2 Best Hotels in Luxor, Luxor and the Nile Valley

The Nefertiti Hotel ticks every essential travel box—clean rooms with comfortable beds, enviable central location, no-request-is-too-much service, and a top-notch rooftop restaurant—and it all comes at an unbeatable price. This small family-owned hotel is Luxor's best midrange stay, but even if you're overnighting elsewhere, it's worth stopping by to dine upstairs or at one of the tables in the alleyway—a people-watching extravaganza—or to ask about tours to the temples, the West Bank, and beyond.

Overlooking Medinet Habu, this charming guesthouse in a three-story mudbrick house is decked out in colorful Nubian textiles and traditional decor. It's run by Nour El Nil, which operates excellent dahabiya (traditional sailboat) cruises on the Nile that are once-in-a-lifetime experiences.