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Holidays Libya  -  Travel information Libya.

Country in North Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea.

The three traditional parts of Libya are Tripolitania, Fezzan and the Cyrenaica.

Municipalities in Libya [ Baladiyah ]: Ajdabiya, Al 'Aziziyah, Al Fatih, Al Jabal al Akhdar, Al Jufrah, Al Khums, Al Kufrah, An Nuqat al Khams, Ash Shati', Awbari, Az Zawiyah, Banghazi, Darnah, Ghadamis, Gharyan, Misratah, Murzuq, Sabha, Sawfajjin, Surt, Tarabulus, Tarhunah, Tubruq, Yafran and Zlitan

Banghazi

Libya is located between Egypt on the east, Sudan on the southeast, Chad and Niger on the south and Algeria and Tunisia to the west.

Capital City of Libya: Tripoli. 


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Hotels in Libya

 
Centrally located hotels ranging from small family run budget accommodation to world-class five star hotels.

 

Travel Agents / Tour Operators

Kuoni Holidays  -  Escorted Tours in Libya
En route to Libya, you'll visit El Alamein, scene of one of the most decisive Allied victories of World War II. Across the border, lesser known Tobruk experienced equally fierce fighting and changed hands four times between 1940 and 1942. The final breakthrough of the Allied army against Rommel's forces at Tobruk was essential to Alamein and entire war effort....

Page & Moy 
Activity Holidays, Christmas & New Year, Events, Holidays by Air, Holidays by Coach, Resort Holidays, River Cruises, Short Breaks, Touring holidays.

Travelsphere  
Travelsphere is the UK's No. 1 operator of escorted holidays

Adventure Holidays in Libya
Do you want to see wildlife, go trekking, discover fascinating cultures and ways of life, experience life in a tribal village, see the stars from a desert wilderness... Try one of the activity holidays, travel experiences not to be missed! Adventurecompany.co.uk.

 
Create your perfect trip  -  Flight, Hotel and Car

 Cox & Kings
Cox & Kings is the longest established travel company in the world, its history stretching back to 1758.
 Mountain Travel Sobek  -  Libya Desert Adventure
 Remembrance Travel  -  Tripoli, Tobruk & Benghazi
 Responsibletravel.com  -  African safaris & holidays
100's of holidays to Africa from dozens of leading specialist tour companies and accommodations who are passionate about conserving Africa's wildlife and benefiting its people.



 The Adventure Company
 Voyages Jules Verne  -  Great Journeys for the discerning traveller

Inbound

 Libtra Tours
 Magic Libya
History, Travel facts, Photo Galery, Sites, Tours, Cruises, Hotels

Travel Guides Libya / Related Books

South from Barbary: Along the Slave Routes of the Libyan Sahara 
Justin Marozzi
An account of Justin Marozzi's 1500-mile journey by camel along the slave-trade routes of the Libyan Sahara. Marozzi and his travelling companion Ned had never travelled in the desert, nor had they ridden camels before embarking on this expedition. Encouraged by a series of idiosyncratic Touareg and Tubbu guides, they learnt the full range of desert survival skills, including how to master their five faithful camels. The caravan of two explorers, five camels with distinctive personalities and their guides undertook a gruelling journey across some of the most inhospitable territory on earth. Despite threats from Libyan officialdom and the ancient, natural hardships of the desert, Marozzi and Ned found themselves growing ever closer to the land and its people. More than a travelogue, "South from Barbary" is a fascinating history of Saharan exploration and efforts by early British explorers to suppress the African slave trade. It evokes the poetry and solitude of the desert, the companionship of man and beast, the plight of a benighted nation, and the humour and generosity of its resilient people.
Paperback 320 pages (May 7, 2002); Publisher: Flamingo; Language: English; ISBN: 0006531172
Libya - Lonely Planet -  Anthony Ham
Covering the splendours of the Sahara, from rock art, isolated lakes, mud-brick towns and magnificent sand dunes, this book is the ideal companion for travel to the country. Contains a special section on Roman and Greek ruins along the Mediterranean coast, as well as a historical and cultural overview for in-flight reading.
Paperback 264 pages (March 2002); Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications; Language: English; ISBN: 0864426992
Libya Handbook: The Travel Guide (Footprint Handbooks) -  James Azema
This guidebook to Libya contains practical travel information, as well as background material on subjects such as prehistoric Saharan rock art, Roman imperial building, the Berbers of the Jabal Nafusa, and Italian colonial architecture. Excursions to south-eastern Tunisia and Alexandria in Egypt are covered. Comprehensive information is included on how to plan a trip - from getting the documents to when to go - as well as background information on culture, history, religion, art and architecture
Paperback 338 pages (November 1, 2000); Publisher: Footprint Handbooks; Language: English; ISBN: 1900949776

Transportation / How do I travel to Libya

Libya's main entry points are Tripoli and Benghazi or by Libyan Tunisian or Libyan Egyptian Border. You can travel by air, or ports. You can also enter from Egypt, Tunisia or from the south of Libya by land. Please make sure to have preparations and that your Libyan contacts know about your plans

 Benghazi Airport  -  Benina International Airport
 Tripoli Airport
    
 
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 Airline Tickets / Bargain Flights  -  Flights Libya / Price comparison possible

 Maps International  -  Maps of Libya  
Mapsinternational.co.uk is one of the largest map shops online.
 Online map Libya [ Uni Texas  -  Perry-Castañeda Library  -  Map Collection ]
Libya (World Travel Maps S.) 
Map (April 26, 2002); Publisher: Institut Geographique National (IGN); Language: English; ISBN: 9633529484.
 Encarta map of Bengha


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 Government Libya

 Tripoli  -  Capital City of Libya
Libya's biggest city, the queen of the seas. It is an historical site. the city of Islamic civilization, Arab art and handicraft, where every monument tells a story. Tripoli has changed little since its foundation in the first millennium BC: it is still a lush garden filled with olive trees, palms, grapevines, and orange groves. The city has a wealth of old and new monuments.

3 traditional regions of Libya :

 Cyrenaica Region { Benghazi ]
 Fezzan [ Phasania ]  -  south-western desert region and a former Province
The main city of the region is Sebha.
In the north Fezzan is crossed by the Ash-Shati Valley and in the west by the wadi Irawan.
 Tripolitania Region [ Tripoli ]  -  historic region and an ex Province
The region was originally inhabited by Berbers; in the 7th century BC Phoenicians settled in colonies along the coast, which later came under the control of Carthage. See Wikipedia.

 Al Butnan  -  with capital city Tubruq
Al Butnan has a shoreline on the Mediterranean Sea in the north. To the east, it borders Egypt [ Matruh Governorate ].
 Al Jabal al Akhdar  -  in the north-east of the country with capital city Al Bayda
Not far from the city of Shahhat, the remains of the old Greek colony of Cyrene can be found. In Antiquity the neighbouring city of Apollonia was a major port in the Mediterranean Sea.
 Al Jabal al Gharbi  -  ???
 Al Jfara / Al Jufrah  -  in the centre of the country with capital city Houn
 Al Kufrah / Cufra  -  southeast Libya with capital city El Jawf
Al Kufrah borders with Egypt, Sudan, and Chad.
 Al Marj  -  northeastern Libya, on Al-Marj plain at the western edge of the Akhdar Mountains
Al Marj has a shoreline on the Mediterranean Sea in the north.
 Al Murgub  -  The main city is Al Khums.
In the north, Al Murgub has a shoreline on the Mediterranean Sea.
 Al Wahat  -  in the northeast
 An Nuqat al Khams  -  in the northwest of the country with capital city Zuwarah
In the north it has a shoreline on the Mediterranean Sea and to the west it borders Tunisia.
 Az Zawiyah  -  in the north-west of the country
In the north Az Zawiyah borders the Mediterranean Sea.
 Benghazi  -  second largest city in Libya and the main city of the Cyrenaica region
Located on the Gulf of Sidra, a little southwest of the site of the ancient Greek city of Berenice or Berenicis. The Greek island of Crete is a short distance from Benghazi Benghazi is one of Libya's major economic centres.
 Darnah  -  in the northeast of Libya with capital city Darnah
Darnah has a shoreline on the Mediterranean Sea in the north.
 Misratah  -  City and Province in northwestern Libya
Masrah lies about 210 km to the east of Tripoli on the Mediterranean coast near Cape Misratah.
 Murzuq  -  in the south of the country with capital city Murzuk
To the southeast, Murzuq borders the Bourkou-Ennedi-Tibesti Region of Chad, and to the southwest it borders the Agadez Department of Niger.
 Sabha  -  in the center of the country
 Surt  -  in the north of the country, bordering the Gulf of Sidra
In the north, Surt has a shoreline on the Mediterranean Sea.
 Tarabulus = Tripoli
 Wadi Al Hayaa  - in the centre of Libya with capital city Awbari
 Wadi Al Shatii  -  in the west bordering the Illizi Province of Algeria

 Agedabia  -  city 154 km west of Benghazi, 12 km from the coast
 Al Bayda  -  city in northeast Libya, originally intended to be the new capital of Libya
All of the necessary government buildings were constructed there. The plan to move the capital from Tripoli to Al Beyda' was dropped.
 Al Jawf  -  capital city Al Kifra / Cufra 
Near Al Jawf is a very large oil refinery.
 Al Khums  -  in the north-west of the country  -  ancient Roman city
120km east of Tripoli along the coast.
 Ghat  -  in remote south-western Libya [ Fezzan territory ]
The city of Ghat is an important tourist destination due to the existence in the neighboring Tadrart Acacus Oasis and Tassili N'Ajjer mountain range with prehistoric rock paintings and engravings [ and the beauty of the surrounding desert landscapes ].
Long ago Ghat was a major terminal point on the Trans-Saharan trade route. It was a stronghold for the Kel Ajjer Tuareg federation. If you needed a good sword in ancient times ... this was the place.
 Libdah  -  historic place
 Marsa El Brega  -  oil port , 87 km west of Ajdabia
 Misratah  -  chief city of Fezzan, one of the three traditional regions of Libya
Misurata City is one of the trade centers that the Phoenicians started building in the tenth century BC on the northern western part of the Libyan coast. Nowadays third largest city in Libya. There is a port in the neighbouring town of Qasr Ahmed.
 Nalut
 Sabha  -  most important city of southern Libya
At Sabha the Sahara Desert begins. People from Ghana, Togo, and Sudan come through Sabha and then to Europe through Tripoli. Near Sabha, inside the Sahara Desert, there is a big lake named "Gaberoun"..
 Suitina  - The port of Ajdabia
 Suluq
In Suluq you will find the mausoleum of Omar Mokhtar, hero of the Libyan Resistance during the Italian occupation.
 Tobruk [ Al Butnan ]
 Yefren
 Zuara

 Beaches Libya
Libya offers you two thousand kilometers of splendid beaches, and some beautiful small cities each with its typical architecture and special characteristics, like Auwarah, Tubruq, Misratah, Az Zawiyah, Al-Khums, and Zlitan.
 Desert of Libya
Explore Libya's desert in Wadi Ash Shati, the plain of Awaynat, Brak, Murzuq, and the oases of Al Kufrah,  Zallah and Bazimah. Then cool off in Al Bayada' or near Al Marj, or on the plain of Darnah.
 Mountains
Take the highway east to the cities of the Green Mountain: Darnah with its falls and splendid coast ; Al Bayda' , a quiet city high up in the mountains; ancient Shah'hat (Cyrene) and beautiful Susah (Apollonia), Tulmaythah, Tukrah, Ra's Al Hilal.

 News from Libya  -  Aldaleel Newspaper [ Arabic ]
 University  -  Al Tahdi University [ mostly Arabic ]
 University of Benghazi  -  Garyounis University [ founded in 1955 ]
Garyounis University incorporates five faculties on the main campus of the University of Garyounis. It also has four faculties of Medicine outside the Garyounis area, a Faculty of Dentistry, as well as a large number of Teacher Training Faculties in many cities around Benghazi.
 University of Misratah  -  hجامعة 7 أكتوبر  -  7 October University
One of the largest universities in Libya.
 University of Surt  -  Al-Tahadi University

Cuisine - Libya Cooking Recipes

 African Recipes

History of Libya

Independence: 24 December 1951 (from Italy)

Tripoli and Cyrenaica were Roman colonies; and were conquered by Arab Muslims in the 7th century. By the 19th century it was an increasingly independent Ottoman province; and came under the control of Italy in 1911. After the Second World War Libya was granted independence, as a condition of the Allied peace treaty with Italy.

 Libya's History  -  Wikipedia
Ancient Libya [ Tripolitania and Cyrenaica ] to 647, Islamic Tripolitania and Cyrenaica 647-1911, 3 Italian Colony, 1911-1951, Modern Libya

Libya has played host to many civilizations, and has enriched civilization in its turn, with writings, drawings and engravings in the caves of Tadrart mountains, and archaeological treasures from Ataft. The Phoenician, Roman, and Byzantine ports of Tripoli, Sabratah, Libdah, Shah'hat, Susah, Tukrah, and Talmitha.
The old Islamic cities such as Sirt, Darnah, and Ajdaniya, and other cities in the heart of the desert, including Ghadames, Zuwaylah, Jalu, Ojla, Ghat, and Fezzan. Not forgetting the places and fortresses of Gharyan, Mizdah, Al-Qaryat, Yifran, Jadu, Nalut, Misallatah, and Awinat.

Three Months in the Libyan Desert 
Gerhard Rohlfs, C.Vance Haynes (Introduction), Helga Wocherl (Translator)
In the winter of 1873-74, Gerhard Rohlfs led a scientific expedition, at the behest of Khedive Ismail, to explore the Great Sand Sea west of Egypt's Dakhla Oasis and to reach Kufra Oasis in what is now Libya. The expedition set a new standard for scientific exploration of the Sahara: prior to this, European travelers in the eastern Sahara had kept mostly to established caravan routes. And whereas Rohlfs had earlier explored parts of the western Sahara more or less on his own, on this expedition he took along several leading scientists: Dr. Karl Zittel, a geologist-paleontologist; Dr. Wilhem Jordan, a geographer and geodetic surveyor; Paul Ascherson, a botanist; and Ph. Remele, a noted photographer. Together they made up the first interdisciplinary team to conduct a geoscientific exploration of the region. Publication of Zittel's About the Geologic Structure of the Libyan Desert in 1880 was the beginning of the systematic geologic mapping of Egypt. Three Months in the Libyan Desert is Rohlfs' account of the expedition, its adventures, and its many trials. The original German edition remains one of the classic accounts of early desert exploration, and this edition makes it available for the first time in English.
Paperback 272 pages (January 2005); Publisher: The American University in Cairo Press; Language: English; ISBN: 9774248384 
Tobruk: Birth of a Legend (Cassell Military Paperbacks S.) -  Frank Harrison
The siege of Tobruk in 1941 was the first time the British army succeeded in defeating a German army operation in World War II. Despite all the ingenuity of Erwin Rommel, the 'Desert Fox', and the bravery of his Afrika Korps, the outnumbered and outgunned British garrison held the port until a relief mission, 'Operation Battleaxe', drove back the German and Italian forces. It was during this epic siege that 'Lord Haw Haw', the German propaganda broadcaster, coined the phrase 'Desert Rats'. He intended it as an insult, but the soldiers at Tobruk took a perverse pride in the name which became the nickname of the 8th Army in general and the 7th Armoured division in particular.
Paperback 352 pages (April 1, 2003); Publisher: Cassell military; Language: English; ISBN: 0304362581

Music, Culture & Entertainment

Various kinds of Arab music are popular, including masoud and Arab classical music. The Tuareg, living in the southern, Saharan part of the country, have their own distinctive folk music.

 Libyana  -  Libyan Culture 
Libyana is a collective, volunteer effort of a group of Libyan women and men who love their culture and heritage. We invite you to share in samples of our history, literature, art, music, and folklore.
 Dido  -  Wikipedia
In Greek and Roman sources Elissa or Dido appears as the founder and first Queen of Carthage in Tunisia. She is best known from the account given by the Roman poet Virgil in his Aeneid. See also Greek Mythology Link, Phoenicia.org [ Elissar, Dido, the Queen of Carthage and her city ] en Queen Didi [ open, multilingual, cosmopolitan website, dedicated to Elissa the Jocund, alias Queen Dido (a. 840-760 B.C.), and to her inexhaustible aspects: historical, social, poetical, spiritual ones, and so on ]

Web Portal / Libyan Search Engine / Directory

 Go Sahara  -  German site  -  pictures
 Libya Online
Information about Libya from different aspects, from Arts, Music to Tourism and Technology
 Libyanet.com
 Libya - Arabinfoseek
 Sahara Overland
The website of the book, featuring travel news, travellers' reports, country information and other resources, plus updates for, and sales of Sahara Overland as well as other books and video / dvds.

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