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Luxor

Introduction

Luxor Temple glows

Sited of the banks of the Nile roughly 650 kilometres (400 miles) south of Cairo, Luxor is one of Egypt's most popular tourist destinations and the base for several important archaelogical sites - the Valley of the Kings and the Temple of Luxor. Thebes, the ancient Egyptian capital, was located on the West bank of the river Nile. That is where most of the ruins and tombs are. Because of this, Luxor is often referred to as the "world's greatest open air museum". Across the Nile on the East bank is the Luxor town. Most shops, restaurants and accommodations are located on this side of Luxor.

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Sights and Activities

East Bank

Luxor Temple
Karnak Temple
Luxor Museum
Mummification Museum

West Bank

Valley of the Kings
Valley of the Queens
Medinet Habu (memorial temple of Ramesses III)
The Ramesseum (memorial temple of Ramesses II)
Deir al-Madinah (workers' village)
Tombs of the Nobles
Deir el-Bahri (Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut, etc.)
Malkata (palace of Amenophis III)
Colossi of Memnon (memorial temple of Amenophis III).

luxor - west bank

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Weather

Luxor is a very dry and sunny place with no rain whatsoever, making it one of the driest places on earth. Temperatures between November and February are pleasantly warm, between 22 °C and 27 °C, while average daytime temperatures in summer are above 40 °C, but temperatures close to 50 °C have been measured here! Winter nights are relatively cool, but rarely really cold, like desert areas more to the (north)west.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg Max	22.9 °C	25.2 °C	29.3 °C	35 °C	38.9 °C	41.1 °C	40.9 °C	40.6 °C	38.8 °C	35.3 °C	29.4 °C	24.4 °C
Avg Min	5.7 °C	7.1 °C	11 °C	16 °C	20.4 °C	22.8 °C	23.9 °C	23.5 °C	21.6 °C	17.8 °C	12 °C	7.5 °C
Rainfall	0.1 mm	0.1 mm	0.3 mm	0.1 mm	0.3 mm	0 mm	0 mm	0.01 mm	0.3 mm	1.2 mm	0.2 mm	0.04 mm
Rain Days	0.1	0.07	0.1	0.01	0.2	0	0	0.01	0.03	0.3	0.07	0.05

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Getting There

By Plane

Luxor is served by Luxor International Airport (LXR), located 6 kilometres east of the city. The only budget carrier currently operating direct to Luxor from Europe is Air Berlin, from several German cities. Jazeera Airways operate direct flights from Kuwait and Lebanon. Many national carriers offer direct flights. Egyptair flies direct to Luxor from Cairo nine times a day, with flights taking approximately an hour. They have more flights to Barcelona, Brussels, London, Madrid, Milan, Osaka, Rome and Paris, as well as a few more domestic cities like Aswan and Sharm el-Sheikh.

By Train

Direct trains from Cairo are frequent, convenient and reasonably priced. Most tourists take the comfortable Express trains. The rail line continues direct to Aswan. Check the Egyptian National Railways website for more information about prices and schedules.

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Getting Around

Balloons at sunrise

By Public Transport

Horse carriages, called "caleches," are widely available and sold hard - be prepared to haggle for a reasonable fare.

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Sleep

Budget

Rezeiky camping offers comfortable, cheap, air conditioned rooms and extremely cheap camping, with free use of a pool.

Property	Address	Type	Popularity
Al Salam Camp	Ramlah Village West Bank	Hostel	90
Arabesek Hotel	Mohmed Farid street Egypt	Hotel	62
Bob Marley House	Badr Street off Television Street	Guesthouse	79
Boomerang Hotel	Mohamed Farid Street Luxor	Hotel	89
Cleopatra Hotel Luxor	Luxor West Bank Gezart Al Boirat	Hotel	90
Emilio Hotel	Youssef Hassan Street Luxor	Hotel	-
Everest Hotel	Television Street LU70 7XO	Hotel	80
Gaddis Luxor Hotel	Khaled Ibn El Waleed Street	HOTEL	-
Golden Palace Hotel	Television Street Luxor Egypt	Hotel	77
Happy Land Hotel	El Kamar St (end to Nile River St) El Madina el monorah St	Hotel	81
Hotel Fontana Luxor	Radwan St. from Maas Iben Gabel	Hotel	81
Isis Club House	Qurna Gabawy	Guesthouse	-
Little Garden Hotel	Radwan Street from Television Street	Hotel	77
Lotus Hotel	Khaled Ebn El Waleed St., Luxor-Egypt	Hotel	85
Mara House	Salah Al Din Al Ayoubi	Hotel	83
Morris Hotel	ElHoria Street from Khaled Ebn El walid Street	Hotel	73
Nefertiti Hotel	AL-Sahabi st. from Karnak temple st.	Hotel	87
New Everest Hotel	Train Station st.	Hotel	83
New Mostafa Hotel	Television St	Hotel	-
New Radwan Hotel	Abdel Moneim Adisi Street Train Station SQ	Hotel	52
Nile Valley Hotel & Restaurant	El Bairat El Gezira	hotel	83
Nubian Oasis Hostel Luxor	Mohamed Farid Street	Hostel	79
Oasis Hotel Luxor	Mohamad Ferid st	Hotel	87
Philippe Luxor Hotel	Labib Habeesh Street, Luxor	Hotel	88
Princess Hotel Luxor	Ahmed Orabi street	Hotel	85
Queens Valley Hotel	Youssef Hassan Street,infront of Egypt Duty Free S	HOTEL	82
Rezeiky Camp Luxor	Karnak Temple st. 5 minutes walking distance to the center of Luxor	Campsite	-
Royal House Hotel	Al Mahed El Deni St. From Khaled Ben Walid St.	Hotel	-
St. Joseph Hotel	Khaled Ebn El Waled St.	Hotel	82
Tutotel Hotel	Salah El Dein St., Luxor , Egypt,	Hotel	-
Venus Hotel Luxor	Yousef Hassan Street	Hotel	76
West Bank Hotel	Assuan Street El Beirat	Hotel	81
Windsor Hotel	Nefertiti Street Luxor-Egypt	Hotel	77
Marsam Shiek Ali Hotel	Qurna, West Bank	Hotel	90
Home Sweet Home Egypt	El Jorf, West Bank	Apartment	-
Hotel Sheherazade	Gezira El Bairat West Bank Luxor	HOTEL	-
Ramsess Hotel Luxor	West Bank Bairat El Gezira	HOTEL	-
Sunset Hotel	Ali Ebn Abi Taleb Street from Khaled Ebn, El walid	Hotel	-
New Grand Hotel	Mohmad Fereed st	HOTEL	80
El Salam Hotel	Train Station St	HOTEL	-
Amer House	Abdel Moneim Adisi Street	HOTEL	-
Gaddis Hotel	Khalid Ibn El Walid,	Hotel	-
El Mesala Hotel	Ramla West Bank	HOTEL	-
Villa al Diwan	Al Bahr street, lagalta village, west bank, luxor	GUESTHOUSE	-
Kareem Hotel	Gezirat. El - Bairat. West Bank, Luxor, Egypt.	Hotel	-
Teacher Hotel & Club	Mohamed Farid Street	HOTEL	-
Peace Hotel Luxor	Mohamed Farid Street	Hotel	-
Karnak Hotel	Corniche el Nile st, Karnak Across from Hilton Resort	HOTEL	-
Seven Heaven Hotel	Mohamed Fared st	HOTEL	-
Flobater Hotel Luxor	Sharia Khalid ibn el-Walid	HOTEL	-
Shahaina - Nileview authentic mudbrick farm	Fondok Al Nile Hilton	GUESTHOUSE	-
Sofitel Karnak Luxor	El Zinia Gebly Street	Hotel	-
St Joseph Hotel	Khaled Ibn El Waled St	Hotel	-
El Luxor Hotel	Corrnish El Nile Street	Hotel	-
Nubian House	Luxor West Bank, El Quorna, ElGabawy	GUESTHOUSE	-

Upscale

The Winter Palace (now owned by Sofitel) is the traditional upscale choice, a suitably opulent colonial-style building overlooking the Nile River.

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Keep Connected

Phone

Post

Egypt Post is the national postal service in Egypt. Services are generally reliable, affordable though pretty slow, even if you send post domestically. International letters and postcards take days, if not weeks if send to the US or Australia. They do have express mail services though, but these are relatively expensive. Opening hours of post officies are mostly from 8:30am to 2:00pm or 3:00pm daily except Friday, when all of them are closed. The central ones might keep longer hours, generally until 8:00pm. You can buy stamps here, or at certain newspaper kiosks. In touristic areas, these are available at many shops as well. For parcels, it's much better to use international courier services such as DHL, TNT or UPS.

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