The size of Libya and fluctuating domestic flight schedules mean that a week's stay in Libya must focus on one region. This stay focuses on two regions: Tripolitania and Ghadames. Attention, for security reasons, some areas may be inaccessible. Be sure to check before you leave.
Day 1: Archaeological site of the ancient Sabratha
Day 2: Road to the "Pearl of the Desert"
Day 3: Ghadames the Saharan
Day 4: Heading for the mountains
Day 5: Yefren and its environs
Day 6: Leptis Magna, former Roman capital
Day 7: Stroll in Tripoli
Day 8: Last hours in Libya
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Arrival in Tripoli and departure for visiting the archaeological site of Sabratha, classified as UNESCO World Heritage Site. Return to Tripoli.
Departure to Ghadames, via the old fortified granaries and the Berber villages of Qasr el-Haj and Nalout. Arrival in Ghadames in the evening.
Discovery of Ghadames, whose old town is classified as a World Heritage Site. We also visit the palm grove, the museum, the fort of Ras el-Ghoul (reserve the small lakes of An-Debban in the desert for the next morning on the way back). Sunset on the dunes of Ramlet el-Ramsin.
Departure to Jebel Nefousa, with visits to the old fortified granary of Kabaw and the old Berber towns of Jadou and Turmisa. Night in Yefren. Be careful, there is only one hotel in Yefren - and one youth hostel. If it is full, shorten the day's visits as you will have to sleep in Gharyan or return to Nalout.
In the morning, visit the various sites in the vicinity of Yefren. A short walk to Gharyan to visit a renovated cave house and the stalls of potters and return to Tripoli (90 km).
Full day dedicated to the discovery of the archaeological site of Leptis Magna, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Visit of the archaeological site and the museum, as well as the Villa Silin with its splendid Roman mosaics. Return to Tripoli late in the afternoon.
Full visit of Tripoli: museum, old town, old mosques, Emperor Marcus Aurelius' triumphal arch, souks, city centre of Italian colonial architecture.
Return to France.
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