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Awesome Tour to Dendera & Abydos from Port Safaga

Embark on a full-day tour to Dendera and Abydos from Port Safaga. Explore in your shore excursion from Port Safaga, the prestigious Temple of pharaoh Seti I in Abydos, and the extraordinary Temple of Goddess Hathor at Dendera with your professional tour guide.

Price Includes

Port pick up and drop off
Entrance fees of all sites of the tour
Licensed English speaking tour guide
Lunch at a local restaurant
Police permits
All service charges and local taxes

Price Excludes

Gratuities
Drinks and personal expenses
Travel insurance

Price Per Person

01 person: 325 USD
02 people: 190 USD
03-07 people: 170 USD
08-16 people: 150 USD

Children Policy

Children from 0 – 5 years are free of charge
Children from 6 – 11 years get 50% off
Children from 12 years are considered adults

Itinerary

Tour To Dendera & Abydos From Port Safaga

Explore the ancient wonders of Dendera and Abydos with our exclusive Port Safaga Shore Excursions. Your guide will meet you at Port Safaga to commence your full-day tour to Dendera & Abydos from Port Safaga.

Visit Temple of Dendera from Safaga Port

The first stop of your Dendera & Abydos tour from Port Safaga will be at the Dendera Temple. Dendera is just 55 km north of Luxor. It was known as Tnatre, and it was the capital city of the sixth Nome of Upper Egypt in ancient times. The main feature of the complex of Dendera is the temple of the goddess Hathor. Temple of Hathor is one of the most well-preserved temple of the Egyptian temples. It is an excellent example of traditional Pharaonic architecture. Hathor’s Temple was built primarily during the Ptolemaic Dynasty, which was a period of Greek rule in Egypt. However, the construction of the temple was completed under the Roman Emperor Trajan, who is seen depicted on the walls of the complex making offerings to Hathor.

The temple complex also includes a monumental gateway, constructed by Trajan as well as Domitian, another Roman emperor. Dendera Temple is very popular for its ceilings astronomical scenes and crypts as well as the Egyptian Zodiac located on the top floor. Just a replica of the zodiac is found at the temple while the original is at the Louvre Museum in Paris.

Explore the Temple of Abydos from Port Safaga

Then, your tour to Dendera and Aydos from Port Safaga, takes you to Abydos. In the holy city of Abydos, you will visit the amazing Temple of pharaoh Seti I (1323-1279 BC). This temple is unique in its design among the Egyptian temples which takes the form of the letter L. The temple was dedicated to seven various deities, Osiris, Isis, Horus, Amun, Re-Horakhty, Ptah, and Seti I as a deity.

Abydos temple is divided into three sections. The rear segment includes seven chapels of the gods of the temple. This section was entirely constructed and decorated by Seti I. The middle section includes the Hypostyles of the temple. Which was constructed by Seti I and decorated by his son Ramses II. A third section of the temple is completely damaged and was entirely made by Ramses II. One of the great temple scenes with significant historical evidence is the list of 72 kings known as the Kings List of Abydos. The Osirion is just behind Seti I’s temple and was thought to have been built by pharaoh Merenptah as a tomb for one part of the body of Osiris when god Seth dismembered it.

Conclude your tour to Dendera & Abydos from Port Safaga with a transfer back to your cruise ship at Port Safaga.

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