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Welcome to Luxor !
Luxor is a city in
Upper Egypt and the capital of Luxor Governorate. As the site of the ancient
Egyptian city of Thebes, Luxor has frequently been characterized as the "world's
greatest open air museum", the ruins of the temple complexes of Karnak and Luxor
standing within the modern city. Immediately opposite, across the Nile River,
lie the monuments, temples and tombs on the West Bank Necropolis, which include
the Valley of the Kings and Valley of the Queens. Thousands of international
tourists arrive each year to visit these monuments, their presence forming a
large part of the economic basis for the modern city. As a result, Luxor
represents an excellent base for touring Upper Egypt, and is a popular holiday
destination, both in its own right and as a starting or finishing point for Nile
cruises.
If you are able to get up early in the morning and have some money over, you can
enjoy Luxor from a hot-air balloon 300 meters up. Other activities include
camel- & horse-back riding, and some nightlife. In the high season, discos are
fun places, some with belly dancers.
Luxor has plenty of swimming pools, important because of the midday heat.
 | Luxor in the next jears ! | |
