Nafousa Mountains 4 Days 3 Nights

Arrival at Tripoli Airport, meet your guide, complete the visa formalities, then drive to the city centre and transfer to the hotel. Depending on time of arrival, We will Enjoy a spectacular overview of Libyan history at the national museum of Libya ( if open ) then start exploring Tripoli City known as the White Bride of the Mediterranean, including Gurgi Mosque, The Arch of Marcus Aurelius and House of Yusuf Karamanli. After dinner at the fish market restaurant. We walk back to the hotel via Italianate façades

Early drive towards the Nafousa mountains. Libya’s Amazigh heartland and one of Libya’s most intriguing corners, a land of stone villages on rocky perches and otherworldly Amazigh architecture. We will stop at the perfect Amazigh granary store of Qasr al-Haj. Continue to the abandoned stone village of Tarmeisa take some photos then drive to Kabaw where we will have our traditional Lunch. We will drive to Gharyan to visit A troglodyte cave house, before we head back to Tripoli for the night

Full day excursion to the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Leptis Magna, the largest and bestpreserved Roman city in the world that came to prominence in the 2nd century AD under its native son, the Emperor Septimus Severus. Following his reign, the city fell into decline until revived by the Emperor Justinian in the 5th century AD at which time it fell under Byzantine rule. The vast site is truly spectacular: the sites include the triumphal Arch of Septimus Severus, the Hadrianic Baths complex, the Palaestra (Athletics Ground), the Nymphaeum (Temple of Nymphs), the huge Imperial Forum, the Basilica, the Arches of Tiberius and Trajan, the Theatre with its beautiful backdrop against the Mediterranean Sea, the Sanctuary of the Divine Emperors, and the Market with its unique kiosks which, at the time of construction, were a groundbreaking design in the Roman world. In the eastern section of Leptis Magna we will see the Circus and enormous Amphitheatre with seating for over 15,000 spectators. We will visit the vast arena, and see the gladiators’ anterooms and animal enclosures. En route back to Tripoli, if open a visit will be made to the 2nd century Villa Sileen, the home of a wealthy Byzantine that was discovered in 1974. The wall paintings portray scenes such as gladiatorial combat and chariot racing while the mosaics display river scenes that include sea nymphs, birds and animals. Overnight in Tripoli. Road mileage today: 280 km.

Today we will drive to the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Sabratha, originally founded in the 4th century BC. It later fell under Greek influence before Rome took hold in the 1st century AD. The most spectacular monument is the Theatre, featuring 108 Corinthian columns rising to a height of twenty metres above the stage. Below the stage you will see marble friezes depicting mythological figures including, inter alia, the Three Graces, the Judgement of Paris and the Nine Muses. We also see the Punic Mausoleum of Bes, the Temple of Antoninus, the Temple of Zeus, the Court of Justice and the great Roman Forum. (Museum can be closed). After Lunch Transfer to the airport. End of tour.