We toured with a taxi and guide. The guide can not go in the tombs with you and a mild irritation is someone inside will want a small tip for walking the 50 feet with you, but still a must see.

We toured with a taxi and guide. The guide can not go in the tombs with you and a mild irritation is someone inside will want a small tip for walking the 50 feet with you, but still a must see.
Just Arrived Back From Egypt And During Our Holiday We Went To Luxor - Valley Of The Kings.
Tombs Were Amazing!!! We Went VIP That We Booked With Thomson/First Choice And That Makes The Trip A Better Experience Especially In The Heat! The Heat Was Phenomenal, SO HOT, It Was Unbearable But We Managed:) We Went To Ra messes Tomb...
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worth the visit there is a train that takes you up to the tombs from the visitors center so its not to bad for people that have walking difficulties
The kings were given quarried chambers meant to be sealed and hidden and yet the interiors still compete for our attention and were not simple formulas when sharing themes. Each were meant to instruct and aide the king's eternal travels. Interesting that the earlier ones such as Thutmosis III chose calligraphy to descend into the 12 hours of the night...
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Fantastic experience hampered by the hasslers!! If you've been to Cairo museum, no need to go into King Tuts tomb. Rameses 3rd and 9th great
This whole area is well worth a visit. However, watch out for the egyptians giving you a torch or piece of paper for fanning yourself in the heat. The expect payment!
Quite hot but as an ancient egypt history buff , it was like mecca for me!
When in Luxor you should visit this site. Even at the start when you see the model of all the tombs cut down into the mountain it doesn't prepare you for the shear scale and size of them. Some of them are about 3 metres tall and wide and then 60 to 100+ metres deep.
There are about 62 discovered...
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As others have said only a small amount of Tombs opened at any one time. The carvings and colours are amazing and well worth the walks in the heat.
Everyone knows what to expect from the Valley of the Kings but some guidelines:
- Take small change to tip the guides inside the tombs.
- DON'T take your camera inside. They will make you leave it in a 'secured' area. You're not officially allowed to take pictures inside the tombs but i saw people paying the guides a bribe...
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