MS Grand Preziosa Nile Cruise
All Inclusive 4 Star Plus Nile
Cruise Ship
With bright modern Mediterranean
decor throughout, the MS
Grand Preziosa is a popular choice for British travellers.
You can sit back and enjoy the exciting sights and breathtaking
views from the sun deck along the Nile, or soak up the unique
atmosphere as you walk in the footsteps of the Pharaohs On the Grand
Preziosa you can be assured of every comfort when you return to sip
your evening cocktail as the sun goes down.
Technical Data:
- Built: 2000
- Refurbished: 2009
- Length: 72 m
- Width: 14 m
- Height: 11.4 m
- Decks: 5
- Registered: German Lloyd Certification GmbH
What's
Included:
- Exterior cabins with view
- Buffet breakfast, lunch and dinner onboard
- Snacks
- Afternoon tea, coffee and cake
- Unlimited soft drinks and local alcoholic beverages*
- 10 excursions
- Free late checkout cabin
- No hidden extras: includes in-flight meals, resort transfers
and 20kg luggage allowance
* All inclusive features may be subject to specific
opening/serving times. Some bars, restaurants, menu items and
speciality drinks may be payable locally.
Facilities
onboard include:
- Swimming pool
- Sun deck with complimentary towels, sun loungers and parasols
- Restaurant
- Panorama lounge bar
- Disco
- Sun deck bar
- Evening entertainment programme
- Jacuzzi*
- Fitness equipment
- Massage*
- Table tennis
- Billiard table
- 24 hour room service*
- 24 hour doctor available
- Laundry service*
- Souvenir shop
** Payable locally
Accommodation
Set across 5 decks, all 52 cabins and two suites are equipped
with bathroom with twin or double beds, bath with shower, WC, air
conditioning, hairdryer, satellite TV and safe. Use of the telephone
and mini-bar in room is payable locally. Specific decks can be
*requested on booking, subject to availability.
*Not guaranteed.
 
 
Typical Grand Preziosa
Nile Cruise Itinerary:
Day One
(Monday): Travel to Luxor
Luxor, home to ancient
monuments, tombs and temples is the starting point for your Nile
cruise. You will take the short transfer by coach from the airport
to the MS Grand Preziosa.
Day Two (Tuesday):
Western Thebes
Breakfast on board before travelling
to the West Bank of Thebes and the final resting place of a
succession of mighty Pharaohs in the Valley of the Kings, littered
with intricate tombs – beautifully coloured and decorated with
hieroglyphics A visit to the tomb of Tutankhamun is a popular
optional excursion, but please note that the surviving treasures now
reside in the Cairo Museum. On the West Bank discover the Temple of
Hatshepsut, one Egypt’s few female Pharaohs, and the gigantic
statues of the Colossi of Memmon, two massive stone statues of
Pharaoh Amenhotep III, which have stood in the Theban necropolis for
the last 3400 years.
Day Three (Wednesday):
Luxor
After breakfast visit the East bank of Thebes
and the staggering Temples of Luxor and Karnak. The Luxor Temple was
erected by Amenophis III for Mut, the vulture-headed wife of the God
Amun and was added to throughout the centuries by Tutankhamun,
Ramses II and a host of Christians, Romans and Muslims. At the vast
open air museum of Karnak, translated as “the Most Selected of
Places” and the main place of worship of the eighteenth dynasty of
the Theban Horus in Edfu temple Triad that had Amun as its head, you
can marvel at the Great Hypostyle Hall with its 134 columns. In the
afternoon, sail to Edfu via Esna lock.
Day Four (Thursday): Edfu/Kom Ombo
During
this day’s sailing you’ll have the opportunity to visit Edfu, home
to the wonderfully preserved 2000+ year old Temple of Horus, the
falcon-headed God of the Sun and Plants. Lunch on board as we
continue towards Aswan and its mighty dam via the impressive sight
of Kom Ombo standing sentinel on a headland at a bend in the river.
Here you can visit the Sobek Temple, built in 250BC to honour the
crocodile-headed Sobek and the falcon-headed
Horus.
Day Five (Friday): Aswan
This
morning is spent visiting the island of Agilika and Philae Temple,
dedicated to Isis. The temple, comprising 40,000 blocks and weighing
about 20,000 tonnes was moved to the island between 1972 and 1980 to
save it from being flooded by the lake that was formed between the
High Dam and the Old Dam when the new dam was built. After taking
lunch, enjoy a felucca ride (traditional Egyptian sailing boat)
along the Nile before returning for dinner.
Day Six
(Saturday): Aswan & surrounding area
Make the
most of the onboard facilities as you sail to the Aswan area.
Alternatively, you can take time out for one of the optional Temple
of Karnak excursions, such as an early morning trip to Abu Simbel
(by air or by bus) to see the great sun temple with its four
gigantic statues of Ramses II hewn into the desert mountainside.
Another option is to take a day trip to an Aswan Nubian Village and
National Park. During the evening you take an optional excursion to
experience the atmospheric Sound and Light show in the Philae
Temple.
Day Seven (Sunday): Cruise to
Luxor
A leisurely morning of sailing to Luxor via
Esna (please note the cruise ship does not stop here). Make the most
of your last full day on the ship as you relax and enjoy all the
amenities on offer and soak up the scenery. With evening comes the
option of visiting the Sound and Light show at Karnak, where the
pharaohs rise to tell of the birth of Karnak and Luxor and the
heroic achievements of the pharaohs and the god
Amun.
Day Eight (Monday): Leaving Luxor
After
Breakfast, relax on board before being transferred to the airport
for your flight home.
Please Note: The itinerary may be
subject to change due to local operational or weather
conditions.
For the latest
availability for cruising the Nile
on board the MS
Grand
Preziosa please call our
Freephone number 0808 1089 100
** Back to
Nile Cruise Ships Page
|
