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1, 2 and 3 days in Luxor: a computed itinerary
How many days in Luxor? Wikidata's open snapshot records 25 notable attractions within 40 km of the center, and this itinerary spreads the 12 most famous over 3 days by pure geometry: Thebes anchors day 1 with an article in 82 languages, and each following day starts at the most famous one left. The 3 blocks add up to 9.9 km in straight lines between stops.
Summary: how many days in Luxor
| Day | Anchor (most famous of the block) | Stops | Combined path |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thebes | 4 | 2.5 km |
| 2 | tomb of Tutankhamun | 4 | 1.8 km |
| 3 | KV11 | 4 | 5.6 km |
The page is cumulative: 1 day in Luxor covers up to the Thebes block; 2 days in Luxor covers up to the tomb of Tutankhamun block; 3 days in Luxor covers up to the KV11 block.
Day 1: Thebes
4 stops, 2.5 km combined between them in a straight line.
| # | Attraction | Type | From previous (straight line) | From center | UNESCO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thebes | World Heritage Site | starting point | 4.0 km | Yes |
| 2 | Colossi of Memnon | Monument | 0.0 km | 4.0 km | - |
| 3 | Merneptah Stele | Monument | 0.1 km | 4.0 km | - |
| 4 | KV9 | Monument | 2.4 km | 6.1 km | - |
Day 2: tomb of Tutankhamun
4 stops, 1.8 km combined between them in a straight line.
| # | Attraction | Type | From previous (straight line) | From center | UNESCO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tomb of Tutankhamun | Monument | starting point | 6.1 km | - |
| 2 | KV8 | Monument | 0.1 km | 6.2 km | - |
| 3 | KV1 | Monument | 0.2 km | 6.3 km | - |
| 4 | KV17 | Monument | 1.5 km | 6.3 km | - |
Day 3: KV11
4 stops, 5.6 km combined between them in a straight line.
| # | Attraction | Type | From previous (straight line) | From center | UNESCO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KV11 | Monument | starting point | 6.3 km | - |
| 2 | KV35 | Monument | 0.0 km | 6.3 km | - |
| 3 | KV34 | Monument | 0.0 km | 6.3 km | - |
| 4 | Luxor Museum | Museum | 5.6 km | 1.0 km | - |
What the data says about Luxor
The snapshot records 25 notable attractions within 40 km of the center of Luxor (25.6989 N, 32.6421 E), in Egypt: 1 recorded as museums, 23 as monuments and 1 carrying a UNESCO World Heritage designation. The most famous of the set is Thebes, with a page in 82 Wikimedia project languages, followed by Colossi of Memnon (44). The itinerary takes the top 12 of that ranking; the longest day adds up to 5.6 km between stops and the shortest to 1.8 km. Luxor has 422,407 inhabitants in the GeoNames register.
Arriving by air
The closest airport with scheduled service to the center of Luxor, per the open OurAirports register, is Luxor International Airport (LXR), classed as a large airport, 7.2 km from the center in a straight line.
How this itinerary was computed
Assembly rule in Luxor: the 25 attractions within the 40 km radius are ranked by documented notability on Wikidata (how many languages carry an article about the place) and grouped by a greedy algorithm: each day opens at the most famous one still outside the itinerary (Thebes for day 1 in Luxor) and picks up, one by one, the nearest to the last stop, up to 4 per day. The 9 tabled hops add up to 9.9 km, always in straight lines (haversine formula): street routes run longer. The best season to visit Luxor is not here because it cannot be computed from these sources, and this site does not make up guidebook opinions.
Sources: Wikidata (CC0, snapshot of 2026-07-09) for attractions and notability; GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) for the center and population of Luxor; OurAirports (public domain) for airports.
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