The extent of Libya and the fluctuating schedules of domestic flights lead to the need to concentrate on a region in a week's stay. This stay focuses on the Régions and Cyrenaica regions, with a focus on its archaeological sites. Attention, for security concerns, some areas can be inaccessible. Find out before you leave.
Day 1: Archaeological site of the ancient Sabratha
Day 2: Greek city of Ptolemais and walk in Benghazi
Day 3: Archaeological site of Apollonia and port of Soussa
Day 4: Hellenic Metropolis of Cyrene
Day 5: Al-Bayda and its surroundings
Day 6: Stroll in Tripoli
Day 7: Leptis Magna, former Roman capital
Day 8: Last hours in Libya
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From Tripoli, we will go to visit the archaeological site of Sabratha: the forum, temples, churches, thermal baths and especially theatre. Return to Tripoli.
Departure for Benghazi by plane. Visit the Greek city of Ptolemais and overnight in Benghazi. In the morning or evening, we will take the time to take a walk in the city of Benghazi.
From Benghazi to Apollonia (200 km), the port of Cyrene. Visit of the Byzantine churches of Ras el-Hilal and El-Athrun. Eventually, the Ras Hilal waterfall. Overnight in Soussa or in the tourist village of Ras el-Hilal.
Visit the site of Cyrene, a Hellenistic metropolis, with the area of the sanctuary of Apollo and the area of the agora, but also the museum, the temple of Zeus and the tombs of the ancient necropolises. Night in Al-Bayda or Shahat.
In the morning, direction the museum of Qasr Libya with its exceptional Byzantine mosaics. On the way, we will take the time for a walk in the wadi el-kouf, the "cave valley". Return to Benghazi and plane to Tripoli.
Visit of the city of Tripoli, its rich museum of antiquities, its old town, its ancient mosques, the triumphal arch of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, its souks and craft workshops, then the Italian colonial district.
Full day dedicated to the discovery of the archaeological site of Leptis Magna, the capital of the Roman emperor Septime Severe. Visit of the archaeological site and the museum, then departure for the site of Villa Silin, with its fabulous Roman mosaics. Return to Tripoli late in the afternoon.
Return to France.
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