The first of many entries
Welcome to the first entry of the Luxor4u Network News Page
Luxor, as ancient Thebes, is in the news at the moment with all its glory. The Tutankhamun exhibition will soon be opening at 02 (previously called The Millennium Dome) in London after having been massively successful in the USA.
Those who have been fortunate to visit Cairo will have gone to Cairo Museum and been overawed by the splendour of Tutankhamun’s treasure especially his death mask which is now too fragile to be brought to London. With the renewed interest in Tutankhamun’s there is also renewed interest in the manner of his death and theories of how he met his demise are plentiful. Was he murdered or did he simply die of septicaemia after a chariot accident.
Luxor’s past, although illustrious, is not all there is to Luxor. Modern Luxor is also of interest and over the coming weeks this blog will give extensive coverage of all that Luxor has to offer.
Flight costs to Luxor are still at a premium with the cost of a charter flight hovering around the £350 mark for November which is higher than the cost of a scheduled flight which offers a greater baggage allowance.
There are good deals for flying into Cairo, sampling Cairo’s delights and then either flying down to Luxor or travelling down by train. Alitalia are offering flights for around £250 return which is a good deal compared with the Luxor flights and means that you can take in two destinations rather than one. Internal flights are not expensive and are even more attractive since the rise in price train tickets.
When in Luxor there is a wide range of hotels to choose from of all classes but if you want freedom then let us book a villa or an apartment for you so that you can sample what life in Egypt is really like.
More tomorrow on where to find Luxor's markets.
