Luxor, often referred to as the "world's greatest open air museum", is considered to be the premier travel destination in Upper (southern) Egypt and the Nile Valley. Luxor is sure to captivate you, whether with the ruins of the temple complex at Karnak, the Luxor Temple or with its many other monuments, temples and tombs residing on the West Bank of the Nile where the Pharaohs, their Queens and noblemen of the 2nd millennium B.C. were buried with full religious and ceremonial trappings.