Luxor Prepares for 2027 Total Solar Eclipse (nationalgeographic.com)

A six-minute total solar eclipse on August 2, 2027 will draw astrotourists to Luxor, where the Mandarin Oriental Winter Palace and Four Seasons Hotel Luxor are both set to open next year. The 80-passenger Guardian of the Nile, Egypt's first luxury sleeper train, will stop in Luxor on its Cairo-to-Aswan route. Visitors can tour the 3,000-year-old Karnak temples, ride hot-air balloons over the West Bank, or sail the Nile on traditional dahabiyas, with October through April offering the most temperate weather.