Libya Travel Guide - An African Exceptional Experience
Libya Travel Guide - An African Exceptional Experience
Libya (Arabic: ليبيا ), is a country in North Africa. In the north it has a Mediterranean Sea coast, with Egypt to the east and Tunisia to the west. It also has land borders with Algeria, Chad, Niger and Sudan. More than 90% of the country is desert or semi desert. Archaeological evidence indicates that from as early as 8,000 BC, the coastal plain of Ancient Libya was inhabited by a Neolithic people, the Berbers, who were skilled in the domestication of cattle and the cultivation of crops.
Within Libya as many as five different climatic zones have been recognized, but the dominant climatic influences are Mediterranean and Saharan. In most of the coastal lowland, the climate is Mediterranean, with warm summers and mild winters. Rainfall is scanty. The weather is cooler in the highlands, and frosts occur at maximum elevations. In the desert interior the climate has very hot summers and extreme diurnal temperature ranges.
Regions & Cities of Libya :
Cyrenaica (Benghazi, Shahhat, Tobruk)
the north eastern region on the Mediterranean Sea
Saharan Libya (Gaberoun, Ghadamis, Sabha, Ghat)
huge southern desert region with amazing scenery and some of the hottest temperatures recorded anywhere in the world
Tripolitania (Tripoli, Gharyan, Misratah, Surt)
the north western region on the Mediterranean Sea with the capital city and ancient Roman ruins
Tripoli - the capital
Benghazi
Gharyan
Ghadamis
Misratah
Sabha
Shahhat— Ancient city of Cyrene, a World Heritage site, is nearby
Surt
Tobruk
In Tripoli, it is surprisingly hard to find a traditional Libyan restaurant. Most serve western-style cuisine, with a few Moroccan and Lebanese restaurants thrown in. There are also a number of good Turkish restaurants, and some of the best coffee and gelato outside of Italy. There are some wonderful Libyan dishes you should taste in case you are fortunate enough to be invited to a Libyan dinner party or wedding (be prepared to be overfed!). A favourite cafe for the local expatriate community is the fish restaurant in the souq. For the equivalent of a few US dollars, you can enjoy a great seafood couscous. A local speciality is the stuffed calamari.
Major cities have a range of accommodations available, from shabby hotels to 4 star establishments. Prices vary accordingly. While it seems to be diminishing with the arrival of more tourists every year, Libyans have a strong tradition of taking travellers into their own homes and lavishing hospitality on them. This is certainly true in smaller towns and villages.
Libya is an ancient crossroads of civilisations that bequeathed to the Libyan coast some of the finest Roman and Greek ruins in existence, among them Leptis Magna, Cyrene and Sabratha. Libya also has some of the most beautiful corners of the Sahara Desert, from seas of sand the size of Switzerland and sheltering palm-fringed lakes (the Ubari Sand Sea) to remote massifs adorned with prehistoric rock art (the Jebel Acacus), labyrinthine caravan towns (Ghadames) and an isolated black-as-black volcano (Wawa al-Namus) in the desert's heart.
A lot to see in Libya such as :
Grand Erg Oriental
Red Castle Museum
Gabal El Uweinat
Jebel Akhdar, Libya
Nafusa Mountains
GaberounMartyrs' Square, Tripoli
Arch of Marcus Aurelius
Great Man-Made River
Alfornaj Rotary
Gurgi Mosque
Benghazi Cathedral
Port of Tripoli
Port of Benghazi
Haruj
Wadi el Kuf Bridge
Mosque of Omar ibn al-Khattab
Molay MOHAMMAD
Al-Majidya Mosque
Sabratha Theatre
el-Manar Palace
Lake Gaberoun
Luna Park
Gheriat esh-Shergia
Anfiteatro Romano Di Leptis Magna
Benghazi Zoo
Hadrianic Baths
23rd July Lake
Tomb Of The Struggler Omar Al-Mukhtar
Temple of Zeus
Arkenu structures
Ancient Sabratha
Vella Selene
Abuscabh Project
Leptis Magna Theater
Sabratha Ancient Theatre
Al-Quba Al-Falakia
Severan Forum
Janzour Museum
Karamanly House Museum
Jebel Sherif
Museum of Libya
An Nasr Forest
Waw an Namus
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Libya
Libya is a country in the Maghreb region of north Africa bordered by the Mediterranean sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast ,tchad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west. the three traditional parts of the country are Tripolitania, Fezzan and Cyrenaica.