One day in Luxor, Egypt
A day through Luxor’s best-known sights that lie close together: Deir el-Bahari, Valley of the Kings, tomb of Tutankhamun, Theban Necropolis, Deir el-Medina and Ramesseum. 6 stops, about 3 km between them in straight lines; the streets make it longer.
The route
- Deir el-BahariArchaeological site · On the map
- Valley of the KingsArchaeological site · 0.6 km on from Deir el-Bahari · On the map
- tomb of TutankhamunMonument · 0.1 km on from Valley of the Kings · On the map
- Theban NecropolisArchaeological site · 0.8 km on from tomb of Tutankhamun · On the map
- Deir el-MedinaArchaeological site · 0.6 km on from Theban Necropolis · On the map
- RamesseumTemple or shrine · 0.9 km on from Deir el-Medina · On the map
6 stops, 5.3 km on foot along the streets: about 1 h 23 min of walking.
More for Luxor
- Things to do in Luxor, Egypt · 40 places to see, led by Valley of the Kings and Thebes
- A week in Luxor, Egypt · Seven days of sights, starting at Deir el-Bahari
Day trips from Luxor
Photo credits
- Deir el-Bahari: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Valley of the Kings: Fotograf/Photographer: Peter J., CC BY-SA 2.0
- tomb of Tutankhamun: EditorfromMars, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Theban Necropolis: Steve F-E-Cameron, CC BY 3.0
- Deir el-Medina: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Ramesseum: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0
Pictures from Wikimedia Commons, through each place’s Wikidata entry.
Good to know
- Each day starts at the best-known place not yet seen and adds the best known within a short walk of it, then puts them in the shortest order. The places come from Wikidata (CC0), ranked by how many Wikipedias have an article about them.
- The map draws each day’s walk along the streets, routed by Valhalla on OpenStreetMap; the distances beside the stops are straight lines.
- Opening hours, tickets and closures are not checked: each place’s Wikipedia article has them.