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Souk Al Thulatha Al Gadim, Tripoli, Libya
Good for: Historical Travel, Business Travel, Luxury Travel
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Near the Guest Palace / Al Khadra Hospital Bridge, Tripoli, Libya
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Two types of accomodation
- the standard or luxery hotels in Tripoli, Benghazi etc
- the basic campgrounds in the desert
No luxery, no AC, no roomservice - but a fantastic experience - just the basics - you, the desert and the sky
The light wents out naturally, desert foxes will leave their footsteps when you wake up and leave the tent - so you will never be alone
clean, quiet, good service and weak breakfast.
it is clean and fairly well-run hotel in embassy district, a decent choice for Tripoli.
good location
large suite with kitchen and sitting room, balcony and decent view.
The Ghoz Ateek is Misrata's big state-owned hotel. It is the equivalent of the Al-Kebir in Tripoli or the Tibesti in Benghazi. And like them, from the outside, with its palm tree-lined driveway and fountains, it looks impressive. It's only when you go into your room or try to use the facilities that you begin to see that all is not well with the place.
I had to stay here for some time and was very glad to leave. The place was clearly built with great ambitions, but it has been badly neglected and is beginnning to fall apart. The service is eccentric to say the least. Anyone who has seen Fawlty Towers will know what I mean. Many of the rooms have damaged baths and sinks and are badly in need of a fresh coat of paint and some new furniture. The inclusive breakfast consists mainly of bread, watery coffee and artificial juice. The restaurant grudgingly serves the same poorly-cooked, overpriced dishes every night.
Most of the facilities , including the swimming pool without water, the internet cafe with the padlocked door, the locked cinema and the hair salon whose hairdresser has left, are permanently closed, even though the staff will tell you every day that they will open tomorrow. I know because I was there for three weeks.
Occasionally, Italian tour groups visiting Leptis Magna stay here for the night. A standard room costs 90 LD, including breakfast. There are also some poorly-maintained, self-catering studio apartments which tend to be used by local honeymoon couples at weekends.
The Dar Ghadames Hotel is the newest and best in Ghadames, if not the whole of Libya. It opened in February 2006 and is one of the new generation of private hotels beginning to spring up around the country to cater for the increasing influx of foreign tourists. It is designated as four star, but it is far superior to the state-owned five star hotels, like the Al-Kebir in Tripoli.
It has 64 rooms and 4 suites, all with airconditioning, en-suite bathroom and balcony or patio. They are bright and tastefully decorated. There are long, white corridors and a spacious lobby, giving the interior a somewhat palatial ambience. From the outside it doesn't look anything special, in fact it looks a bit like the museum, but once its new gardens have matured, it will have a a nice setting too. It is a bit out of town and VERY quiet. So much so that you almost feel that you ought to speak in hushed tones so as not to break the silence. The beds are the best hotel beds I've come across in Libya, so you can get a great night's sleep here.
I really enjoyed my stay here and would highly recommend it to anyone. It is definitely a cool, refreshing place to relax after a long, hot drive through the desert or a day spent wandering around the maze of the Old City.
I've been going to Libya since it opened, for business. The best hotel is the Corinthia (aka Bab al Africa) - it should be at USD 350 per night. Most western business people (translation - oil people) stay there. It takes credit cards and reservations over the phone. THis is remarkable in Libya. Most of the other hotels are government run (al-Kabir, al-Maheeri, Bab al-Bahr). They don't accept credit cards, and will only reserve a room with a cash deposit. Forget phoning up for a reservation. And don't just show up and ask for a room, for they are always sold out with government people. Plus, you're likely to get thrown out mid-stay because an important govt official has arrived. So unless you're traveling with a tour agency based in Libya, you should not get a room at these hotels. A newer private hotel is the 4 Seasons (no relation to the hotel chain). It has a sister around the block called the 4 Seasons 2. Neither is luxurious, but are very nice, totally acceptable for business travel. There is phone, TV in every room. In 4 Seasons 1, there is internet available in the room (although what that means is that there is an internet plug in the room...whether the connection works is a totally different matter). Rates tend to run around 100-120 LD per night, which is not bad. It includes breakfast. It is the best buy in town. They also take reservations over the phone, and accept credit cards (shock!). Visa is best, as Mastercard always is a problem for some reason.
Pool? View? Have you been to Tripoli?
In March 2006 we visited Jalu in the Libyan desert to watch the total suneclipse. There was a huge campement rather close to the heartline of the eclipse for thousands of visitors, set up by the Libyan government. We didn´t stay there, but had our own campement at a tomato-farm not far from the heartline as well. We were with about 80 people of four different eclips trips, organised by the Dutch travel organisation 'Baobab Travels'.
We had comfortable new tents provided by Baobab with more than enough space for two persons and the luggage as well. When we arrived at the place, the Libyan tour agency had allready set up a huge coloured tent and provided the matrasses. We did only bring our sleepingbags.
Our Libyan hosts brought a huge tank with water and dozens of bottles with mineral water. It was amazing how they prepared a great dinner and breakfast for 80 people in the middle of the desert.
Never before I had such a comfortable stay in the desert. Only the toilet was under the thousand stars like I am used to during my deserttrips, but in this place behind a fence of palmleaves.
In Al Bayda we stayed in the Ayatourist Hotel. From the citycentre we reached our hotel at dusk by an unpaved road driving between houses and apartments under construction. At that moment, being tired of a long ride, the hotel looked to be 'at the end of the world'. Later from our balcony at the third floor we saw that there was another road at the other side with shops, restaurants and terraces close to the hotel.
Taking the unpaved shortcut to the high street from where we arrived earlier in the eveningn the evening, we could walk to the citycentre very quickly within 10 minutes. So all the shops, restaurants and internetcafés were at walking distance from the hotel.
The hotel is nothing special, but OK for a short stay. We stayed in Al Bayda only as base to visit the ancient sites of Appolonia and Cyrene. The hotel offers the usual stuff like double rooms with private toilet and shower and a restaurant where we took only our breakfast.
At the entrance of the ancient site of Appolonia is the Al-Manarah Hotel. From the hotelrooms in the front at the east side and at the seaside you will have spectacular views at the ruins of Appolonia.
Within one minute from the hotel you are at the entrance and ticketoffice of Appolonia. The hotel dominates the western part of the ancient harbour town. You can miss it.
I didn't stay in this hotel myself. I only entered and had a look in the lobby and at the groundfloor.
The toilets of the hotel are among the best I saw in Libya.
In Benghazi we stayed in a beachresort south of the citycentre. In March it was not really the season yet, so the family cabins a the beach were still empty. We had a room in one of the main buildings, easily reachable indoors from the reception. Our bus could stop in front of the outdoor stairs close to our rooms to bring our luggage.
The rooms and bathrooms were comfortable. The breakfast buffet was the best of our trip, offering varied Libyan and international food. We didn't take our dinner here, but walked to the mainroad in front of the hotel. Here are some restaurants and a supermarket.
At the end of our stay the staff of the hotel offered us a cd-rom of the hotel, which I couldn't play at my pc back home.
The location of the hotel at the beach is nice, but during our visit in march it was still off-season. The two swimmingpools were without water. The windy beach was still empty and the sea did not look really inviting for a swim as well.
When we came back in Tripoli after our eclipse trip into the desert we could move into the originally booked hotel. The Aldafaya Hotel lies in an area of Tripoli with more hotels. It's not far west from the old medina, situated between the busstation and the Tripoli International Fair.
The Aldafaya Hotel is a friendly hotel. I liked this hotel more than the Cleopatra Hotel where we had to move to, when at arrival the Aldafaya Hotel seemed to be overbooked. The Aldafaya hotel has a restaurant and a bar at the first floor. The rooms were OK and this hotel has the most spacious bathroom of all the hotels during the trip.
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