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Libya is country found in North African. It has the longest coastline than any of the other African countries bordering the Mediterranean. The country is bound by 6 countries including Sudan in the Southeast, Tunisia and Algeria to the west, Niger and Chad to the South and Egypt to the East. Libya extends over 1,759,540 sq km of surface area, to make it the 4th largest country in Africa by size and 17th in the whole world. The country is approximately 90% arid thus one may wonder what could there be of interest ,A great country with a great history, a country of breathtaking beauty ...

Discovering Libya

Libya is country found in North African. It has the longest coastline than any of the other African countries bordering the Mediterranean. The country is bound by 6 countries including Sudan in the Southeast, Tunisia and Algeria to the west, Niger and Chad to the South and Egypt to the East. Libya extends over 1,759,540 sq km of surface area, to make it the 4th largest country in Africa by size and 17th in the whole world. The country is approximately 90% arid thus one may wonder what could there be of interest.
A great country with a great history, a country of breathtaking beauty, Libya’s High Mountain chains are just one of the beauties of its fabulous landscape with green fields and sun-drenched Mediterranean beaches.
Libya boasts a wide collection of tourist resources that spread over a vast area in the country. They range from landmarks, breathtaking landscapes, such coastal and rocky beaches and lakes, in the Mediterranean coast, Eljabel Elakhdar (Green Mountain), Eljabel Elgharbi (West Mountain), and several landscapes in the Libyan Desert (Sahara).

Libyan Desert

The man achievements represented in old buildings and cities, historical antique arts, customs, traditions and folklores which are considered having high importance due to its antiquity, originality and belonging to historical eras and epochs before Christ. The types of plants and animals, despite its unavailability with big number, form a factor of those of tourist attraction in the country, namely, as example, desert plants, multi-heads turtles, in addition to several types of birds such as hawks partridges
Tripoli is the largest city and it also doubles as the capital city. This is an ancient city, initially founded by the Phoenicians. It is home to 1.7 million of Libya’s 5.7 million people with an extended history with lots of archaeological sites to explore. It is an historical site and a great city of Islamic civilization, Arab art and handicraft, where every monument tells a story. Tripoli is one amazing African lush garden city filled with olive trees, palms, grapevines, and orange groves. The city takes pride in its wealth of old and new monuments. Travel east or west, to nearby Libdah or Sabratah, and soak up all the history. A Libya tour to the National Museum for instance offers a vivid insight into the history of Tripoli and Libya as a whole. In the old city is medina a walled part that is a fantastic place to explore with its narrow maze-like alleyways, much of which is dominated by the Red Castle (Assaraya al-Hamra). This is a huge palace with architectural elements from varying periods. Also of interest are the Gurgi and Karamanli mosques with their stunning and

Tripoli Shrine Temple

elaborate tiled decorations. Outside the Gurgi Mosque is the only remaining Roman monument in the city, the Arch of Marcus Aurelius.
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Apart from the capital Tripoli, there are several other cities in Libya, most of which are along the coast notable amongst these is Gharyan where you will find underground Berber dwellings and Ghadamis. This Mediterranean port city also takes pride in one of the largest old walled cities in North Africa as well as some fine Italian and Turkish colonial buildings. Others include Leptis Magna, Ghadames, Apollonia, Benghazi, Sabratha, Waw Namus, Cyrene, Misurata, Ghat, Germa and Nalut.
One of Libya’s most inspiring attractions is the archaeological site of Leptis Magna, a UNESCO World heritage Site and a major city of the then Roman Empire. It is located along the coast 130km east of Tripoli and the second largest after Rome. This is one of the best set of Roman ruins in the whole of the Mediterranean a definite impetus to necessitate a trip. Several also are the impressive amphitheatre with other vast remains include the Arch of Septimius Severus and the Severan Basilica.