Destination: Luxor

Luxor

Part of the ancient city of Thebes that was the ruling seat of power for 1,350 years, Luxor is a major holiday destination, particularly for those interested in ancient Egypt, and the area boasts an exceptionally rich legacy of temples, tombs and monuments. Around these relics of ancient Egypt’s celebrated history are signs of the prosperous industry of the modern day - tourism.

Luxor town is crowded with souvenir shops, hotels and restaurants, while the Nile River carries feluccas and luxury hotel ships. The streets are filled with the cries of shop owners, horse-drawn carriages (caleches), taxi drivers and tour guides, all offering their services to the newly arrived holiday people, whether wealthy tourist or economizing backpacker. The action on the Luxor streets is almost as captivating as the temples the tourists have come to see.

Whereas the impressive structures of the Temples of Luxor and of Karnak are within the town itself, the biggest attractions lie on the west bank across the Nile, where the funerary complexes of the Tombs of the Nobles, the Valley of the Kings and Valley of the Queens relate the fascinating story of the ultimate resting places of ancient royalty.

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A: Alexandria
B: Amboseli National Park
C: Arusha
D: Aswan
E: Bazaruto Island
F: Benguerra Island
G: Botswana
H: Bwindi Impenetrable NP
I: Cairo
J: Cape Town
K: Cape Winelands
L: Central Kalahari Region
M: Chobe National Park
N: Denis Island
O: Desroches Island
P: Drakensburg
Q: Dubai
R: Dubai Beaches
S: Dubai City Center
T: Dubai Desert
U: Dubai Marina
V: Durban
W: Eastern Cape
X: Eastern Cape Safaris
Y: Egypt
Z: Etosha National Park
AA: Franschhoek
AB: Garden Route
AC: Greater Kruger National Park
AD: Greater Winelands
AE: Hermanus
AF: Hwange National Park
AG: Johannesburg
AH: Kafue National Park
AI: Kampala
AJ: Kariba
AK: Kenya
AL: Kigali
AM: Knysna
AN: Kruger National Park
AO: Kwazulu Natal
AP: La Digue
AQ: Lake Manyara NP
AR: Lake Nakuru
AS: Lewa Wildlife Conservation
AT: Linyanti/Savuti Region
AU: Livingstone
AV: Lower Zambezi National Park
AW: Luxor
AX: Madikwe Game Reserve
AY: Mahé
AZ: Mana Pools National Park
BA: Masai Mara
BB: Mauritius
BC: Mombasa
BD: Mozambique
BE: Nairobi
BF: Namibia
BG: Ngorongoro Conservation Area
BH: North Island
BI: Okavango and Moremi GR
BJ: Oudtshoorn
BK: Plettenberg Bay
BL: Port Elizabeth
BM: Praslin
BN: Queen Elizabeth National Park
BO: Quirimbas Archipelago
BP: Rwanda
BQ: Sabi Sands
BR: Samburu National Park
BS: Selous Game Reserve
BT: Serengeti National Park
BU: Seychelles
BV: Sharm El Sheik
BW: Sheik Zayed Road
BX: Silhouette Island
BY: Skeleton Coast National Park
BZ: Sossusvlei
CA: South Africa
CB: South Luangwa
CC: Stellenbosch
CD: Sun City
CE: Sun City and Surrounds
CF: Swakopmund & Walvis Bay
CG: Tanzania
CH: Tarangire National Park
CI: Timbavati Region
CJ: Uganda
CK: Umhlanga
CL: Victoria Falls
CM: Vilanculos
CN: Volcanoes National Park
CO: Windhoek
CP: Zambia
CQ: Zanzibar and Pemba Island
CR: Zimbabwe
CS: Zululand
CT: Zululand Parks and Reserves

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