📍 Temple📸 Tourist Attraction

Temple of Edfu

Aswan Governorate, Egypt

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Overview

Ancient Egyptian temple, located on the west bank of the Nile in Edfu, Upper Egypt. It lies in Egypt's desert belt, best visited between October and April.

Why visit: Karnak, Abu Simbel and Philae — temple complexes on a scale nothing else in the ancient world matches, still carrying their carved and painted decoration.

Things to do

›Come at opening or in the last hour — the low light on sandstone is the reason to be here
›Hire a licensed Egyptologist guide; the reliefs are unreadable without one
›Look up: much of the original paint survives on the ceilings
›Check whether a sound-and-light show runs in the evening

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Travel Information

Best time

October – April; summer in the Nile Valley is punishing

Weather

Hot desert — warm, dry winters of 18–25°C that are the only comfortable time to travel, and summers routinely above 40°C in the Nile Valley and the deserts, where midday heat is a real hazard.

Entry fee

Ticketed (~₹800 – 2,500); Abu Simbel is higher

Hours

Typically 6 AM – 5 PM, later in summer

Est. budget

₹1,500 – ₹5,000

Duration

2 – 4 hours

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