16 Jul 2025
We did the 2-day trip from Marsa Alam to Luxor. It is definitely worth going there. The driver picked us up on time, but during the journey we held our breath at times because of the speed. It’s good to know that the route Goggle maps shows, is not the one you are taking. The trip goes via Port Safaga due to bad condition of the shorter road.
Our guide was a friendly and helpful man. We did find it difficult to understand his English well because of the accent. We enjoyed the beautiful sights, which are very impressive. And we were surprised that we were hardly bothered by salespeople.
On both days the tours end around lunchtime. My husband and I got very sick from the lunch at the local restaurant, which is included in the trip. We had already left the salad and only eaten the rice and Köfte, but we should have had lunch at the hotel in Luxor. The Steigenberger hotel was okay (a bit of faded glory), the room was located at the front of the street. There is honking there all day and night. We wanted a quieter room, first they told us we had to pay extra, but finally they gave us a room on the 5th floor and that made a big difference.
We were very pleased with a different driver on the second day. He drove carefully and brought us back to Marsa Alam safely.
So there are certain things you need to take into account, but despite the 43 degrees we still had a trip that we would not have wanted to miss.