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Luxor
Getting Here and Around
Luxor is the main airport for Upper Egypt and has frequent daily international flights from Europe as well as domestic flights to and from Cairo, Alexandria, Sharm El-Sheikh, and Aswan. It's also one of the endpoints for most Nile cruises (Aswan is the other). Luxor is also connected to Cairo by overnight train service.
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