Best Luxor Day Trips & Things to Do

Luxor City is an open-air museum where ancient history breathes through every stone. Once the heart of Thebes, Egypt’s pharaonic capital, it’s split by the river - on the east lies the grand Karnak Temple complex and the majestic Luxor Temple, linked by the ancient Avenue of Sphinxes. Across the west, the Theban Necropolis unfolds with the Valley of the Kings, where Tutankhamun’s tomb lies, and the striking Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari. Few places offer such a vivid journey into the world of gods, pharaohs, and eternal afterlife beliefs.