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Akakos House, for a tea or local meal
sachara Says: The man who inveited us in the Akakos House showed us also a decorated room with benches along the walls. You can drink tea here or have a meal of the Libyan cuisine. The only thing is you have to order this in advance. But in case you have enough of all the chicken...
Akakos House, ethnographic exhibitions
sachara Says: The Akakos House that we found on our way to the souk has more surprises. It was not only a gallery showing masks and other wooden sculptures. It was a nicily decorated house (picture1 &2) with ethnographic and historical exhibitions in several rooms. So we saw colourfull...
sachara Says: Walking in the city centre, I took pictures of a Turkish House (picture 1). It turned to be the Akakos House. We were invited to enter (picture 2).In the colourfully painted innercourt (picture 5) and in the rooms we saw several wooden sculptures (picture 3 & 4). A business...
Sharia Omar al-Mukhtar shopping street
sachara Says: Sharia Omar al-Mukhtar is the main street in the citycentre of Benghazi. It's a lovely looking pedestrian area. At both sides of the Italian renovated street are white coloured arcades with lots of shops. It's an easygoing area to walk, to do some windowshopping or buy some...
sachara Says: The futuristic building at the corniche of Lake 23 July, which is looking like a tent, is the Green Book Building. They told us, that it is a study centre, a so called mataba.In the Green Book Muammar Gadhafi has elaborated a set of philosophies. I had heard of this book...
sachara Says: The former Italian Cathedral in Benghazi is built between 1929 and 1939. The building a is landmark close to the corniche by its two characteristic green domes which can be seen from the waterfront. The cathedral was one of the largest churches in North Africa. The...
Strolling in the Benghazi Souq
sachara Says: The covered market area of Souq Jreed in the Old City stretches for about one km. You can easily reach the souq from the Freedom Square and walk to the Funduq Market. I always enjoy to stroll around in souqs. It's a nice way to get a glimpse of daily live in the town, to get...
sachara Says: At the Freedom Square or Maydan al-Huriya close to the Old Townhall you can find also the the oldest mosque of Benghazi, the Atiq Mosque. The original Atiq mosque was already founded in 1400, but rebuilt several times aftertwards. In the World War II many buildings of...
Al Tazej restaurant: Fast food
sachara Says: Coming from the sights around Al Bayda we arrived late in the beachresort 'Ghrounis Tourist Village' 5 km out of town. Because it was off-season there was noty much to do in the resort. We went out to look for a supermarket to do some shopping for the next days for the trip...
sachara Says: The last night in Benghazi before we had to leave for the airport for our filght back to Tripoli, we ordered our dinner in a local chicken restaurant in the citycentre. Before dinner was served we could have our last walk in the citycentre. Like most of the bars and...
sachara Says: We came from Tripoli to Benghazi by plane, a fokker. It was a comfortable morning flight of less than one hour. Benina International Airport is a small airport. All went in time and smoothly. The airport is about 20 km out of town.On the way back everything was totally...
iwys Says: Buraq Air, founded in 2000, is Libya's first private airline. I flew Buraq Air from Tripoli to Benghazi and back. Based on my experience, I would highly recommend this small, but modern and efficient, airline. I must admit I was a bit apprehensive as I had never heard of...
African Art Shop: Buying souvenirs
sachara Says: If you didn't find nice local things in te authentic souqs, you can go to Sharia Omar al-Mukhtar, the main shopping street with lots of shops. When I visited in 2006 there were not many shops with local craft, but we found a African Art Shop. It was an amazing collection of...
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During our walk in the afternoon we entered a bar to drink a tea or coffee. It was a local place where the men smoke a nargileh or waterpipe. Like in many other Middle Eastern countries also in Libya and Benghazi you can smoke a nargileh. There are several flavours to choose.
We drunk our tea and the men smoked their nargileh. They liked it to show us how it works.
Updated Feb 7, 2010
PelLihi Says: Some of the roads are in a very bad condition. So if you really want to drive yourself, be careful. The traffic is bad too. On a road with 3 lanes normally 5 cars run parallel to each other. You will even get passed by cars on the right hand side (even if they have to drive...
Benghazi British Military cemetary
sachara Says: In the district Al-Fuhaywat of Benghazi are two British Military cemetaries. We visited the Benghazi War Cemetary opposite the children hospital. At the cemetary are 1214 graves of Commonwealth soldiers. Here is also the grave of Geoffrey Keyes, who succeeded to invade the...
sachara Says: North east of Benghazi on the way to Al Bayda is the Jebel Akbar, the 'Green Mountain'. The Jebel Akbar is a mountain ridge of a maximum height of 880 m. In the north south direction there are several steep wadi's.One of the most spectular is the 'Wadi Kuf' or 'Valley of the...
sachara Says: Tocra or Teucheira is founded around 510 BC. Tocra was one of the first ports settled from Cyrene. For the building of Tocra soft sandstone was used, which has proved unable to withstand the earthquakes through the centuries.After passing through the gate (picture 1) into...
iwys Says: Benghazi's Medina or Old City isn't as extensive or as well-preserved as Tripoli's, but it is an interesting area to wander around. There is an ongoing Medina renovation project, which will make it more attractive for visitors in the future.
iwys Says: Sharia al-Corniche overlooks Benghazi Harbour. On the landward side are some of the city's grandest buildings, including the Former Cathedral and Garyounis University. Although the road itself is quite busy, there is a very broad pavement for promenaders.
Benghazi is the second large city of Libya. In the old city we visited the area close to the lighthouse, the only place where you can find some remains from the ancient times. Close to the lighthouse...
Benghazi is an ancient Libyan city, built at first by the Greek , and known as one of the Pentapolis : or the five cities which are Qureena , Darnis ,Barce , Tokera , and Bernice . This city...
History of Benghazi 446BC – City founded by the brother of the King of Cyrene, who named the city Berenice 6th century BC – City populated by the Greeks and renamed Euseperides 249 – Egyptians take......
Benghazi is one of Libya's major economic centres. It is the country's second city and prinicipal city of Eastern Libya. Benghazi is also a bustling port and commercial centre.
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