Overview of Luxor

The old capital of Egypt, Thebes, was on the West bank of the Nile. That is where most of the ruins and tombs are. The modern city of Luxor is on the East bank. That area has the train and bus stations, most of the hotels and restaurants, some museums, tourist shops and so on. Read More »

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Introduction
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Overview of Luxor is based on Luxor by Mat, Matt, Eco84, Claus Hansen, ForeverProvence, Globe-trotter, Bbb0777, Vaclav, Joelf, iGuide and others. Travel guides are available under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0. See background image credits.