Luxor Sightseeing Tours

Among a big number of the Egyptian cities, Luxor is one of a special importance. Its old name was Thebes and it was main center of Egypt’s Pharaonic rule during different stages of its history and was taken as the capital of Upper Egypt. Luxor Tours are amazing since the city includes a third of the worlds’ monuments. It has the royal necropolis of the New Kingdom pharaohs at the Valley of the Kings, in addition to a big number of temples which were built for the main deities of Egypt and even tombs and burials belong to the workers and craftsmen, with unique colorful scenes that are still vivid till nowadays.

Karnak temple - east bank

One might ask what should I visit in Luxor or to where could I go when I’m at Luxor? Actually, there are a big number of temples that are distributed over both banks of the Nile. So you are going to enjoy a variety of interesting Luxor Tours and visits to great ancient buildings. At the Nile’s eastern bank, the New Kingdom Kings, built cult temples such as Karnak and Luxor temples. At the west bank, they built the mortuary temples, where rituals and celebrations were held for their funerals. Al Deir Al Bahary temple, the Ramesseum and Madinet Habu temples could give a perfect example for such temples. Moreover the royal necropolis was cut into the mountains at the Valley of the Kings, Valley of the Queens. There you will be able to enter the tomb of King Tutankhamen, which had King Tut’s treasures which are currently exhibited at the Egyptian Museum at Cairo, and the tomb of Ramesses II which has amazing colorful scenes that are rarely repeated.

One can also enjoy Luxor tours to Aswan, and here you have the choice either to go by a van driving for three hours or to go on board a Nile cruiser, sailing for four nights through which you will enjoy a day tours to the temples of Edfu and Komombo. 

Other options are also available when you are at Luxor, so you can try Aswan and Abu Simbel tour from Luxor by vehicle. Or to visit Cairo (by a sleeper train or by flight), to the North where you will find a mix of buildings dated to various ages as it holds great ancient or Pharaonic structures as the Pyramids, Coptic Christian churches at the site of Old Cairo , a variety of Mosques that have been built during the Islamic Era.  Hurghada and Sharm El-Sheikh to the east on the Red Sea Shore, where you could have the best relaxation over the beautiful crystal water, in addition to a variety of water activities and interesting adventures.

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