Why visit Luxor
Townapedia lists 327 museums and landmarks, 48 parks and trails, 87 places to eat, 77 places to stay and 1 attraction in and around town.
Highlights include Anonymus Tomb and Anoniymus tomb.
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About Luxor
Luxor is a city in Upper Egypt. Luxor had a population of 284,952 in 2023, with an area of 43.0 km2 (16.6 sq mi) and is the capital of the Luxor Governorate. Nicknamed the City of a Hundred Gates or the City of the Sun, formerly known as Thebes. It was one of the capitals of Ancient Egypt.
From the Wikipedia article Luxor (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Travel tips from other travellers: Luxor on Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Things to do1
Museums and landmarks327
Colossi of Memnon
Monument and historic site · 4.0 km
Ancient Egyptian statues
Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep III
Monument and historic site · 4.2 km
Temple of Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep III
QV44
Monument and historic site · 5.9 km
Ancient Egyptian tomb in the Valley of the Queens
Ramesseum
Monument and historic site · 4.5 km
Memorial temple of Ramesses II
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Anonymus princess and Duatentipet Queen tomb
Monument and historic site · 5.9 km
315 more on the map.
Parks, trails and playgrounds48
36 more on the map.
Restaurants and cafes87
Shababik Luxor Cafe -كافيه شبابيك الأقصر
Cafe · Coffee Shop, Juices, Smoothies · 1.5 km
Modern café in the center of Luxor on a quiet side street off El-Madina Street Front Shaab Club. The owner has been an experienced...
Street 3, Luxor
Mo-Su 07:00-23:00
Hotel Sheherazade
Restaurant · Regional, International · 1.2 km
El Zaeem
Restaurant · Pizza, Shawrma, Falafel, Chips, Sandwich
Salah El-Din Square
The farmer's House
Restaurant · Regional · 2.4 km
Al Aqaletah, Al Qarna, Luxor Governorate
75 more on the map.
History
Luxor was the ancient city of Thebes, the capital of Upper Egypt during the New Kingdom, and the city of Amun, later to become the god Amun-Ra. The city was regarded in the ancient Egyptian texts as wAs.t (approximate pronunciation: "Waset"), which meant "city of the sceptre", and later in Demotic Egyptian as ta jpt (conventionally pronounced as "tA ipt" and meaning "the shrine/temple", referring to the jpt-swt, the temple now known by its Arabic name Karnak, meaning "fortified village"), which the ancient Greeks adapted as Thebai and the Romans after them as Thebae. Thebes was also known as "the city of the 100 gates", sometimes being called "southern Heliopolis" ('Iunu-shemaa' in Ancient Egyptian), to distinguish it from the city of Iunu or Heliopolis, the main place of worship for the god Ra in the north. It was also often referred to as niw.t, which simply means "city", and was one of only three cities in Egypt for which this noun was used (the other two were Memphis and Heliopolis); it was also called niw.t rst, "southern city", as the southernmost of them.
From the History section of Luxor on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Where to stay77
Churches and places of worship21
Shopping7
Gas and EV charging4
Schools, colleges and libraries6
Healthcare15
Map of Luxor
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Getting there and nearby towns
Luxor International Airport (LXR) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 7 km away.
- Al Bayāḑīyah 4 km south, about 4 min by car
- Aţ Ţārif 4 km north, about 4 min by car
- Az Zaynīyah Qiblī 7 km northeast, about 7 min by car
- Armant 13 km southwest, about 13 min by car
- Ţūd 17 km southwest, about 17 min by car
- Jarājūs 22 km northeast, about 22 min by car
- Naqādah 24 km north, about 24 min by car
- Qūş 27 km northeast, about 27 min by car
- Qifţ 38 km northeast, about 38 min by car
- Esna 46 km south, about 46 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
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Sources and licences
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website, landmarks and historic places
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- LuxorHotelsIbnWalidSt, Roland Unger, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Colossi of Memnon May 2015 2, MusikAnimal, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Amenhotep III mortuary Temple, en:User:Markh, Public domain
- Schiaparelli's excavations - Theban region, Valley of the Queens, QV 44, Tomb of Khaemwaset, 1903, Unknown author, CC0
- Ramesseum, Luxor, Egipto, 2022-04-03, DD 08, Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0
- TT25 PPCE 2, Tamás Zomborácz, Gábor Somodi, Sayed El Qurany, Ákos Török, CC BY 3.0
- Schiaparelli's excavations - Theban region, Valley of the Queens, Coptic monastery of Deir Rumi, 1903-1906, Unknown author, CC0
- Pylons and obelisk Luxor temple, Ad Meskens, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Abu el-Haggag R01, Marc Ryckaert, CC BY 3.0
- DeirBakhumLxrEWall, Roland Unger, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Schiaparelli's excavations - Theban region, Valley of the Queens, QV 51, Tomb of Aset (Iset Ta Hemdjert), 1904, Unknown author, CC0
- QV5, Chabe01, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Schiaparelli's excavations - Theban region, Valley of the Queens, Moments of excavation in the Valley, 1903-1905, Unknown author, CC0
- DeirTadrosChurch, Roland Unger, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 1550 bis 1070 v. Chr. ca. wurde der Tempel von Luxor erbaut. 01, Holger Uwe Schmitt, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Abu el-Haggag R02, Marc Ryckaert, CC BY 3.0
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