Setting the scene
Put simply, Medinet Habu Temple is visually stunning! Out of all of the open air sites I visited in Luxor, this has the best preserved paintwork on the walls / Hieroglyphs etc. Having the original colours brings the whole experience to life, you get to see what the Temple looked like thousands of years prior.
I must admit, before visiting Luxor, this was not somewhere on my radar but one of the workers at my hotel recommended it. It was much quieter than most of the other sites & seems to be less well known. However, this was one of my favourite places & it’s a good size with plenty of exploring to be done. So if you fancy something a little quieter but with stunning architecture & views, Medinet Habu Temple is for you.
top tips!
This site is a lot quieter than most of the others I visited so you can stroll around at a leisurely pace. However, as it is a little quieter it isn’t entirely obvious where you are allowed to go & not. Once you go through the ticket office you walk straight ahead to the Temple entrance. But you don’t have to go directly in, you can just walk across the sand to the left & right hand sides, which I would recommend as there is a lot to see.
Underground baths? There is a really cool underground part to the temple, it is closed off to the public, but for a small tip you can get in. Finding the entrance isn’t easy as it just looks like a rubble of rocks. When you walk through ticket office, veer over diagonally to the right instead of going in Temple. You will see some random rocks out of place in the middle of the sand, not near anything else, that is the entrance. If you hover around there for a few minutes, a worker will magically appear & offer to take you down. It is very dark, the stairs down resemble more of a slip n slide & it is very claustrophobic, however well worth venturing down!
Important Information
| Opening times | 09:00-17:00 |
| Entry fee | I had this included as part of a Private taxi I took from hotel so can’t be sure, I don’t think it was much more than EGP200-300 though. The prices change a lot so by the time this gets read, it will probably have changed again & you can throw missiles at me. |
| Time to complete visit | Around 2 hours if you are exploring the outskirts around the sides of the Temple etc. |
| Getting there | This is situated on the West Bank so transport options are limited. I paid around £25GBP to have a Private Taxi drive me round for the day, it took around 20 minutes to get there from my hotel on the East Bank. |
| Tours | I didn’t take a tour guide, however would recommend one here. There is so much detail in the Hieroglyphs & paintings that it would have been good to know the stories/history behind it. |
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