A “red eye” 2:30 am start for the 6 am flight from Cairo to Luxor has us arriving in Luxor around &:30 am a bit worse for wear. We are bundled into a minibus for the 1 hour drive to Dendera.
Completed around 360 BC this is one of the best preserved temples in Egypt particularly the artwork inside. It is dedicated to the goddess Hathor. Depicted as a cow, often a woman with cow ears she is the goddess of goodness, namely love, beauty, music, joy and motherhood. She is said to have breast fed Horus, the Falcon god and son of the supreme deities Isis and Osiris. She went on to marry Horus and they had two children together.
We enjoy a quiet afternoon at our Winter Palace Hotel. Built in 1886 this is one of the iconic hotels of the world and a haven of old world luxury.
Late afternoon stroll along the corniche yielded some views of the Luxor temple and a sunset over the Nile.
