About the place
About Luxor
Plan Luxor by bank, not by day. The East Bank sights sit inside the modern city — Luxor Temple is in the middle of it, Karnak is 3 km north along the corniche — so they can be done on foot or by short taxi ride whenever you like. The West Bank needs a crossing plus transport between widely spaced sites, which is why it is normally a single early start.
Entry to the Valley of the Kings covers a rotating set of open tombs, with Tutankhamun, Seti I and Nefertari ticketed separately. Between the two banks, Luxor holds a large share of the ancient monuments that survive anywhere in Egypt, so two full days is a realistic minimum rather than a generous one.
