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Transportation: Tours of the Valley
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    Category: Car/Motor Home
    Getting TO/AROUND: Luxor and the Valley offers some amazing tourist sites such at King Tuts tomb among others. The Happy Land hotel and others offer day tours of the valley and they will chare around 20US dollars for half a day driver who will drive you to the sights and wait for you.

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    Bicycle: By Bike
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    Category: Bicycle
    Getting TO/AROUND: Luxor has hundreds of bike shops and all hotels offer bicycles ranging in price and quality. They usually cost between 10 to 20 egyptian pounds and if you are in Luxor during the winter then this option is not only good exercise but a great way to independantely see luxor without killing your feet.

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    Trains: Luxors Trains
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    Category: Train
    Getting TO/AROUND: Travelling to and from Luxor is easily done by train and most foreigners by pass any bus because the journeys are usually long. Luxors train station is located in the center of the town. Abela Egypt Sleeping Train (237 2015 or www.sleepingtrains.com) leave at 830pm and 930pm daily arriving in Cairo at 545am and 645am the next morning. The cost is around $53 US which must be paid in Euros or US dollars. The other train that foreigners take is the 981 departing at 915am , train 1903 departing at 915pm and train 997 departing at 1110pm. The trip takes about 10 hours and student discounts are available. Foreigners are permitted to take the 3 daily services to Aswan (train 996 leaves at 715am) (train 1902 leaves at 930am) and 980 leaves at 5pm all taking around 3 hours. All three trains to Aswan stop at Esna, Edfu and Kom Ombo.

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    Good tour guide please
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    Suggestions for Luxor trip??
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    Is 1 & 1/2 days as part of a Nile Cruise sufficient to see Luxor?
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