Finding new destinations can be hard in todays digital world where everyone is trying to sell you on something “new”. So, the editors at The Adventure Travel Network have teamed up to create a space highlighting the best destinations we have heard about each week. Without further adieu, we give you the top destinations we are drooling over this week:
The Luxor Temple glowing at sunset and lit up with lights for a night time tour. Photo by Dalton Johnson
Luxor, Egypt
Luxor is a “small town” with ancient roots. When you think about ancient Egypt, you are thinking about the ancient sites of Luxor like the Valley of Kings, Valley of the Queens, the Luxor Temple, the Avenue of Sphinxes, and the Temple of Karnak, just to name a few. This ancient holy site has enough to see along the Nile river that you could easily spend five days exploring the sites and feel as though you have not scratched the surface.
We chose Luxor, Egypt this week for our top destination for that very reason. The history. Known as Thebes during the Roman and Greek reigns of Egypt, this vast area will leave your mind itching to return to fifth grade to relearn your Egyptian history.
While there is not much pure adventure to be found in Luxor, you can get your heart rate to spike as you make your way underground at the Valley of the Kings and Queens exploring the excavated tombs. When here, make sure to soak in the fact that the paint you are looking at could be as old as 3,500 years. Yet, it looks as though it was painted last week.
Our founding editor, Dalton Johnson, just got back from a 10-day river cruise along the Nile and here is what he had to say about the trip with Abercrombie and Kent, “It’s hard to comprehend the timeline and scale of Egypt. The temples tower over you and as you look at the hyrogylphics you realize the temple took 180-200 years to build. It’s mind bending. However, if I didn’t have Mohamed Rehim as my Egyptologist guide, explaining what I was looking at, I don’t think I would have appreciated the temples and tombs as much because I just would not understand.”
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