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If you just visited the Luxor`s
temples and tombs and you don`t want to leave the city without
some souvenirs then you should know that in Luxor are numerous
shops from where you can buy souvenirs. The Luxor souvenirs can
be bought from bazaars like the one in Saria el-Karnak or from
markets like the one in Sharia el-Birka. Here the tourists can
buy carpets, scarabs, scarves, spices and other different local
souvenirs. In these bazaars and markets have one common thing:
the bargaining. There are numerous shops with Luxor souvenirs in
the Luxor Temple`s vicinity and also in the tourist areas. Some
nice souvenirs would be the alabaster pieces, like alabaster
vases, that are typical Luxor souvenirs. The alabaster pieces
can be found especially on the West Bank, have good prices and
very good quality. Some of them are fakes so the buyers should
pay attention to what they choose. Silver jewelries and painted
papyrus are also for sale in many shops. Close to the Le
Meridien Luxor Hotel is the Sharia Khaled ibn al-Walid, an
excellent gallery where you can find Luxor souvenirs of a high
quality, such as art works like city`s water colors, at
reasonable prices. If you are looking for postcards or
bookmarks, then Aboudi Bookshop is the place where you should
go. It is located along the Winter Palace and here you can also
find numerous international newspapers and English magazines,
all of them having fixed prices. There are some things that the
shopping in Luxor amateurs should know such as: there are shops
that are not open on Sundays, the most of the shops (not only in
Luxor but also around Luxor) are closed each Friday and on the
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