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Dawar al-Umda
Dawar al-Umda has a popular folkloric show that includes a belly dancer, rababa music (named after the instrument that resembles a single-stringed violin) and occasionally a snake charmer. The show is usually on Thursday night and comes with an Oriental buffet.
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Hotel Mercure
Hotel Mercure has a disco and the extra charge covers you for watching the belly-dancing show.
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Kings Head Pub
A relaxed and perennially popular place to have a drink and shoot pool, the Kings Head tries to capture the atmosphere of an English pub without being twee. The laid-back atmosphere also means that women can come here without being harassed.
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Maratonga Cafeteria
This friendly outdoor café, in front of Medinat Habu, is the best place to sip a cold drink under a big tree after wandering through Ramses III's magnificent temple. The view is superlative and the atmosphere is relaxing.
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Metropolitan Café & Restaurant
A pleasant, popular outdoor café, right on the Nile, in front of the Winter Palace Hotel. Beers and a wide selection of cocktails are available, served on a terrace with old-fashioned rattan furniture with jungle-print fabric and mist machines. Salads are available as well as snacks and sandwiches, ice cream and sheesha . All in all, the perfect place to enjoy a sundowner.
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Murphy's Irish Pub
With polished wood and a family atmosphere, this pub is a nice place to escape to for a quick, cooling Stella beer or a long evening with friends.
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New Oum Koulsoum Coffee Shop
New and very pleasant ahwa (coffeehouse) right at the heart of the souq, on a large terrace with welcome mist machines, where you can recover from shopping and haggling in the souq, and watch the crowds without any hassle. On the menu are fresh juices, hot and cold drinks and a good sheesha as well as 'professional Nespresso' coffee.
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Nile Terrace Café & Bar
The terrace in front of the Old Winter Palace Hotel is the most elegant place in Luxor to watch the sun slowly set over the Theban hills. Starched collars and gin and tonics are the rule here, but there is also ice-cold beer; or you can order afternoon tea if you prefer.
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Nile Valley Hotel
On Sundays (and occasionally on other days according to demand) you can watch and dance to local musicians on pleasant rooftop terrace of the Nile Valley Hotel.
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Ramesseum Rest House
A friendly, laid-back place to relax after temple-viewing. In addition to the usual mineral water and soft drinks, Stella is sometimes available.
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Sindbad Café
A large pleasant terrace in the grounds of the Wena Hotel, overlooking the back of Luxor Temple, with old rattan chairs. This is a laid-back friendly place serving some of the cheapest cold Stella beer in town, tea and sheesha and simple Egyptian fare including grills and salads.
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Sound-and-Light Show
Karnak's highly kitsch sound-and-light show is a 1½-hour Hollywood-style extravaganza that recounts the history of Thebes and the lives of the many pharaohs who built here in honour of Amun. It's worth a visit particularly for the walk through the beautifully lit temple at night.
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