Located in the upper region of Egypt, Luxor is renowned as the World’s Greatest Open Air museum. Also known worldwide for its extremely stunning and beautiful tourist sights, the city is a delightful location constructed around the ancient Thebes site.

From museums and temples, to shopping in customary souks or sailing the Nile River, the old capital of Egypt, Luxor offers a number of thrilling experiences to enjoy.

With an assorted mixture of cafes, restaurants and markets offering conventional souvenirs, Luxor is a colorful and vibrant metropolis bustling with lots of people all the time. The main roads of Corniched, Sharia Al Karnak and Sharia al Mahatta are no doubt, worth a few hours of your time. You’ll get a slice of the Egyptian lifestyle.

Bu what are the most attractive tourist destinations in Luxor and what else can you do while in the city?

The Luxor Temple is a foremost sightseeing location that conveys with the spirit of opulent cultural heritage of Egypt, located nearby the extremely beautiful reservoir of Nile. Constructed by Pharaoh Ramasses II with 6 figurines of Great Kings (in standing and sitting positions) at the entrance, the temple’s beautiful walls and their various inscriptions suggest that the king took part in a confrontation in opposition to the Hittites.

An incredible work of art, the Luxor Temple also incorporates a church on its western side along with 3 ornate shrines in the courtyard.

Your journey to Luxor would seem incomplete if you do not spare some time to visit the Colossi of Memnon (King of Ethiopia and a hero of the Trojan Ware) and Amenhotep’s memorial temple. They’re extremely popular among foreign vacationers. Also, in Luxor there’s a Mummification Museum. Located on a cornice just north of the Luxor Temple, overlooking the Nile, it’s a must if you want to somehow understand the ancient art of mummification.

The Valley of Kings, also known as “Wadi el Muluk” is ranked among world’s top tourist attractions. For more than 500 years from the 16th to 11th century BC, various tombs have been constructed for Pharaohs and powerful, influential nobles of the new empire.

So if you’re visiting keep in mind that most of the open tombs, the tourists and the facilities are in the East Valley. Also, you may want to walk from the Valley of the Kings across the desert to the Valley of the Queens. It’s an amazing experience.

Eating in Luxor is a vegetarian’s paradise, but meat lovers shouldn’t despair. Meals usually start with a pita-bread and mezze such as baba ganoush or taboule salad, while main courses can include meat or poultry or their famous gibna bayda cheese (some sort of feta).

It is not just the end, rather there is much more to see like the Temples of Karnak, the Museum of Ancient Egyptian Art or the El Mekashkesh Mosque, but you’ll discover them all on your own, because Luxor is a place where you can never get bored.

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