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Luxor Travel
Information
Luxor is a
city located in Upper Egypt, in the province
of Qena. Today has a status of
governorate. Luxor was the ancient city of Thebes -
the capital of Ancient Egypt and the great
city of Amon Ra. In the mildest
of the tenth century AD, early Arab
travelers, who admired Luxor for the
numerous monuments and ruins scattered
around the city, gave it its name( AL-
OCSOUR ), in Arabic
Luxor means "the site of the palaces".
Today the city is among the most famous and
most popular tourist destinations in Egypt, one
of those places that you MUST see. Therefore,
all the major Egypt travel agent have
regional travel offices in there that act as
destination service offices to give prober
ground handing services their tour
groups. The city of Luxor has
population of around 230 thousand and full
of a variety of 5 and 4 star hotel
offering best accommodation for the both
average and budget travelers
For list of Luxor hotel check this page
History of Luxor:
Luxor was the ancient city of Thebes, the
great capital of Egypt during the New
Kingdom, and the glorious city of the God
Amon Ra. The city was regarded in the
Ancient Egyptian texts as T-APT (meaning
“the shrine”) and then, in a later period,
the Greeks called it tea pie, which the
Arabs later pronounced as Thebes. The
importance of the city started as early as
the 11th Dynasty by King Mento-hotep
The city of
Thebes was the capital of the fourth Nome of
Upper Egypt. The main local god was the God
Amon Ra, who was worshipped with his wife,
the Goddess Mutt, and their son, the God
Khonsou, the God of the moon. Thebes was
also known as “the city of the 100 gates”,
sometimes being called the southern city, to
distinguish it from Memphis, the early
capital of the Old Kingdom.
Thebes also played a great role in expelling
the invading forces of the Hykos from Upper
Egypt. From the time of the 18th Dynasty,
through to the 20th Dynasty, the importance
of the city had risen as the major
political, religious and military capital of
Ancient Egypt. Such importance faded during
the Late Period, but the God Amon Ra
remained the main God until the Greco-Roman
period.
Weather in Luxor:
The weather in Luxor is fairly hot all year
round. Temperature can reach up to 40-50C (90-105F) during the summer time.
Listed below is a table of the temperatures
in Luxor throughout the year.
|
Month |
C |
F |
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Jan |
5.4/23 |
42/74 |
|
Feb |
6.8/25.4 |
44/78 |
|
March |
10.7/29 |
51/84 |
|
April |
15.7/35 |
60/95 |
|
May |
20.7/42.3 |
69/103 |
|
June |
22.6/41 |
72/107 |
|
July |
23.6/43.8 |
74/106 |
|
Aug |
23.5/42 |
74/107 |
|
Sept |
21.5/38.5 |
71/101 |
|
Oct |
17.8/35.1 |
64/95 |
|
Nov |
12.3/29.6 |
54/85 |
|
Dec |
7.7/24.8 |
45/76 |
How
to get there:
* You can reach Luxor by air, train
and bus.
By flight:
Luxor International Airport is located 6
KM east of the centre of the city. As it is
an International airport, it can receive
international flights as well as
domestic ones. You can fly directly into
Luxor from many European airports, including
London Rome, and Paris.
Egypt Air runs daily flights from Cairo to
Luxor. The flight costs approximately $280
and takes about 50 minutes.
Please note: You
must book your tickets in advance.
By Train:
The main railway station in Luxor is located
in El- Mahata Square. There are frequent
train services from Luxor to Cairo and from
Luxor to Aswan, as well as other southern
sites such as Edfu and
Kom Ombo.
Train -
Luxor to Cairo
|
Train No. |
Train Type |
Time Of Departure |
Price |
Duration |
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I Class |
II Class |
|
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86 |
Night Train |
8:15 PM |
- |
71 LE approx. $12.67 |
9:20 Hours |
|
934 |
French |
1:15 PM |
50 LE approx. $14.55 |
28 LE approx. $5 |
8:30 Hours |
|
982 |
French |
12:00 Noon |
50 LE approx. $14.55 |
28 LE approx. $5 |
11:00 Hours |
|
976 |
Spanish |
8:45 PM |
57 LE approx. $16.59 |
33 LE approx. $6 |
9:00 Hours |
Train -
Luxor to Cairo
|
Train No. |
Train Type |
Time Of Departure |
Price |
Duration |
|
|
|
|
I Class |
II Class |
|
|
935 |
French |
1:15PM |
60 LE approx. $14.55 |
35 LE approx. $8.15 |
9:15 Hours |
|
977 |
Spanish |
9:30 PM |
56 LE approx. $16.59 |
35 LE approx. $9.61 |
8:45 Hours |
Hotels:
The city is full of different classes of
hotel, to fit many types of budget, from 2
star to 5 star deluxe. The Winter Palace is
the most famous and expensive hotel in
Luxor, located near the Luxor Temple and
surrounded by a shopping area, with banks
and the Egypt Air office nearby.
Here are A
list of the most famous
hotel in Luxor:
Sites to
see while you are visiting Luxor:
There is
a vast number of archaeological monuments in Luxor located
in both the east and west banks of the city,
you will need at least 4 days to see them properly
Excursion in
Luxor are usually divvied between East bank
and west bank
Sites to
visit in Luxor - East bank
Sites to
visit in Luxor - West bank
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