Practical advice for organising a trip to discover the Nile, in the south-west region of Egypt:
travel agencies and guides, what to visit, Nile cruises, tips and annoying street vendors, where to book a hotel in Luxor and Aswan, and excellent Egyptian cuisine restaurants.
Tombs and temples in Luxor are, in my opinion, the most beautiful things to visit in Egypt. Not even the world-famous pyramids of Giza can compare with the beauty of these monuments in the south of the country and the wonder they arouse when visiting them.
The life of Hatshepsut is the story of a feminist ante litteram, a queen who proclaims herself pharaoh, one of the very few female rulers of ancient Egypt.
If you’re planning to tour around, to volunteer or even only to mingle more with the locals, then you’ll need to think twice about what you want to bring along.