Nile Magazine publishes an article about Accessible Egypt
Two steps forward with this great article but one step back with no progress from Helm or the Ministry. So frustrating, hopefully this might make a difference. This is a PDF of the actual article so you can read it Nile Magazine
New Ticket Prices 1st November 2017
Ticket prices for Egyptian went up 1st October but ticket prices for foreigners go up 1st November thanks to Hussein Omar and Mohamed A Fahmy for confirming that. Especial thanks to Mohamed for correcting as many of my mistakes as he could. I have not got all the prices confirmed but this is my best guess. Please send any corrections …
Flats in Luxor is now HTTPS secure
We have upgraded all our websites to the new internet standard so you can be sure to be safe contacting us.
Guaranteed Sunshine for your Christmas break
Flats in Luxor GroupIf you are looking for sunshine, history, culture and friendly people there is no better place to come than Egypt. With direct flights to Luxor from EgyptAir you could swap the cold, grey skies of winter, for sun, al fresco eating and lazying by the swimming pool with tombs, temples and Tutankhamen thrown in. Our apartments …
Jude goes shopping in Hidden Luxor
Meet Jude, the Flats in Luxor mascot. Jude wants to help you explore the Luxor most tourists don’t see. Today he went shopping. If you staying in a self catering apartment this is a great chance to explore the local markets and buy fresh produce from Egyptians. A unique aspect to your Flats in Luxor holiday.
Jude at the Ramasseum
Jude went to the Ramasseum, not many people go there these days but at the end of the 1800’s it was very popular and people would come here when they did the grand tour. In those days they didn’t understand how bad graffitti was and put their names up all over the place. Jude has spotted Belzoni’s name in three …
Jude at Dendera
Today Jude took a boat out of Luxor and went to Dendera. This temple is dedicated to Hathor the cow goddess. Sometimes Hathor is kindly and nice and other times she gets angry. One time she was so angry the only way they could calm her down was to get her drunk! You can read about it in the Myths …
Jude at the tomb of Ay
Lots of people believe that this tomb is where Tutankhamen was supposed to have been buried but Ay stole it from him. they also think Ay stole his wife Ankhesenamun as there is a ring with both their names on in the Berlin museum. But it didn’t do Ay much good as he doesn’t seem to have used this tomb and …
Jude at the temple of Hatshepsut, Deir el Bahri
Jude went to Hatshepsuts temple today. He looked at all the colonnades, even the ones at the bottom. He loved the heron catching the fish and the donkey of the Queen of Punt. She was really fat and needed a donkey to get about, the Egyptians made fun of her and showed her picture. He saw the myrrh trees on …
Jude takes a Day Trip to Kom Ombo
Jude was really excited to go to Kom Ombo. There is a new crocodile museum which is really good. A hieroglyphic of a woman giving birth and lots of images of medical instruments. You can also see the hidden room where maybe the priests hid and pretended to be the voice of the god. This is a double temple …