# Things to Do in Luxor

Source: https://luxor101.com/things-to-do
Language: en

# Things to Do

Six ways to spend time here, each one linked to the guide that answers it properly.

Make room for both the monuments and the city around them. Explore a temple, spend time with a few tomb paintings, take a river outing or slow the day down for a family visit. The guides below help you choose the pace, preparation and practical arrangements that suit you.

## Six decisions, six guides.

Ancient Luxor

### Explore a temple or tomb

11 places across both banks: understand their history, find details to look for and plan your time.

[Explore the sites](https://luxor101.com/ancient-luxor)

Nile Journeys

### Plan a felucca outing

Compare cruise ships, dahabiyas and feluccas by pace, space and facilities, including a separate look at smaller boutique cruises.

[Read the felucca guide](https://luxor101.com/nile/feluccas) [Read the full comparison](https://luxor101.com/journal/dahabiya-cruise-or-felucca)

Do you need a guide?

### Visiting with a licensed guide

Sometimes worth it and sometimes not, and it depends on the site rather than on the day. The guide answers that question site by site.

[Do you need a guide?](https://luxor101.com/plan/do-you-need-a-guide)

Families with children

### Coming with children

Heat, stairs, tomb corridors and attention spans, treated as the practical problems they are rather than as a warning.

[Families with children](https://luxor101.com/plan/with-children)

Photography

### Photographing Luxor

Where the light is at which hour, what is respectful, and why this site publishes no photography rule it has not checked.

[Photography](https://luxor101.com/plan/photography)

Itineraries

### Leaving the city

Four days on both banks before a river journey towards Aswan. Confirm the actual boarding point and route with the operator.

[Read this itinerary](https://luxor101.com/itineraries/luxor-and-the-nile) [See all itineraries](https://luxor101.com/itineraries)

Between site visits

## Take a break by the Nile

A short walk along the east-bank corniche leaves room to enjoy the river and the city between visits.

### Choose your stretch

Start near where you’re staying. Agree a turnaround point with your companions and allow time for the walk back. Before setting out, ask locally about pavements, road crossings and places to rest.

### Pause and look

Watch the crossings, moored boats and the places where the city meets the water. Ask before photographing people or their work.

[Getting around Luxor](https://luxor101.com/plan/getting-around)

### Thinking of a boat ride?

Treat it as a separate outing. Before boarding, agree on:

-   The total fare and what it includes
-   How long the ride will last
-   The exact boarding point
-   Where and when you will return

[Read the felucca guide](https://luxor101.com/nile/feluccas)