Libyan Grand Tour

What a great journey, which began years earlier from Bologna, a friend of mine one day, I am presenting Abdul, owner of ALAWY of Sebha TOURS COMPANY (LIBYA). Abdu - now affectionately kimono - looking for a good chart to follow the image of its Tourist Agency. Hence, business cards, brochures, stickers, and especially the website.

But one day there is the opportunity, go and visit the Libyan ALAWY la TOURS COMPANY, and then a beautiful fane in the 2005 presentation of the BIT (Tourism Fair) in Milan.

12 days immersed in history, the adventure, in a stunning and breathtaking scenery which can be the desert of Sahara.

 

Arrival in Libya

A special meeting, a different culture, a different society.

Abdu expect my wife and me at the airport in Tripoli. Together with the driving velocity ", the mythical Bilghasem, we head towards the hotel, then preparaci an initial contact with the Libyan culture, we start well, a restaurant where stratospheric taste in the company of traditional music, all the specialties of this wise country.

Libyan coast and Sabhrata

Early in the morning, at not too mild, leaving for Sabhrata, history Romana us.
Direct to the West, after a discreet svagonata Km, routes on the coastal road we arrive at Sabhrata. What magic, the Roman civilization in one of its flourishing periods settled here and built magnificent cities, Sabhrata is one of them. Anything that you can call on Roman ruins here are well maintained, the sand has preserved many buildings, a look at the adjacent museum and then ... away ... toward the interior of Libya.
Our friendly guide Bilghasem (now nicknamed Bel) millstone Kilometers Kilometers on. Nafusa through the mountains, we stop along the way to Nalut to visit the Berber fortresses where the people used to store grain and oil during their long transfers to new lands in search for water and vegetation, below, to arrive in Ghadames, dinner and stay in a picturesque hotel.

Ghadames

The whole day is devoted to the visit of Ghadames is located at the Sahara, an ancient caravan center, traditional homes in Libya is the response of men to harsh environmental conditions and the need to maintain the social organization and respect the tradition and social culture, the old town of Ghadames in Libya is beautiful as "a living bridge between traditional and contemporary architecture in the whole country."
It has a total area of 75 hectares, including buildings, palm groves and gardens, the oasis of Ghadames region the secondary Gharyan, one of the five sub-regions of the region de Tripoli. Moreover, it is one of the most important trade routes, connecting central Africa with the Mediterranean Sea coast.
History records that the travelers arrived from Yemen attrraversarono the valley where Ghadames is situated, remained one night night, and when moved, the arrival of morning, forgot their provisions.
Then they will have remembered their provision and that they had left behind where they had lunch the previous day. A man on horseback is then returned back to retrieve the food, the horse was dug with the socket in the ground and the water is leaking, and for this reason, the current source is called the source of "horse" (el Faras Eyn Di) .
This story explains the origin of the name Ghadames which means "lunch yesterday." The Arabic name contains two words that Ghada means "lunch" or "food" Ed Ames which means "yesterday". The oasis of Ghadames was colonized by many countries as other parts of the country.
In the afternoon we move a few kilometers to sample the first dunes of the Sahara, we bear to watch a spectacular sunset over the desert. exciting after all these visions have a place booked in a typical restaurant in the new boys who Gadhames ... eating!

Gadhames - Sebha

Other svagonata of kilometers and we are in the midst of a crossroads in Libya to Shuerif, other delicacies to eat and smoke a Libyan Narghile, immediately after, the departure time of Sebha, our gateway to the desert adventure, we arrive there in the evening.

Sebha - Germa - Idhan Murzuk

Here, early in the morning, Bel salute, our guide sprinter, with whom we shared the few cubic meters of his van and opened Toyotone leader who will make us run to the dunes of the Sahara, Saad, a omonia that in other circumstances might seem an unreliable character, in this case will prove a safe guide to whom I entrust my life to a place so inhospitable as the desert, with him there is the cook, the confidential Bilel, a young Tuareg, who rimpinzerà of delicacies Libyans also in the middle of the desert.
It 'time, starting time alal of Germany, where in the national museum, we know the places that we go to visit, fromuntil their history to their geology.
Visited the museum, is the good time ... take the road ... which way ... a language of asphalt ... that at any moment turns into sand, after a few miles away in that track .. Saad sees only ... we stop and my wife and I have the first contact with space absurd ... that throughout our lives we had not yet seen .. after lunch .. again and drive away ... towards the dunes dell'Idhan Murzuk to install in our first real field and the dunes of the Sahara.

Idhan Murzuk - Mathkandush - Messak

After breakfast, we start with the 4x4 to the wadi Matkandush. Passing through the sand dunes of yellow Uan Kasa, the expanse of Messak Mellet by white stones and Messak Settafet, the expanse of black stones sharpened, to visit the beautiful cliffs carved by ancient prehistoric inhabitants of the area. Incredible to see the rocks carved animals that lived in Sahara about 10,000 years ago. Spend the night between high sand dunes and red Idhan Murzuq.

L'Akakus

Arriving near the fascinating and impressive chain dell'Akakus us immettiamoattraversiamo the gorges of Teschuinat and Fozzigiarein, here are immense sculptures of nature as the great arch then, again, incredible cave paintings depicting hunting and social life of ancient dell'Akakus inhabitants, incredibly, gazelles, giraffe, horse, show that this one time, 10,000 - 4000 years ago, was a green, with wildlife and human settlements. Only 4000 years ago changed the time and little by little rivers and Lakes have become dry and inhospitable, we spend a night nell'Akakus, equipping the area protected by high rock formations. We pass near the site called Addad (the finger), a curious rock formation shaped like a finger, leave dall'Akakus by Awiss towards Alwenat to head towards Ubari.

Lakes - Sebha

Incredible friends, unforgettable days, but now we are back in civilization, the first human outpost after 5 unforgettable days in the desert.
Walk down the road from Al Awinat Sebha direction, we stop to enjoy an authentic Arabian coffee at home of our guide and Saad, then we head into the dunes for overnight Awbari. In the morning we head into the sea of sand Awbari and up and down the ocean of sand dunes, fun! get to the beautiful region of Duada: an area dotted palmes of salt Lakes and dunes that are reflected around. We find the lake Gabroun, Mafu, Mandara, Oum-Al-MA. Overnight and the next morning we visit the remaining Lakes where we expect madman ran up and down Ledune, the evening Sebha again the next morning we head to the local airport and on board an Antonov fabulous style Indiana Jones we head at a time of Tripoli

Tripoli - Leptis Magna

Once in flight Tripoli with a resounding, we would expect from Bel, time to go to the east, veso Leptis Magna, we begin with the arc of Septimo Severopoi Cardo Maximo, where this intersects the road to the west and the Decumanus Maximo dedicated to Severus built in 203 AD to celebrate the arrival of the all around, gyms, saunas, shops, temples and baths and the museum and finally the beautiful amphitheater. In the evening Bel Call us at home and his wife prepares us and teaches us all a good isegreti cous-cous Libya.

Tripoli - Italy

The whole morning is devoted to shopping in the markets of Tripoli, after having bought spices, green tea and various pottery, we head to the airport to greet all employees Abdu, before we embark on an airplane back home.