Mid range: El-Luxor (el-luxor-hotel.com) on the Corniche El Nil is in a good location. Nile-view rooms from £50.
Budget: Nefertiti (Sharia el-Sahaby, off Sharia Karnak in the bazaar; nefertitihotel.com) is a friendly hotel with a rooftop view of Luxor temple. Doubles £15 a night.
The modest Tutankhamun, marked simply outside with a small plaque reading “Tut Ankh Amon. Tomb 62”, is truly wondrous. Athough 63 tombs have been discovered, only about 11 are open at any one time.
If temple fatigue is setting in, then a concise tour of the vast Karnak temple by night is a good bet.
Luxor’s last outpost of the British Empire – the Sofitel Winter Palace - was once King Farouk’s winter residence. This grand hotel dates back to 1886.
The Luxor temple in the morning light is a lovely place to be (open daily 6am to 9.30pm, £5).
Enjoy a final feast for the eyes at Luxor museum (open daily; 9am-3pm, 5pm-9pm; £8). Treasures include a stunning gilded head of Hathor, the goddess of motherhood, and Tutankhamun’s funerary bed.
