there are the relocated temples of Kalabasha and Beit El Wali.

Aswan (or Assuan) is a very important economical and social centre in Egypt. Here, the High Dam built during the '60s is one of the world's most majestc project, which has changed the geography of Egypt and the life of milions of people. After a tour to the dam, a visit to Philae temple, called also the " Pearl of Egypt ", follows.

The Nile cruise aboard Miss Egypt ship, starts with a visit of Kom Ombo temple, before continuing, the same day, to Edfu temple and to the Esna lock. The tour to each temple requires about two hours.

Tour in and around Luxor, to both east and west shores of Nile river. The day starts with a visit to the Valley of the Kings and the Necropolis of Thebes, before continuing to the temple of Queen Hatshepsut, to the Colossi of Memnon, to Karnak and Luxor temples.

A few hours by car from Luxor there are two beautiful temples, still having original painting colours and still not affected by mass tourism. After a three hours drive from Luxor, I reach the Abydos temple, before continuing, on the way back to Luxor, to Denderah temple.