6 days / 5 nights

Day 1 : Arrival Tripoli

Arrival to Tripoli International Airport. Meeting and assistance with the visa formalities. Transfer by coach to the hotel. Free dinner & overnight in the hotel.

Day 2 : Tripoli (visit) - Al Khoms

Breakfast in the hotel. Full day dedicated to the visit of Tripoli. Libya’s modern day capital! Originally founded by the Phoenicians five centuries before the birth of Christ, they named it Uiat, the landing place between Sabratha and Leptis. Then known as Oea by the Romans who slowly invaded the region forty years after the destruction of Carthage in 107 B.C, The Marco Aurelius Arch, built in 163 A.D, was completely made from marble in honour of its Emperors Marco Aurelius and Lucio Vero. The arch depicts life as it was then, with engravings of prisoners under arms, women seated with their children and up high the two Gods which were the towns protectors, Apollo and Minerva on their carriages. Today its ruin stands as magnificently as it did in the ancient Oea. Then it was known as Tarabulus after the invasion of the Arabs in 643 A.D where its modern day name originates from –Trablus. Until the 18th century Tripoli remained a small town (where the Medina- old town-- is today), enclosed by its great walls and castle. The castle today is home to the museum ,and rightly so having lived through centuries of ups and downs of the town, of the invaders who came and went from the Roman time until today! The museum tells the story and holds the relicts of Libya’s ancient past. Tripoli gradually expanded after the Italian invasion with the construction of its wider avenues, a new cathedral and its typical Italian style buildings. We will visit this Italian quarter as well as the National Museum, the Medina, the Marcus Aurelius Arch and the Mosk. Free lunch and Dinner. Late afternoon drive to Al Khoms for overnight.

Day 3 : Al Khoms - Leptis Magna - Tripoli

Breakfast in the hotel. Full day dedicated to the visit of Leptis Magna. Leptis Magna, one of the best-preserved cities of antiquity. It was founded by Phoenician merchants around the beginning of the first millennium B.C. The great Emperor Severus born in Leptis in 145 AD turned his attention to his native city making substantial changes which every visitor could witness. The Arch of Septimius Severus standing at the beginning of the main north-south street the the Cardo Maximus, where this intersects the east west street the Decumanus Maximus, dedicated to the Severus built in 203 A.D to celebrate the arrival of the great Emperor. The Palestra a place for sports and games which is parallel to the Baths of Hadrian built in 126-127, remodeled in the time of the Emperor Commodus 180-192. The Nymphaeum and the Street of Colonnades, built under Severus and dedicated to the nymphs, it is a semicircular construction containing a pool and fountain, and surrounded by walls, to the Severus Forum and the adjoining Basilica which are the major extant large-scale buildings in Leptis, to the Harbour which was originally the natural mouth of the Leptis vally, sheltered from the sea by rocks to the north and east, continue with the Old Forum which dated to the beginning of the imperial era . In the northern corner of the forum are the remains of tiles from the time of the Emperor Augustus 30 B.C – 14 A.D during the governorship of Calpurnius. Stop for The Amphitheatre built in the period of Nero around the year 56 A.D on a natural slope of soft sandstone. It was renovated and enlarged in the 2nd century A.D and again under the Severus. Near the Amphitheatre was a small temple of the famous Artimes, or Diana, of Ephesus in Western Asia. Free lunch en route. Late afternoon return to Tripoli for free dinner and overnight.

Day 4 : Tripoli - Sabratha - Gharyan

Breakfast in the hotel. Departure westwards to the famous site of Sabratha. Sabratha was selected as an Emporium, or trading post, by the Phoenician merchant Sabratha holds one of the magnificent and interesting Roman Theatre and one of the most splendid mosaics of the Byzantine period. Sabratha as we see it nowadays is first and foremost a creation of the Roman genius for building cities. The Romans developed the commercial potential of Sabratha by using the port as an outlet for a trade route running through Ghadames to Central Africa. Ivory, slaves and wiled animals constituted the bulk of this traffic. Our visit will include; Mausoleum of Bes, discovered by the Italian Antonio di Vita as late as 1962 and dated back to the 2nd Century B.C, to the South Forum Temple dated to 160 A.D, to the Basilica of Apoleius known as the Forum Basilica transformed in Christian church, continuing with; Forum the center of the social life, the Antonine Temple built in 90-95 dedicated to the joint Emperor Marcus Aurelius and touring the Site to include the Basilica of Justinian, to the Curia, the Baths, the Temple of Isis, sunrise and sunset at Sabratha are solitary, bewitching. Without watchmen, without tourists, the city breathes deeply and one respects the stillness, finishing with the mite of Sabratha’s Theatre the most notable Roman building of Sabratha dated to 175-200 A.D; facing the semi-circular triple-tiered auditorium stands the great scaenae frons, 25 m high and composed of 108 Corinthian columns arranged in three storey which follow the gentle curves of the free apses that contain the three doorways familiar from Roman Theatres all over the Empire. Free lunch en route. Drive to Gharyan for free dinner. Overnight.

Day 5 : Gharyan - Yefren - Kabaw - Qasr el Hajj - Tripoli

Breakfast in the hotel. Visit Gharyan. At one time Gharyan was known as Gasr Garyan which means `the castle of caves’, it reflects the unique style of building which was typical to the Berbers called Troglodite’. This type of building was entirely dug out of the rock face,with tunnels dug out of the embankment taking you to a central courtyard connecting in turn to the surface meaning that either in summer or in winter there was always a constant temperature. Today Gharyan remains an important centre of the Jebel ( mountain ) which carries its name Gharyan. Continue to Yefren and visit the site. Drive to Kabaw. Kabaw holds what is left of an ancient Berber Granary. The granary is situated on the western side of the old town which is today uninhabited. One side wall of the granary is in ruins however the structure is fascinating with the actual container space still intact of where the grain and cereals were kept. In its time Kabaw was an important centrefor the Berber resistance against the Arabs. Drive back to Tripoli via Qasr Al Hajj. Famous for its fortified attivcs for food storage, Qasr Al Hajj impresses its visitors by the regularity of its construction. It is a cylinder construction dominating the old town with his high walls. Inside, 114 individuals voulted attics fill the wall all along in 3 different levels. A forth level, partly immerged, is not used anymore. It used to contain the olive oil, whereas the higher levels contained grains. Free lunch en route. Free dinner. Overnight in Tripoli.

Day 6 : Departure from Tripoli

Breakfast in the hotel. Transfer to the International Airport. Assistance by the Magic Libya team with the departure formalities. End of our services.