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A steaming glass of black tea on its saucer, backlit.

Luxor · East bank, Luxor

The Winter Palace terrace

Tea on the 1907 terrace above the Nile, between the palms and the west bank.

€€€ High end

The hotel where early-twentieth-century Egyptologists stayed has kept its staircase, its garden and its terrace facing the river. You can have tea without staying: one of Luxor's best viewpoints on the sunset behind the Valley of the Kings.

The extra bit

Arrive an hour before sunset and take the front row: the terrace fills fast in high season.

Know before you go

Prices are palace prices, for a tea: that is the entrance fee to the view and the place.

Directions

Nile Corniche, east bank, Luxor

Directions

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