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1. Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Luxor (LXR)plane IST - LXR
7h 30m
$186–443
Metro to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport, fly
1. Take the train from Ayrılık Çeşmesi to Sabiha Gokcen Airporttrain
2. Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Luxor (LXR)plane SAW - LXR
6h 4m

Istanbul (IST) to Luxor (LXR) flights

18Weekly Planes

5h 25mAverage Duration

$130Cheapest Price

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Distance: 1,821.3 km
Duration: 7h 30m

What companies run services between Istanbul, Turkey and Luxor, Egypt?

Egyptair, Turkish Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Istanbul (IST) to Luxor (LXR) 3 times a day.

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Luxor(opens in a new window), Egypt(opens in a new window)

Luxor (Arabic: al-ʾuqṣur) is a city in Upper Egypt, which includes the site of the Ancient Egyptian city of Thebes. Luxor had a population of 1,333,309 in 2020, with an area of approximately and is the capital of the Luxor Governorate. It is among the oldest inhabited cities in the world. - Wikipedia (opens in a new window)

Things to do in Luxor

Karnak(Opens in a new window)

The Karnak Temple Complex, commonly known as Karnak, comprises a vast mix of decayed temples, chapels, pylons, and other buildings. Construction at the complex began during the reign of Senusret I in the Middle Kingdom and continued into the Ptolemaic period, although most of the extant buildings date from the New Kingdom. The area around Karnak was the ancient Egyptian Ipet-isut ("The Most Selected of Places") and the main place of worship of the eighteenth dynasty Theban Triad with the god Amun as its head. It is part of the monumental city of Thebes. The Karnak complex gives its name to the nearby, and partly surrounded, modern village of El-Karnak, 2.5 km north of Luxor.

Valley of the Kings(Opens in a new window)

The Valley of the Kings (Arabic: وادي الملوك Wādī al Mulūk), the Valley of the Gates of the Kings (Arabic: وادي ابواب الملوك Wādī Abwāb al Mulūk), is a valley in Egypt where, for a period of nearly 500 years from the 16th to 11th century BC, rock cut tombs were excavated for the Pharaohs and powerful nobles of the New Kingdom (the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Dynasties of Ancient Egypt).

Ramesseum(Opens in a new window)

The Ramesseum is the memorial temple (or mortuary temple) of Pharaoh Ramesses II ("Ramesses the Great", also spelled "Ramses" and "Rameses"). It is located in the Theban necropolis in Upper Egypt, across the River Nile from the modern city of Luxor. The name – or at least its French form, Rhamesséion – was coined by Jean-François Champollion, who visited the ruins of the site in 1829 and first identified the hieroglyphs making up Ramesses's names and titles on the walls. It was originally called the House of millions of years of Usermaatra-setepenra that unites with Thebes-the-city in the domain of Amon. Usermaatra-setepenra was the prenomen of Ramesses II.

Colossi of Memnon(Opens in a new window)

The Colossi of Memnon (Arabic: el-Colossat or es-Salamat) are two massive stone statues of the Pharaoh Amenhotep III, who reigned in Egypt during the Dynasty XVIII. For the past 3,400 years (since 1350 BC), they have stood in the Theban Necropolis, located west of the River Nile from the modern city of Luxor.

Places to stay in Luxor

Pavillon Winter Luxor(Opens in a new window)

9.0Fabulous

Sofitel Winter Palace Luxor(Opens in a new window)

8.9Fabulous

Steigenberger Legacy Nile Cruise - Every Monday 07 & 04 Nights from Luxor - Every Friday 03 Nights from Aswan(Opens in a new window)

8.0Good

Iberotel Luxor(Opens in a new window)

8.5Very Good

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