Libya, North Africa’s second-largest country, is slowly opening up to tourism. If you want otherworldly desert sandscapes, giant dunes, hidden oases and ancient Roman and Greek cities, Libya is the place for you.
Libya is an ancient crossroads of civilizations that bequeathed to the Libyan coast some of the finest Roman and Greek ruins in existence. 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 to remote massifs adorned with prehistoric rock art labyrinthine caravan towns and an isolated black-as-black volcano in the desert’s heart.
Here are the main reasons to visit Libya
• There are 5 UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
• Archaeological Site of Leptis Magna
• Archaeological Site of Sabratha, Roman ruins
• Archaeological Site of Cyrene, ancient Greek city
• Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus
• Old Town of Ghadamès
• Al-Majidya Mosque
• Gurgi Mosque
• Jebel Acacus – Akacus Desert
• Jebel Akhdar
• Maidan al Jazair Square Mosque
• Martyr’s Square
• Mediterranean coast
• Nalrut Ruins
• Ptolemais
• Street Murals
• The Arch of Marcus Aurelius
• The beautiful architecture of Tripoli.
• The Sahara Desert.
• Tobruk War Cemetery
• Tripoli Fish Market
• Tripoli.
• Tripoli’s Jamahiriya Museum
• Tripoli’s Red Castle (Assai al-Hamra)
• Ubari Sand Sea
• Villa Silene.
• Wawa al-Namus