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Guided tour at Luxor Temple illuminated at dusk
Louxor et le Nil

Temple de Louxor

Le temple d'Amenhotep III en pleine ville, à voir quand les lumières s'allument.

Construit
Amenhotep III vers 1390 av. J.-C. ; pylône de Ramsès II vers 1270 av. J.-C.
Obélisque
25 m ; son jumeau est place de la Concorde, à Paris
Colonnade
14 colonnes papyriformes, 16 m, d'Amenhotep III
Strates
temple pharaonique, chapelle romaine, mosquée d'Abou el-Haggag (XIIIe siècle)

Le temple de Louxor fut bâti par Amenhotep III vers 1390 av. J.-C. et achevé par Toutânkhamon et Ramsès II, dont le pylône et l'obélisque unique (son jumeau est à Paris) forment la façade. La mosquée d'Abou el-Haggag se dresse à l'intérieur et une chapelle romaine au fond. Une heure avec un guide ; billet environ 500 EGP ; ouvert jusqu'à 21h00, illuminé après le coucher du soleil. Inclus dans notre journée à Louxor et la demi-journée rive est.

La visite

Luxor Temple was the "southern sanctuary" where the statue of Amun came from Karnak every year for the Opet festival along the Avenue of Sphinxes. Ramses II added the pylon with his colossi and the two obelisks, one given to France in 1833. Behind the courtyard runs the colonnade of Amenhotep III, carved with the Opet procession under Tutankhamun.

The temple was never abandoned: the Romans made it a fort and painted a chapel to the emperors in the sanctuary; the Copts built churches in the courtyards; the mosque of Abu Haggag, built on the rubble in the 13th century, still stands on top of the Ramses court with its door six metres above the ancient floor.

It is small enough for an hour and at its best when the sun has gone and the stones are lit. Our afternoon East Bank tour and the felucca sails are timed for that.

Conseils de nos guides

  • Visit after 17:00 for the lights and the cooler air
  • The Avenue of Sphinxes can be walked from here towards Karnak
  • The Luxor Museum is 1 km north and worth an hour

Meilleure période: Le crépuscule, en toute saison.

Questions

Yes, it is open until 21:00 and floodlit. The afternoon East Bank tour ends here as the lights come on.
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