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Pro
People once you introduce yourself are very friendly and have pride in their country.In Tripoli every thing is very central like the beach,the hotels,places of interest and shopping centres.
Con
gets a bit boring after awhile, lacks "oriental flair"
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The city of people from every corner of the earth
TheWanderingCamel Says: Without a doubt, the great Roman city of Leptis Magna - once the greatest Roman city in all North Africa - is a must-see on every visitor to Tripoli's list. Abandonment rather than successive rebuilding on the same site has left the city in a wonderfully intact state and the...
TheWanderingCamel Says: It was Eid al Kabir the first time I visited Qasr al Haj and, unfortunately, the qasr was locked so I had to be content with a walk around the outside, peering through the great palm trunk doorway. It was enough to see what a fantastic place this is, and to make me want to...
TheWanderingCamel Says: Shabby and faded as much of it is, Tripoli's medina is still a great place to wander. With its mixture of Roman remains; Ottoman souqs, mosques and minarets; Arabic and Italianate houses graced by crumbling balconies and ornate doorways; busy streets and quiet alleys -...
thesource Says: Desert When you are in Libya You have to visit the desert ,It is a very special experience.Of courseyou have to deal with a tour group or specialists. But please do not try to go alone to the desert.Archeological sitesVisit Archeological sites such as ( Libdeh) , (the old...
iwys Says: The Gurgi Mosque was built in 1833 by Yussef aka Mustapha Gurgi , a sea captain who originally came from Georgia. You can see his tomb, through a window, in an antechamber to the right of the minbar. Nine columns support a roof made up of sixteen small domes. The mosque's...
sachara Says: The Jamahiriya Museum or National Museum gives a great chronical overview of Libya's rich history of art and culture. You can see replicas of the rock art (picture 2) from prehistoric times which you can find in the deep south of the Akakus desert. There are galleries with...
sachara Says: The Red Castle, Tripoli Castle or 'Al Saraya al- Hamra' is a landmark at the corner of the medina. It's a place with a long history. The castle was built at the site of the Roman Castrum, the Roman fortified camp. The first fort was built in the 7th century. In the 16th...
Al Ghazala Restaurant: pasta and seafood
iwys Says: Al Ghazala Restaurant is a an upmarket city centre restaurant that specializes in pasta and seafood. I ate the mixed grilled seafood, which was fish, shrimps, prawns, squid rings, rice and french fries, with a candle in an onion! It was OK, but the fish was not fresh that...
Sicilia Restaurant: The best Italian restaurant in Tripoli!
Natalia6781 Says: On the shore of Mediterannean sea, in the North-west of Tripoli I had the pleasure to find one of the best restaurants. A friend told me about the restaurant. Situated in Gergarish area, 7Km, in front of Gofran Mosque and on the side of the sea, the restaurant offers a very...
iwys Says: Since the revolution in 1969, Tripoli doesn't have any real nightlife such as you might find in other capital cities. Cafe Salim is about as good as it gets and it is where quite a few locals and foreign visitors gather to sit and drink tea or smoke hubble-bubble around...
TheWanderingCamel Says: Not that any visitors are going to need this for a while to find where that nice little hotel they read about is but the link here is a clear map of the city that anyone following the situation in Libya might find interesting.Al Misabah al Khadra (the long "square" near the...
thesource Says: HelloI'm female, originally from tripoli, Libya, and I have some tips on some things.In general when you arrive to Libya will find that it is the principal means of transport here is either a taxi or bus, usually taxi at the airport there is the most common forms of rapid...
Postoffice: A huge collection of Libyan stamps
sachara Says: If you collect stamps, Libya is the place to be. If not, it can be a nice souvenir to bring back home. In Tripoli we visited the postoffice to buy the ' total eclipse at Great Jamahiriya 29.3.2006' stamps. In the postoffice they showed you a big map with all the Libyan...
Tripoli Medina: Shopping in the souqs of Tripoli
Luchonda Says: The medina is the best place in town to get lost in a labyrinth of narrow streets and souqs (markets) and is the home of 38 mosques, the Al Saray al-Hamra (Red Castle) and the last remaining Roman monument in Tripoli, the Arch of Marcus Aurelius at the northern end of the...
TheWanderingCamel Says: ....for non smokers!One of the hazards of visiting Tripoli was the smoking habits of the locals. Smoking was allowed everywhere and hotel rooms and restaurants could, and often did, reek of cigarettes and old tobacco smoke. Not any more! New legislation has seen the banning...
iwys Says: In the tea houses of Tripoli, you will see men smoking hubble-bubble, known locally as nargileh, or shisha. If you want to try it, a waiter will bring you one. It is a very light, perfumed smoke and even non-smokers, like me, find it tolerable. The tobaccos often include...
Assenczo Says: What one should never do is walk about in shorts. This is big "no-no" even for men. When safely on private property but still exposed to the eyes of the strangers, for example chilling out on your balcony, the same rule is in effect. I had the indecency to even sunbathe...
tripoli and libya isnt safe as u think
arahuma Says: well i am libyan ,travelled and lived western life ,when you come here be ready to start a new way of life ,the freedom you exercise at home and within public places you better shift it to closed doors to avoid getting stuck up with local closed mind people who dont even...
iwys Says: These modern office blocks on Tripoli seafront are nicknamed locally, the whisky bottles, as the locals believe that they resemble upturned Johnny Walker bottles. Not that many locals would ever have seen a real whisky bottle, however, as the sale of alcohol has been...
iwys Says: High up on the wall of the Red Fort, above the main gateway to the Medina, is a stone relief of St. George slaying the dragon, It was left there by the Knights of St. John in the sixteenth century. The cross which accompanied it was later removed by the Ottomans.
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Sunday morning in the medina in Libya's capital, Tripoli - the beginning of the working week (Friday and Saturday are the weekend here). It's still early, morning prayers are over and the souk is only...
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Tripoli - White Bride of the Mediterranean
Tripoli is a pleasant Mediterranean port city. Originally known as Oea, it was founded by the Phoenecians in the 7th century BC. The modern name Tripoli, or Trablous in Arabic, comes from the Greek......
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Ah yes, I tell here about the Tripoli capital city of Libya, the western one, not the Lebanese one, the eastern one, I hope to visit one day too; the Libyan one is called the west one since the first...
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Tripoli - still the white but "booming"bride
Tripoli continues to be one of the most beautiful cities along the Mediterrenean Sea. Friendly people - important monuments, like the national museum - the medina - the green place....
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In Arabic, Tripoli is known as Tarabalus Al-Gharb (Tripoli of the West). Tripoli was known as Oea in ancient times. Established in the 7th century (as Oea), Tripoli became the capital of Libya in...
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