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Saturday, April 11, 2009

Entry into the main sites in Luxor

I have included a list of all major archaeological sites and monuments in Egypt .
The prices are fixed and for admittance only.
If you require a guide it is best to make arrangements with a local tour agency for day excursions which will include lunch,transport and a guide and cost you around 100 LE.
The admittance to The Valley of the Kings allows you to enter 3 tombs and does not include that of Tutankhamun which is a separate ticket and costs 80LE.
I really don't recommend tourists paying extra to enter the tomb as it is very small and not particularly interesting in comparison to others you can see much more of an impression of Tutankamun's life including his chariots, gilded shrines and gold funerary masks in the special room at the Cairo Museum
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There are so many shisha cafes in Luxor and Aswan you will have no problems finding one.Just ask any calaboosh or taxi driver and they will take you to one they recommend.
A trip from your hotel to a shisha cafe should cost you no more than 5LE.
Many of the hotels also have shisha pipes available for guests so you can smoke it in the foyer or in your room if you wish.
My Egyptian husband has just informed me that it costs around 20-30 LE for shisha at a good hotel.
In Aswan a trip to Elephantine island is recomended and you can get some great bargains at the Nubian bazaar.
If you have time take a trip out to see the granite quarries this is where the granite found in the Kings chamber of the Great Pyramid came from,you also can see the enormous unfinished obelisk and watch the locals give a demonstration of just how granite was cut in the Old Kingdom.
Ahlan wa ahlan, Mahahbra to Luxor.

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