1. Visit Pyramids from Hurghada by bus or Minivan.
2. Luxor Tour by bus or Minivan.
3. Dolphin House Snorkeling Day Tour by boat with Group or by Private Speedboat.

7hr Jeep Safari Trip or 4hr Mega Safari with Kids.

Highlights:

• • 4×4 WD Jeep Car
• • Quad Bike Ride
• • Spider car
• • Camel Ride
• • Bedouin village
• • BBQ Dinner
• • Oriental Show.
• • Private Transfer.

4. 2hr Grand Aquarium Tour or Semi-Submarine Boat Trip.

Tips & Details

Explore the Temple of Hatshepsut

• • Discover the fascinating story of Queen Hatshepsut, one of history’s most famous pharaohs, and learn the reason for building her temple in the mountains at Deir El Bahari. Unravel the mystery of her relationship with Senenmut and more in Hatshepsut’s Mortuary Temples.
• • Don’t forget to check out the impressive giant statues of the God Osiris “The Egyptian Gods” on the third level.

Explore the Colossi of Memnon

• • During your visit, discover the mysteries behind the statue of Memnon in the Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep III. Learn about the legends and myths surrounding the pharaohs and take great photos.
• • You’ll also learn the story behind King Amenhotep III’s decision to build two statues, the meaning of the songs, the reason for the name, and more.

• Notes for the 2 Days Excursions to Luxor:
• • Based on your itinerary, you appear to be planning a visit to Luxor, Egypt. Here are some additional context and suggestions to make the most of your trip.
• • Luxor is known as the largest Open-air Museum in the world for good reason. It has a wealth of ancient temples and tombs, including the famous Valley of the Kings and Queens. These sites are must-sees for anyone interested in ancient Egyptian history and architecture.
• • In addition to the Luxor Museum and Mummification Museum, you should visit the Karnak Temple Complex, which is the second most visited site in Egypt after The Pyramids of Giza. The temple features a wide range of temples, chapels and pylons built over a period of 2,000 years.
• • If you are interested in a hot air balloon ride, Luxor is one of the best places to do it. You will get a bird’s eye view of the temples and the Nile, which is a breathtaking experience.
• • When visiting the bazaar shops in Luxor, be ready to haggle for the best price. Haggling is a common practice in Egypt, and sellers often raise their prices and expect you to bargain.
• • Don’t forget to try some of the local dishes during your stay. Egyptian food is a delicious blend of Middle Eastern and Mediterranean flavors, and you can find many restaurants and street vendors selling delicious dishes like koshari, full medames, and stuffed pigeons.

Its main hotel, the Splendido, is enshrined as Italy’s palace by the sea, its sheltered Gilson emerald-coloured harbour defines European coastal glamour and its people remain eerily polite even on days when the town’s art director’s vision of a central piazza swarms with strudel-fattened daytrippers from rural Austria.

And then there were the temporary resident Giovannis-come-lately, who started to send helicopters to Genoa just to pick up the morning papers until the 650 permanent residents of Portofino voted to ban the choppers in 1991 because of the visual and sound pollution.

That’s not to say that Portofino hates modern technology. In early 1993 the town embraced a high-tech intrusion with gusto – a glass-bottomed submarine named the Tritone 2. The 19metre, 100-tonne vessel regularly nose-dives 50 passengers 50 metres below the surface of the Ligurian Sea for close observations of the underwater life and flora of the square rocky peninsula the Romans called Portus Delphini – dolphin’s harbour – garbled by time into modern Italian as Portofino. It also takes visitors to one of the bay’s most famous subaquatic spots, the statue of Christ of the Abyss that stays 17 metres under the sea near the shore since 1961. This statue was originally placed here and was then copied all around the world. It is also one of Italy’s most famous diving spots.

To anyone with even a minor interest in food, the Ligurian coast shouts pesto – the local sauce of olive oil, basil, pecorino and occasionally ground pinenuts that went spectacularly international. All along the Italian Riviera, seafood is the star attraction but in most cases it isn’t local – the sea off Genoa and Livorno is overfished and polluted.

The food in Portofino’s elegant cafes and restaurants is as good as it is relatively expensive – dinner for two with wine for two will set you back $130 – but the movie-set atmosphere is beyond price. Heavy snacking is a different matter: restaurants such as La Cisterna on the Piazza Liberta will serve you a definitive pasta with pesto for $10. The seafood risotto at Delfino in the Piazza Martiri dell’Olivetta deserves its widespread acclaim.

The views from the promontory of Portofino dazzle in both directions whether you peer west to the soaring cliff formations of Capo delle Mele or east to the resorts of the Gulf of Rapallo spread out along the swooping, rugged coastline of the Cinque Terre.

Keen walkers enjoy tackling the trail between Portofino and the port of San Friuttuoso with its medieval abbey. The distance is only four kilometres but the sea views and the glimpses of the last remaining stretches of macchia, the dense Mediterranean underscrub long gone from other parts of the Ligurian coast, make this a two-hour excursion.

Most visitors to Portofino stroll around the harbor which is a car-free zone. If you drive to Portofino, you must park your car in a central underground parking station which fills within the first hour of opening on weekends. Great queues of traffic are a permanent fixture of Portofino summers. Smart travelers stay at Santa Margherita and Rapallo and catch the boat to Portofino.

Hotel development ceased long ago in Portofino and the few hotels in existence have a collective bed count of only 180. The only one with a reasonable price tag is the Eden where the walk-in rate for the eight bedrooms available is $140 to $200 a double for the night. At the other end of the scale is the Splendido, now an Orient Express-owned property that epitomises insouciant high style.

Formerly a patrician villa set high on a hillside about two kilometres from the centre of Portofino, the Splendido is theatrically framed by a sloping garden of exotic trees and plants relocated from as far afield as Mexico, South Africa, Japan and Australia. All 63 rooms have terraces that offer guests tailored views of Portofino Harbor. The terrace restaurant amalgamates undiluted romance and superb food for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Like all small towns, you will always be an outsider in Portofino unless you are a member of the Portofino Yacht Club or own one of the hillside villas. Only then are you part of what’s called the real Portofino, coming out only after the daytrippers are gone and speaking only to other “natives”.

However if you haven’t considered such a holiday before we offer some reasons below why you should be considering such now.

When you book your holiday with Goolets.com you have the chance to hire one of over 500 gulet type vessels that they have available. So finding one that not only meets your particular needs but also your budget won’t be at all difficult.

The second reason why you should consider booking such a holiday this coming summer is that there are many different routes that the vessel can take. So you can choose either to explore areas that are already popular or choose to explore parts of the Turkish coastline that very rarely get any visitors.

If you are worried about not having any experience of sailing then don’t be. As every gulet hired comes with its own crew, there is the captain who will take the vessel where you want. Plus on board there is a chef who will create some amazing meals for you and the rest of your guests. Then there is the waiter who ensures that the food is delivered on time and will provide you with any other refreshments you require during your holiday.

As the gulet makes its way along the Turkish coastline you can ask the captain to drop anchor whenever you wish. This means if you spot a village that you would like to explore further then you can do so. Simply ask the captain to stop and he will then arrange for you to be taken ashore.