+ 1 for hot, hot, hot!
We went in August two years ago and it was 40-45 degrees every day. Definately not a sun and sangria holiday-for all the day trips we did we were collected from our hotel between 5 and 6 in the morning and dropped back around noon so that you were done before the real heat. We stayed in Luxor for a week -I think it was called the Movenpick Jolie on Crocodile Island or something like that. It was fab, two pools (one where kids weren't allowed, one edge of which was just above the Nile), three or four different restaurants and the rooms were individual bungalows. The staff were great too, really attentive and helpful. We went to the Valley of the Kings and Queens and all the sights around Luxor. We also went to Cairo from here to see the Pyramids and the Sphinx and Cairo Museum. We went by bus and although it was a loooong day it was worth making it. We were collected from hotel at 1am and got back around 10pm that night. The tour guide was excellent. The three sights and a buffet lunch on a boat were included in the price which I remember was reasonable but can't remember how much. It is also possible to fly from Luxor to Cairo. We arranged all the trips through the hotel. There was a lot of attention from the street traders etc when we went into Luxor itself but none of it nasty, the guys were generally friendly if a little over zealous, but they're just trying to make a living. We also spent a week in Hurghada on the Red Sea for the second week of our holiday. I think it was called Sofitel. It was nice, but nowhere close to the other hotel. Also there was absolutely nothing outside the resort. We had to get a crazy Egyptian taxi to the nearest shops and restaurant which basically had a Hard Rock Cafe,and a couple of street traders and a bit of a building site. Although we did do a day trip from there which took us out on a boat for scuba diving over the reefs and then on to a beautiful island where we could snorkel, definately wouldn't recommend going there as other than that you could be in any hotel resort anywhere, you don't see any of Egypt.