Tokra was one of the five cities of the Greek Pentapolis, the Site is 70 Km Northeast of Benghazi.Founded in 510 BC Tokra was one of the first ports settled from Cyrene, it was renamed Arsinoe after the wife of Ptolemy II and later known as Cleopatris after the daughter of Cleopatra and Mark Antony.

Tokra was built using soft sandstone which has prooved unable to withstand the earthquakes and other vagaries that the centuries have wrought upon the Cyrenaican coast. Inside the walls you find Greek and Roman Columns and the excavated remains of Roman tombs cut into the rock wall of a sunken pit. The fort's current structure dates from the turkish and italian eras. Outside the gates to the west a small archeological railway runs west to the eastern basilica, within which what remains of the main sanctuary, apse and baptistry are visible along with some ancient greek inscription.

A small museum contains a site map of Tokra with some very interesting tomb artifacts.