Queens Valley Hotel

... cult temple in Egypt. This is partly because it was built later than most (in the Ptolemaic era from 237 to 57 BC). Valley of the Queens - Wives and young children of Pharaohs were buried here. You're not allowed to take your camera in so I copied ...

The Queen's Valley Hotel turned out to be quite luxurious and we got the feeling we were room fillers because we hadn't paid much for the accommodation part of the trip. Another reason not to take the expensive tours, the hotels and guides are the ...

... as a residence. The next day we decided to hire a taxi and do the remainder of places we wanted to see by ourselves. The valley of the queens, Rameseum and Seit I Temple. There were about 3 others at the Rameseum, a tour group arrived as we left at the ...

... you saw King Tut's tomb!  Truly an awesome experience. From the Valley of the Kings, it was a short trip over to the Valley of the Queens -- a bit of a shorter trip -- be sure to bring water with you as there is really nothing along the way to buy en ...

... . The walk was a bit more precarious than we were told it was-but we made it no worries!! We also had a look at the valley of the queens on a lovely afternoon walk. The next day we headed to the east bank and went to the temple of Karnak which was really ...

... to as low as the crop fields, we saw the green belt around the Nile as well as The Valley Of The Kings, Valley Of The Queens, Temple Of Hatshepsut and numerous other ruins and relics. All told, it was a spectacular 45mins of floating on air and we were ...

... (hence the hastily abandoned dead-end) and build an add-on at the back of Setnakht’s wife’s tomb further up the valley.  When Ramses III came along, none of the bad luck belonged to him so he took over the partially dug tomb and detoured ...

... .  Not as big but very nice), the Valley of the kings (visited four tombs and the were VERY HOT AND MUGGY), the Valley of the queens (two more tombs, yep, still hot and muggy), the temple of Hatchepsut (sp?) (this was a very beautiful temple ...

... from the ticket office. It only goes around the corner, about 100m. You still have a few kilometers of walking in the actual valley between tombs. From here we were off to see the temple of Hatshepsut, one of the most famous queens of ancient Egypt. ...

... about this place, there was only one local trying to sell souvenirs and drinks, and even he wasn't trying very hard. At the valley of the queens they have Neferteri's tomb, the thing with this one is, it has the best preserved art work with really bright ...

... nbsp; Following the balloon ride I met up with the tour organised from the hotel which was visiting the Valley of the Kings, Valley of the Queens and also the Hatshepsut (try saying that 10 times quickly) Temple. I thought I would sign up to a tour as it ...

... visible monuments were more likely to get plundered, they decided to hide themselves in secret, guarded valleys.  The Valley of the Queens was where important people, princes, and ocassionally Queens were buried.  There were only three tombs ...

... vivid and rich in colour. I really wish I could have taken photos but they wouldn't have done Nefertari credit. After the valley of the queens I took the donkey up a massive set of hills and ended up with a view of Deir al-Bahri (Funerary Temple ...

... the faces have been removed. Hatshepsut’s temple lies half way up the mountain that separates The Valley of the Kings and The Valley of The Queens. Whereas there are a number of tombs in the Valley, only 3 are open to the public. A fourth, the tomb ...

... office with my umbrella and 2 bottles of water.  I got there a bit before 4pm, bought a ticket and walked to the Valley of the Queens.  What a good move!  There wasn't a soul around and the attendant had to open the tombs for me!  And ...

Thursday 15 August 2002 Yesterday had booked a half day tour of the West Bank Valley of the Kings and the Queens and Hatshepsut Temple at a cost of US$18 . [T Cook wanted US$27 for same tour.] The van arrived on time for the early morning pick up. ...

... them and hopped in the van that would take us to our ferry for the short ride across to the West Bank - home of the Valley of the Kings & Queens and hot air balloons!  A 5 min ferry trip we jumped into a car and went on the search for our ...

... the Nile and a historically rich site, as the Valley of the Kings (where King Tut was discovered in the early 1900's), Valley of the Queens and the Temple of Hatshepsut (one of the most powerful female pharoahs in Egypt's history)...   It's also ...

... toured the Tombs of Ramses VII, IV and IX.  Next we went to the Temple of Hatshepsut and then off to the Valley of the Queens.  Next on the tour was the Colossi of Memnon.  The afternoon was spent at Karnak Temple and then ...

... the Shrine of Anubis. A definite crowd=pleaser and the highlight of our day. Our tour would end in the last area, the Valley of the Queens, with visits to the Tomb of Titi, the favorite wife of Ramses III, and also the Tomb of Amonherkhepeshef, with ...

... It was pretty spectacular. After the tombs, we walked along the ridge above the Valley and over the hill past the Valley of Queens (self-explanatory!), the Tombs of the Nobles, and the Temple of Hatshepsut (the only female Pharoah, and a very ...