A lot has been written about the Sphinx, a lot has been filmed, and it is not a fact that your impressions when visiting it will coincide with the ideas about it that have developed earlier.
To get to Abu Simbel from Hurghada had to spend a sleepless night, but the trip was worth it. The temple complex impresses with its grandeur and power no less than the pyramids in Giza and the Sphinx, if not to say that it makes a stronger impression.