Qena

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Address: Dendara Bridge, Qena
Admission: Free

ATTRACTION Keywords:
Cultural Experience, Must-Do Experience, Religious Experience, Ruin - Ancient, Temple, Town / City

Qena provides visitors to modern-day Egypt with a glimpse into the far-distant past.

The ancient city was formerly known as Cainepolis, and also boasts many famous Islamic buildings.

Today, Qena is best known as the closest town to the ancient, well-preserved ruins of Dendera.

The temple complex at Dendera includes the immaculately intact and impressive Temple of Hathor, and is well set up for visitors with an information center and cafe.

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Review by Andrea D, USA, March 2010
Doing what: Private Tour: 2-Day Luxor Tour from Hurghada

This was a great private tour for my boyfriend and I. We were extremely pleased to pay the extra cost of touring independently of a large group as all of the sites we visited were highly populated with large tour groups. Those groups looked extremely un-appealing and we were able to move around at our leisure with our own private guide who also gave us time to explore on our own. We had the luxury of spreading out to sleep in our air-conditioned van as the drive is a good 4 hours from Hurghada. Our tour guide was very knowledgeable and accommodating. We also enjoyed the Sheraton that night, great hotel located on the banks of the Nile as well as the sound and light show that evening at Luxor Temple. Our lunch the first day was on a great little restaurant/boat on the Nile river and we were free to dinner that evening in the hotel part of the package. Was one of the highlights of our vacation! The only suggestion we would make for all Viator tours, as it was a problem on each one, is to have the tour guide holding a sign at the hotel with either the traveler's name on it or Viator Luxor tour, etc. listed on it. Otherwise you have to complete strangers randomly trying to find each other in a hotel lobby.

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Review by janell, USA, March 2010
Doing what: Private Tour: 2-Day Luxor Tour from Hurghada

Had an excellent time in Luxor. The hotel was great, our tour guide and driver were excellent. They made sure we got to see the city beyond what was included in the package.

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Review by Anonymous, March 2010
Doing what: Private Tour: 2-Day Luxor Tour from Hurghada

Our driver was rude, and we did not like to be draged to visit alabaster workshop, where as usual in egypt you where almost pushed to buy something. If we wanted to go on shopping tour we would ask for it.

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