A bridge was opened in 1998, a few kilometres upstream of the main town of Luxor, allowing ready land access from the East Bank to the West Bank.
Traditionally, however, river crossings have been the domain of several ferry services. The so-called 'local ferry' (also known as the 'National Ferry') continues to operate from a landing opposite the Temple of Luxor. The single fare (June 2008) is 1 L.E. - one Egyptian Pound - per passenger for foreigners. This ferry is mainly used by the locals although a number of foreigners do use it. The sites on the West Bank are further than you think and you will need transport--taxi drivers often approach ferry passengers, and it is recommended that a fare be negotiated ahead of time. There are also local cars that reach some of the monuments for 25 piasters, although tourists rarely use them. Alternatively, motorboats line the East Bank of the Nile all day providing a quicker, but more expensive (5 L.E.), crossing to the other side.
The city of Luxor on the East Bank has several bus routes used mainly by locals. Tourists often rely on horse carriages, called "calèches," for transport or tours around the city. Do not ask calèche drivers to go to the west bank, because it is too far for the horses, not to mention illegal. Taxis are plentiful, and reasonably priced, and since the government has decreed that taxis older than 20 years will not be relicensed, there are many modern air-conditioned cabs. Recently, new roads have been built in the city to cope with the growth in traffic.
For domestic travel along the route of the Nile, a rail service operates several times a day. A morning train and sleeping train can be taken from the station situated around 400 metres (440 yd) from Luxor Temple. The line runs between several major destinations, including Cairo to the north and Aswan to the south.
Museum located at the promenade on the Nile, midway between the temples at Karnak and Luxor. His harvest is rich collection of works of art from churches and cemeteries in the area of ancient Thebes. An extremely interesting items come from a tomb Tutenchamona in the Valley of the Kings - golden head boginii Hathor, bed and funeral barge, designed to facilitate the transmission of Pharaoh to that world. You can also watch reliefs from the temple at Karnak Echnatona, depicting scenes from daily life and well-preserved statues from the New. It will be noted on the statue Thotmesa III found at Karnak.
Open daily 9-13, 16-21 (Summer 17-22), 9-15 ramadan
Tombs in the Valley, it forged in the rock mortuary complexes, consisting of a sequence of numerous corridors and classrooms. But just in times of faraonom, many graves were opened and ograbionych. This proceeding lasted for centuries. For this reason, back in the reign of pharaohs there are situations transfer mummy, designed to protect them against zbezczeszczeniem. Today's researchers managed to find only one niesplądrowany tomb - Tutankhamun. In the Valley of the Kings was discovered not only a place of burial, but unfinished, and the burial chamber.
Sam valley is actually two valleys located next to each other, western part called simply West Valley (WV), or Valley Apes (ar. Wadi El-Gurud, Biban El-Gurud) and East (KV), called the Oriental Valley (El Biban -Muluk). In total, archeologists found at 63 tombs and 20 started and unfinished buildings.
John Gardiner Wilkinson in 1827 proposed a numbered tombs. Assigned to the numbers from 1 to 21 starting from the entrance to the valley and posuwając in an easterly direction. Other numbers - from 22 to 63 given systematically, after the discovery of another tomb - (KV 63 last number given grobowcowi odkrytemu in February 2006 in the central part of the Valley). The numbers are preceded by the letters lokalizującymi location of the tomb in the Valley of eastern or western.
There is the possibility that thebanische West Bank via hot air balloon to explore. The journey begins around in front of the Temple of Hatshepsout and lasts about 45 minutes. Usually coming from the north wind pushes the balloon to the south, you drive over Qurna, the Ramesseum, Medinet Habu and Malqata. The trip costs from $ 70, includes pickup from the hotel and Nilüberquerung.
The economy of Luxor, like that of many other Egyptian cities, is heavily dependent upon tourism. Large numbers of people also work in agriculture, particularly sugarcane.
Luxor is a city in Upper (southern) Egypt and the capital of Luxor Governorate. Its population numbers 376,022 (1999 survey), and its area is about 416 km² . As the site of the ancient Egyptian city of Thebes, Luxor has frequently been characterised as the "world's greatest open air museum", the ruins of the temple complexes at Karnak and Luxor standing within the modern city. Immediately opposite, across the Nile River, lie the monuments, temples and tombs on the West Bank Necropolis, which include the Valley of the Kings and Valley of the Queens. Thousands of international tourists arrive each year to visit these monuments, and their presence represents a large part of the economic basis for the modern city. As a result, Luxor represents an excellent base for touring Upper Egypt, and is a popular holiday destination, both in its own right and as a starting or finishing point for Nile cruises.
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