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Libya (LY) |
| Continent: |
Africa |
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| Surface: |
1.775.500 km ² |
| Inhabitants: |
5.631.585 |
| Capital: |
Polished with rottenstone |
International banking code (ISO Codes): |
LY |
| Official language: |
Arab |
Code: |
+218 |
| Currency: |
Libyan dinar |
Number plate: |
LAR |
| Routes of Libya: |
416 |
Routes towards Libya: |
409 |
| Preferred airports: |
Tripoli (TIP), Misurata (MRA), Sabha (SEB), Benghazi (BEN), Kufrah (AKF), Ghat (GHT), Mitiga (MJI), Beida Labraq (LAQ) |
| Principal cities: |
Polished with rottenstone, Banghazi, Misratah, Tarhunah, Al Khums, Ḩārat az Zāwiyah, Zuwarah, Ajdabiya, Is useful, Al Jadīd, Tubruq, Sabratah, Al Marj, Gharyan, Darnah |
| Airline company based in Libya: |
Afriqiyah Airways, Libyan Arab Airlines, Buraq Air, Alajnihah Airways |
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Tourist guide Libya (Africa) |
Libya is a country of North Africa having common borders with Egypt, Sudan, Chad, Niger, Algeria and Tunisia. In north, the country has a broad coast on the Mediterranean. Etymologiquement, Libya draws its name from the Egyptian old “Lebu” who indicated a Berber tribe occupying the western part of the continent.
Geography: Libya is the fourth larger country of Africa and its territory is occupied with more than 90% by a sand desert and rollers. The coastal region is much more fertile and favourable with the vegetation. Towards the interior of the grounds, the relief becomes more undulating and towards the center of the country, the landscape is dominated by high sand dunes and plates of average altitude. Close to the border with Chad, the relief rises considerably to reach the solid mass of Tibesti which represents the highest area of the country with a maximum altitude of 2.286 m on the mount Bikku Bitti.
Climate and period of voyage advised: Libya presents two quite distinct climatic zones. On the coastal region, it reigns a subtropical climate characterized by soft winters and hot and dry summers during which the temperatures border the 40°C. Inside the country, the diurnal temperatures turn throughout the year around 50°C to fall with fallen the night until reaching temperatures turning around 0°C. The rains are rare and occur only in winter on the coastal region. Libya belongs to the rare countries of the sphere on the territory of which does not run natural river. Nevertheless, in the center of the country, when the rains are sufficiently abundant, of old beds of rivers fill and exempt then a water bienfaitrice for surrounding nature.
Official languages and spoken languages: the official language is the classical Arabic. English and Italian are spoken and included/understood in the great agglomerations, in particular on the coast.
Health and vaccinations: generally one advises with the travellers to be made vaccinate against hepatitis has and B, typhus, the polio, the diphteria and tetanus. To prevent the viral diseases transmitted by the insects and the mosquitos, it is in general enough to cover well and apply products anti-insects.
The system and the equipment of health are satisfactory only in the big cities. It is thus advised to contract a insurance-voyage including/understanding a insurance-repatriation for the most serious cases. For more safety and to avoid the risks of infection, it is recommended to consume only bottled water, to peel the fruits well and to make cook vegetables before consuming them. Lastly, think of providing you with a small first-aid kit of voyage.
Conditions of entry on the territory: for the French nationals a valid passport is not enough to penetrate on the Libyan ground. A visa of tourism is also obligatory. It can be obtained from the embassy and of the Libyan consular services, but attention, the production times can be rather long. The Libyan authorities require the translation in Arabic by a sworn in translator of the page of civil statue of the passport. The travellers are also held to present a document in proof of their place of residence at the time of their stay in Libya. Lastly, the travellers whose passport carries a visa for Israel are prohibited of entry on the Libyan territory.
For further information concerning vaccinations, the conditions of entry on the territory and safety, you can for example consult the site of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
Travel and transport: from Paris (CDG), many international airline companies propose flights towards the international airport of Tripoli (TIP), located at approximately 35 km in the south of the downtown area. For the interior flights, one can turn to the Libyan national airline company, Airline Afriqiyah Airways (8U) which serves for example the towns of Benghazi (BEN) and Sebha (SEB) as well as not served African destinations Europe.
The capital: the town of Tripoli rests on a fertile tape of coast and shelters if one takes into account all his agglomeration 1,7 million inhabitants. The city was founded at the 7th century by the phenicians under the name of OAS and was then gathered with two other colonies phenicians, Sabratha and Leptis Magna to form Regio Tripolitana from which it draws its current name. The city has the largest port of the country and constitutes some the political, economic and cultural center. Because of its long historical past and its dry climate, the city can enorgueillir of many historic sites good preserved, most important being the Roman triumphal arches which date from the 2nd century, the Turkish mosques of Karamanli and Gurgi, the old fortifications of the knights about Malta as well as many houses of Italian colonial style on place Al-Jazaiyr and the ramparts of the 16th century dating from the Spanish colonial period. The Red Castle, Have-saraya Al-Hamra located on the heights of the city offers a beautiful sight on the area and the médina, characteristic of North Africa with its maze of picturesque lanes and its many souks, deserve also a visit. The city lodges also several museums which make it possible to be made a better representation of the historical importance than revêt the city. The museum of archeology has a very beautiful collection and the museum of ethnology exposes many documents of the periods phenicians, Romans and Byzantines.
Historic sites and places of bathe: until now, the tourist potential of Libya could not be consequently exploited tended international political situation. However the country has large tourist assets would be this only by its favorable geographical location. On all its Mediterranean coast extend from interminable sand beaches end that only some avid tourists of culture and history attend, if the local population is excluded. Moreover, Libya abounds, like any other country of the Mediterranean, of historic sites good preserved dating from the periods Greek, Roman and Byzantine and its immense desert area represents an ideal territory for the organization of safaris.
The town of Sabratha, located at 70 km in the west of Tripoli is classified with the inheritance of UNESCO and is with the town of Lepnis Magna one of the Roman archeological sites best preserved. One can admire the temple of Isis there, the thermal baths and the amphitheater remarkably preserved gréco-Roman.
Leptis Magna is located at 120 km in the east of Tripoli and sheltered during its period ostentation more than 100.000 inhabitants what classified it with the third rank of the cities of the Roman empire. Today, Leptis Magna is the city of Antiquity best preserved world and is classified since 1982 with the inheritance of UNESCO. Work of excavations began during the Italian occupation in the years 1920 and one however considers that to date, only 10% of the old city were updated, the city resting under a layer of sand a thickness of 5 Mr. Leptis Magna concentrates the greatest number of theaters, thermal baths, basilicas and markets located on the Libyan ground, all built out of invaluable marble and with dimensions such as only the monuments of Rome support the comparison.
The town of Ghadames, located at 550 km in the south of Tripoli in the triangle formed by Libya, Algeria and Tunisia is it also an archaeological treasure. The city is also classified with the inheritance of UNESCO and is easy access thanks to an asphalt road which connects it and which makes it possible in way to admire the splendid Libyan desert landscape. From Tripoli, one can also travel by the plane to join the airport of Ghadames (LTD) served by the airline company Libyan Arab Airlines (LN). The city, built out of red ground, has been used for several millenia as stage for the caravans because it offers good conditions to rest and to be supplied. The city is presented to the first access like a labyrinth of lanes decorated of pretty small places and bordered of houses covered with white cob dispenser with a welcome shade in this area in addition rather inhospitable. The médina also allures by its gardens, perfectly integrated into the architectural unit. The museum of the city, richly decorated, has a beautiful collection. Ghadames constitutes a good starting point to make an excursion in the deserts surrounding and to join the oases of Darj, Idriet Ubari or the site of Sebha.
Located at the border algéro-Libyan woman, the oasis of Ghât deserves to be the subject of an excursion. It is protected from the sand dunes which surround it by a belt of palm trees and is since centuries a place of important trade for the nomads Tuaregs. But the oasis is before any fame for the dwellings troglodytes located in the surroundings and the cave paintings going back to 9.000 years which decorate them. Paintings represent animals and scenes of the daily life of the old wandering populations. The site, located in the national park of Akakus is classified with the inheritance of UNESCO. The park is also a destination appraisal of the tourists because of his mountainous relief particularly escarpé and presenting curious forms such as natural arches.
With not missing: there “the pearl of the Libyan desert”, Sebha, will leave an indelible memory to the travellers come to discover the charms of the desert. The city rests in an ECRIN of immense dunes which can reach a 100 m height in height from which the summits are detached on the horizon. Not far from the city the area from the Lakes Mandara, each lake appearing extends a blue mirage in this landscape of dunes. A good manners to discover this landscape of dream consists in flying over it in the plane of the airport of Sebha (SEB). The city constitutes also a good starting point to go in what some regard as one of the wonders of the world, the area of Waw year Namus, that one can if not to connect only in the cross-country car. One can only be filled with wonder in front of the spectacle at a crater at volcano at a diameter at 3 m and depth a 160 m spouting out at a landscape at sand dunes. Surrounding this natural monument several salted lakes scintillating from various colors the blue ones under the sun extend, bordered of green by reeds and white by the salt deposits of a whiteness of snow.
Religion: the Libyan population is very largely Moslem sunnite, to 97%. One finds also small minorities catholic and orthodoxe.
Big cities and possibilities of lodging: Tripoli, Benghazi, Misratah, Al-Aziziyah, Tarhuna, Al-Chums, Zawiya, Zwara, Adjedabia and Syrte
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Flights expensive not preferred towards and of Libya/LY
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