Luxor Holidays 2025/2026 | Cheap Holidays to Luxor

Temples, tombs and timeless Nile views – Luxor is like walking through an open-air time machine. If ancient wonders are your vibe, Luxor’s got ‘em in spades (and maybe a sarcophagus or two).

Highlights

Karnak Temple Complex – A massive ancient site that’ll leave your jaw on the floor (and your phone memory full).
Hot air balloon rides – Drift over the Nile at sunrise and watch the desert light up like a postcard.
The Valley of the Kings – Home to Tutankhamun and some serious "WOW" moments.
Felucca cruises on the Nile – Classic Egypt vibes with a gentle breeze and unforgettable views.

Getting around

Luxor is split between the East Bank and West Bank, with the Nile cutting through the middle. Getting around is a breeze thanks to cheap taxis, tuk-tuks, local ferries, and organised tours. You can also hop on a bike or even take a horse-drawn carriage for a bit of old-school charm. For longer trips (like to the Valley of the Kings), grab a private driver or book with a local guide.

Things to do for families in Luxor

If you’ve got mini explorers in tow, Luxor makes a pretty epic playground. The Karnak Temple is full of hidden corners and giant statues that spark young imaginations. There’s also the Luxor Museum – small, manageable, and packed with cool artefacts. A felucca ride at sunset is calm, safe, and super memorable for the whole gang. And if they’re into a bit of the gruesome and gross (what kid isn’t?), the Mummification Museum is a must-see. Bonus: Luxor is friendly, laid-back and full of street food options picky eaters will love.

Things to do for couples in Luxor

Romance is alive and well in Luxor – just ask the hot air balloons. Start your day floating over the Nile with your favourite person as the sun rises over the desert. Then wander hand-in-hand through the Luxor Temple at golden hour (pro tip: it lights up beautifully at night). Grab a drink at a rooftop bar with Nile views or take a private boat cruise with local music for soundtrack vibes. It’s dramatic, it’s dreamy, and it’s a lot cheaper than Venice.

Things to do for groups in Luxor

Got the gang together for a city break like no other? Luxor’s packed with group-friendly adventure. Think epic group selfies at the Colossi of Memnon, cracking codes in hieroglyphs at Karnak, and bonding over falafel at the souk. Try a private group tour with a guide who’ll bring history to life with all the drama (and none of the homework). Or book a sunset cruise, blast some tunes, and make the Nile your party backdrop. It’s culture with a side of mates and memories.

Things to do for foodies in Luxor

Food lovers, get ready – Luxor serves up flavour by the bowlful. Tuck into koshari (carbs-on-carbs-on-carbs perfection), scoop up ful medames with freshly baked baladi bread, and don’t miss the tahini-drizzled everything. Street food is where it’s at, but for a treat, dine riverside with a view of the Nile and a plate of grilled fish caught that morning. Fancy something immersive? Try a cooking class with a local family – you’ll leave with a full belly and some proper recipe bragging rights.

Ramadan 2026

Please be aware that the Islamic holy month of Ramadan will take place between 17/02/2026 and 18/03/2026. During this time, many cafes and restaurants will close during the day, restrictions on alcohol sales may be in place, and hotel dining for non-Muslim guests may take place in private rooms. Playing music, dancing, and eating in public areas may also be restricted during this time.

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Amun-Ra seems to be working overtime in Luxor: the sun is permanently out! Temperatures here vary from astonishing summer highs of over 40°; Celsius to hot winters around 20°; Celsius, so it's no wonder that holidays to Luxor are the choice for millions of tourists regardless of season. A Christmas holiday in Luxor can be spent exchanging gifts around the hotel pool and slapping on the sunscreen before heading down to the Nile!

Luxor is often touted as the world's greatest open air museum, and it's difficult to disagree: explore for yourself the Valleys of the Kings and Queens, with their ornate hieroglyphs, or traverse to the toppled colossus of Egyptës greatest pharaoh, Ramesses II, at the Ramesseum Temples. Talking of temples, the famed Karnak is a short walk or carriage ride away, with more well-preserved shrines, statues and obelisks than is decent!

If you are going on a family holiday to Luxor, you certainly will have plenty to keep everyone occupied. For the kids, a trip to the Mummification Museum is in order, to discover the secrets of this most vaunted art of the ancients. Then there's the palaces of Ramesses and Amenophis, and the giant statues and 3000 year-old worker's villages that also abound. Bored on Luxor holidays? Definitely not!

Culture
Luxor holidays don't just mean strolling through a land of ancient wonders - this place is a veritable City of the Living! There's the annual street festival of Abu El-Haggag held just before Ramadan in August, with it's blend of Islamic culture and classic Egyptology, horse races and boat parades!
Those who brave Luxor in summer will encounter the Shopping Festival, with bargains on exotic wares, jewellery and satins for it's month-long duration, and no matter what the season, you must see the local markets, with everything from spices to pottery being bartered for under the sun!
Nightlife
Nights on holidays to Luxor can be whiled away at the brilliant hotel shindigs, with bars and belly dancing in full swing to the wee hours, or you can venture down the main streets of the modern city, such as Sharia Al-Karnak, for quaint little eateries and high-class international cuisine. The quintessentially English King's Head Pub, on Khalid Walid Street, open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, is a must for some traditional pool, beer and football, and is fast becoming the venue of choice for itinerant Brits. For a change of scenery, why not spend the day in Aswan?

Luxor is one of the world's most fascinating places chiefly because of it's panoply of millennia-old man-made structures, and the best way to view it is on a boat ride across the world's longest river, the Nile. From here you can take tea and watch exotic fauna on the teeming waters, while sandy streets and sphinxes segue into golden desert for miles around. Donkey rides are also excellent for afternoon panoramas of the tombs at the Necropolis on the west bank, or hike up the rocky precipices to drink in the beauty of this eternal city and it's surrounding cliffs at sunset.

Luxor was brought to the world's attention by the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922, but this is just the tip of the sand dune - it's built on the ancient city of Thebes, the glittering capital of the New Kingdom, and onetime storehouse for the riches of Egypt. Following the slow decline of Egypt as an ancient superpower, Thebes found a niche as the world's oldest tourist resort, frequented by affluent Greeks and Romans over 2000 years ago!

Latterly, Luxor remained in centuries of slumber until the rise of Egyptology brought in that irrepressible invader, the modern tourist.

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