National Geographic has included Luxor in its Best of the World 2027 list of 25 destinations, published on 20 October 2026. The magazine points to the total solar eclipse of 2 August 2027, which will darken the city for about six minutes, and expects demand around the eclipse to be overwhelming.
The article lists three openings planned for 2027: the restored Mandarin Oriental Winter Palace, a new Four Seasons Hotel Luxor, and the Guardian of the Nile, an 80-passenger luxury sleeper train that will stop in Luxor on its route between Cairo and Aswan.
For travellers, the practical message is the same as on our own Luxor page: most rooms in the city for eclipse week are already committed, so a tour, a Nile cruise or a base elsewhere in the Nile Valley is often the realistic way to see totality.