Luxor things to Do

Close to the Winter Palace you will find Aboudi Book Shop to buy any kind of book you can think of! In there you will find books with cooking recipes, novels, books by brilliant Egyptian authors, books about Egypt and Luxor, magazines,newspapers,and all kinds of literary paraphernalia.

There is also an alabaster factory in Luxor which is actually one of the only two alabaster factories in the whole country (the other one is in the Malowi region). Alabaster is a rocky material that was widely used in ancient times. Nowadays you can find machine-manufactured pieces or even hand-carved alabaster. Buy beautiful vases, bowls and different kind of pots which are a lovely way to decorate your house or office.

You will also find some shops that sell hand made glass bottles of very fine quality and style, used for perfumes that are also made in an old and tradition way so you can both use the perfume and decorate your house at the same time. Also look for cartouche which is a panel with hieroglyphics, an ancient Egyptian pictographic language, and either buy one large enough to hang it on your wall or a small one to wear around your neck as an accessory.