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Detail of the stay : (fmagweb)6785:titre - 8 days

Sabratha
Tripoli
Sabratha
Benghazi
Ptolémaïs – Tolmeta
Ras El-Hilal
Benghazi
Apollonia – Soussa
Ras El-Hilal
El-Athrun
Cyrene – Shahat
Al-Bayda
Tripoli
Benghazi
Tripoli
Tripoli
Leptis Magna
Tripoli
Leptis Magna

Day 1: Archaeological site of the ancient Sabratha

Steps: Sabratha, Tripoli

From Tripoli, we will go to visit the archaeological site of Sabratha: the forum, temples, churches, thermal baths and especially theatre. Return to Tripoli.

Day 2: Greek city of Ptolemais and walk in Benghazi

Steps: Benghazi, Ptolémaïs - Tolmeta

Departure for Benghazi by plane. Visit the Greek city of Ptolemais and overnight in Benghazi. In the morning or evening, we will take the time to take a walk in the city of Benghazi.

Day 3: Archaeological site of Apollonia and port of Soussa

Steps: Ras El-Hilal, Benghazi, Apollonia - Soussa, El-Athrun

From Benghazi to Apollonia (200 km), the port of Cyrene. Visit of the Byzantine churches of Ras el-Hilal and El-Athrun. Eventually, the Ras Hilal waterfall. Overnight in Soussa or in the tourist village of Ras el-Hilal.

Day 4: Hellenic Metropolis of Cyrene

Steps: Cyrene - Shahat, Al-Bayda

Visit the site of Cyrene, a Hellenistic metropolis, with the area of the sanctuary of Apollo and the area of the agora, but also the museum, the temple of Zeus and the tombs of the ancient necropolises. Night in Al-Bayda or Shahat.

Day 5: Al-Bayda and its surroundings

Steps: Tripoli, Benghazi

In the morning, direction the museum of Qasr Libya with its exceptional Byzantine mosaics. On the way, we will take the time for a walk in the wadi el-kouf, the "cave valley". Return to Benghazi and plane to Tripoli.

Day 6: Stroll in Tripoli

Steps: Tripoli

Visit of the city of Tripoli, its rich museum of antiquities, its old town, its ancient mosques, the triumphal arch of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, its souks and craft workshops, then the Italian colonial district.

Day 7: Leptis Magna, former Roman capital

Steps: Leptis Magna, Tripoli

Full day dedicated to the discovery of the archaeological site of Leptis Magna, the capital of the Roman emperor Septime Severe. Visit of the archaeological site and the museum, then departure for the site of Villa Silin, with its fabulous Roman mosaics. Return to Tripoli late in the afternoon.