Grand Preziosa + Grand Rose Itineraries (Subject To Local Change)

Day 1 ARRIVING IN LUXOR

Transfer from the airport to your Cruise, Meals and Overnight Stay on Board.

Day 2 WESTERN THEBES

After Breakfast on board, travel to the West Bank of Thebes. Visit the Valley of the Kings, Temple of Hatshepsut and the gigantic statues "The Colossi of Memnon"

Day 3 LUXOR

After Lunch on board visit the East Bank and Luxor and Karnak Temples. All meals and overnight stay on board.

Day 4 EDFU/KOM OMBO

Enjoy a full days sailing to Aswan, on the way visit the Edfu Temple. Edfu is home to the wonderfully preserved Temple of Horus.

Return to the Cruise for Lunch and continue sailing towards Aswan visiting Kom Ombo and the Sobek Temple. Evening meal on board and overnight stay

Day 5 ASWAN

After Breakfast enjoy a half day visit to the Philae Temple, dedicated to the giant goddess Isis. Visit the High Dam built in the 1960's to save Egypt from

Terrible flooding. You will also see the unfinished Obelisk set in Aswan’s granite quarries. After lunch take a felucca (sailing boat or motor boat depending on weather)

along the Nile before returning for Dinner and an overnight stop

Day 6 ASWAN + SURROUNDING AREAS

Day at Leisure

Or Optional Excursions to Abu Simbel (by air or bus) this great sun temple built by Ramses II with four gigantic statues of Ramses II carved into the mountain side to confront travelers as they entered Egypt from Africa.

Other optional excursions are a trip to an Aswan Nubian village and National Park; there are also optional sound and light shows at Philae Temple.

Dinner on board and overnight stay.

Day 7 NILE CRUISE TO LUXOR

Leisurely sailing from Aswan back to Luxor and a day at Leisure. All Meals and Overnight stay on board.

Day 8 DISEMBARK

After breakfast on board disembark from the Cruise Ship and transfer back to the airport for your return flight home, or to your chosen hotel for the remainder of your Holiday.