Libya, a lot of people might wonder
why travelers go there. Although Libya opened its doors for
tourists only a few years ago, their numbers have increased
rapidly each year and lots of travel agencies & tour operators
added Libya to their tours and annual catalogs. So
what are tourists going to find and what is worth seeing in
Libya?
The distinctive geographical location of
Libya, lying in the middle of North Africa facing the southern
Mediterranean coast of Europe, granted Libya the novelty of
being the melting pot of many civilizations that rose and
fell in the history of the Mediterranean region.
The Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans, Byzantines
and ultimately Muslims left behind cities, ruins and shrines
scattered all over the land that is now Libya, which makes
Libya an "open air museum", around 1.8 million square-km.
wide. You’ll be stunned by the Greek ruins of Cyrene
and Apollonia
and other cities holding the Byzantine and Roman identities
like the glorious Leptis
Magna and Sabrata,
and the Islamic character still vivid in the Old
City of Tripoli and its old mosques. You’ll
be bewildered also by the deserts and the oases that are nothing
less than amazing, like Ghadames
and Ghat.
And never forget to include the civilizations
that initiated in Libya: the Garmants who established the
ancient city of Germa
in the south, and the breath taking prehistoric engravings
and drawings in the Tadrart
Acacus mountains and Wadi
Matcandoush in the southwestern region depicting
life of that remote past. Some of these locations are UNESCO
World Heritage sites.
Is this everything about Libya? Of course
not! There are lots of other aspects that enrich the memory
of each visitor to this country; lots of them described their
stay in Libya as one of their best. You may not believe this
until you experience it for yourself.
The endless beauty and quietness presented
by the Libyan desert with its different environment and exceptional
landscape varying from region to region. It is no doubt that
it’ll all leave a clear mark in your memory when your
sight can go as far as the horizon in some places or sometimes
make you feel like you’re on another planet in other
places or surprise you with the view of the lakes embraced
by the sand dunes in the middle of the desert where you would
never expect to find one drop of water!
This is not all, there are other incentives
that’ll make your trip to Libya unique and remarkable,
being a safe country and comprising warm welcoming locals
who love and cherish their country, spontaneously responsible
towards strangers, saving no effort nor energy in offering
them any kind of help.
If you plan to make Libya your upcoming
destination, please contact
us and on behalf of Libtra Tours and our team,
you are most welcome in Libya!