Where to Go
The old city of Tripoli is a typical North African with a maze of tiny streets. The port area may be photographed under any circumstances. The old fort of the Knights of Malta is well worth a visit, and at the Al-Jazaiyr place you can find houses from the colonial period.
Particularly interesting are also the following cities: the Roman Leptis Magna (well-preserved amphitheater), 120 km east of Tripoli, Cyrene (Greek Acropolis), 245 km east of Benghazi, Sabratha (Greco-Roman theater), 75 km west of Tripoli, Ghadames. , the pearl of the desert, 800 km south of Tripoli and can be reached by plane.
Libya Social Profile:
Food & Drink
The few restaurants that have not been set for the introduction of the general ban on alcohol in 1969 to operate, are expensive. Hotel restaurants are generally not recommended, but often the only way to get a meal. Among the traditional dishes include couscous with chicken, lamb or vegetables and Ruuz, a rice dish with various spices, meat and vegetables. Although it is traditionally eaten with your right hand, usually is also cutlery available.
Nightlife
In larger cities there are cinemas, some also show international films.
Shopping Tips
Leather goods, spices, jewelry and metals.
Sports
Beaches that are ideal for swimming, there are also further away from the public beaches in Tripoli and Benghazi. In larger cities you can play tennis, golf and bowling. Football games and horse racing are popular pastimes.
Social Conventions
In typical Arab women in general, events are not allowed. Women should dress decently, especially when visiting mosques and in small towns. Bathing suits may be worn under any circumstances beyond the beaches taking pictures. Public buildings may not be photographed. It should always be asked permission before photographing people will tip. 10-20% of operation are normally included in the bills of hotels and restaurants. Porter does not get a tip taxi drivers.
Travel – Internal:
Plane
Libyan Arab Airlines (LN) provides fast and frequent services between Tripoli and Benghazi, Sebha, Beida, Mersa Brega, Tobruk, Misurata, Ghadames and Kufra on. Between Tripoli and Benghazi, there is an hourly shuttle service.
Train
No passenger trains. The railway line Tripoli Sabratha Al Zawiah Zuara Zeltins Ras Abu Kamash Ejdeer is under construction. Another rail line is planned from the coastal town of Sirte to the oasis in the Sahara Sabha.
Bus / car
The main thoroughfare running from west to east along the coast. Some of the major roads lead into the interior, including to Sebha, Ghadames and Kufra. Since 1969, only road signs with Arabic script may be used outside of larger towns, they are rarely seen. Gasoline is readily available and inexpensive, reliable maps are not there. Spare parts are hard to find, repairs are not reliable bus. The route between Tripoli and Benghazi in a bus, between Benghazi and Tobruk, a minibus taxi. Fares should be agreed in advance rental cars are available in Tripoli and Benghazi documents:.. Licenses are valid for three months, after a Libyan driver’s license must be requested and carried.
Note (bus / car)
Visitors to the desert regions will need before beginning their journey from the Libyan authorities a so-called desert pass. This is usually available via the tour operator.
City traffic
In Tripoli and Benghazi, there is a public bus service with three pricing zones. The buses are overcrowded and run irregularly.
Location
North Africa.
Area
1.77506 million square kilometers.
Population
6,173,579 (estimate 2008).
Population density
3 per sq. km.
Capital
. Tripoli Population: 1,203,637 (estimate 2009).
Form of government
Islamist-socialist People’s Republic since 1976. Constitution of 1977, since 1994, Sharia (Islamic law). The supreme organ of state: General People’s Congress, with around 3000 members, seven general secretaries. Independent since 1951 (former Italian colony).
Geography
Libya is mostly desert. The country is bordered to the west by Tunisia and Algeria to the east by Egypt, on the south by Niger, Chad and Sudan (the Sahara extends to these three countries). The Mediterranean coast is almost 2000 km long. In the east, a plane moves from the Tunisian border to the area of the Jabal Akhdar (Green Mountain), the inland is hilly. In the western coastal area between the east and Misurata and Zuara between Susah (Apollonia) and Benghazi farming is done. In the province of Cyrenaica and higher in the Jabal Akhdar the vegetation is lush thing. Throughout the country there are oases, except in the area of the sand and the lake Sarir Calanscio Saharan Tibesti Mountains of Sarir.
Language
The official language is Arabic. Berber and Nilo-Saharan languages. It is spoken in the largest cities in some English and Italian.
Religion
Islam (Sunni) is the state religion (97%), Catholic and Orthodox minorities.
Time
GMT + 1
No daylight saving time in Libya.
Of Central Europe is in winter and in summer +0 +1 hr hr
Mains voltage
150/220 V, 50 Hz power failure occasionally.
Head of Government
Shukri Muhammad Ghanim, since 2003.
Head of state
Muammar Al-Gaddafi, (1969-2011).
