Luxor Egypt, Luxor Travel Guide, Luxor Hotels

Luxor / Thebes and the Middle Nile Valley from South of Qena to North of Idfu
About the Area

Surprisely, this area is actually dominated by the luxor,karnak,Thebes open-air museum, made up of awe inspiring monuments of long time civilization long with some of the best perserved as weset as known as the capital of Egypt during the new kingdom;For Thebes,it was described by Homer as “the hundred-gated city.” its at the moment named as ,al-uqsur, meaning”city of the palaces.”

Morestill Testaments to a desire for immortality,Constructed for eternity in sandstone as well as granite, the temples, tombs in addition to palaces,enclosed by souks along with luxury hotels.on the east bank of the Nile, in the city of the living,Luxor and karnak Temples beautifully greet the sunrise.Take note that the sunset on the west bank throws shadows through the city of the dead:the Tombs of the Nobles,Queen Hatshepsut’s temple, the valley of the kings.

Recently, you can at any time walk through history; past statues with the heads of gods along with animals,beneath carved lotus buds as well as papyrus.Ride in a horse-drawn caleche, sail in a felucca, take a sunset cruise or see the city from a hot-air ballooon.

Take not that more than 80 percent of Egyptian artifacts are in the Thebes area as well as plan your visit accordingly. Several tours give only four days to the area,with an expectional of one day being a side trip to Abydos and Dendera.

somewhere in this region, we discover not only some of the oldest remains in Egypt although as well the history of trade as well as agriculture, of massive camel caravans in addition to the cities that grew from that.

How to Get to Luxor

From outside Egypt
Many international flights now go direct to Luxor or fly Cairo-Luxor- Cairo, contact your travel agent for details.

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