Means of transport Lybia

On the main road, facing fast-food. Contact the office at the corner of the station where black and white taxis and minibuses are attached. They leave all day, but there are few. Minibuses serve (at the tourist price!): Oubari (15 DL), Sebha (20 DL), Tripoli (40 DL). Tripoli is not served every day, it depends on the demand. The rates for the premises are to be divided by two.

Ghat Airport reopened and Libyan Airlines has just relaunched a weekly flight from Tripoli (73 DL per route, 146 return DL).

You can walk on foot from the archaeological site, following on the right the main street leading to the centre of Khoms. The bus station is a little further away, on the left side of the main street, in front of the entrance to the small Arab souk. Hyundai minibuses and old Peugeot are used as collective taxis, leading to Tripoli (3 DL) and Misratha (2,5 DL).

It proposed two weekly flights to Tripoli from Tobruk airport two years ago, but for the time being it is closed for large renovations.

This private Libyan company offers flights to Rabat, Alexandria, Cairo, Istanbul, Aleppo and Tunis. Schedules are available on the company's website.

1 to 5 daily flights for Tripoli (60 DL economy class single, 120 DL return, 1 hour 10 or 15 flight) and flights to Benghazi.

In front of Hotel Afriqiya is a private company minibus for Misratha (13 DL), Sebha (20 DL), Tripoli (20 DL), Sirte (10 DL). At the foot of the hotel is the bus company El-Waddan (Tel. 092 400 39 83) with very recent buses (2006), air-conditioned and with film projection. They serve Tripoli (15 DL, departure at 18 h) and Sirte (7,5 DL), Misratha (11,5 DL, departure at 8 h), Sebha (16,5 DL, departure at 18 h), Joufra (13,5 DL, departure at 18 h), Tazirbou (twice a week) and the Egyptian coast.

Benghazi airport is about 15 km east of the city centre by the M'garief street (10 DL by taxi). It hosts national and international flights. A new terminal with a capacity of five million passengers per year will come into being in the coming years.

International flights. Several international companies have offices at Hotel Tibesti (Jamal Abdel Nasser Street): Lufthanza, Air Malta, Royal Jordanian, Air Malta - Tel (061) 909 23 86 - Tel: 091 328 57 22 - Egypt Air - Tel (061) 909 97 86/55 00 - Fax: (061) 909 97 86 (open Saturday to Thursday from to) - Tunis Air - Tel (061) 909 69 79 - Fax: (061) 909 65 90 (1 weekly flight for Tunis).

At Tripoli Airport Tel (021) 360 58 65

A counter at the airport

Tel. 361 81 02 021

Fax: (021) 361 02 81

Sale of tickets from Sunday to Thursday from 12 am to 16 pm.

Also a counter at the airport

Black and white city taxis. To travel to Sabratha (70 km from Tripoli, take approximately 45 minutes, or 1 hour if the road is bottled in particular at the level of the town of Zawiya; A comfortable option is to rent the services of a black and white taxi anywhere in the city. If he accepts, try to negotiate the return, with waiting on site, for about 30 DL. Likewise, it is possible to visit Leptis Magna (Lebda in Arabic, 125 km from Tripoli) and Silin villa for 50 DL for return. The driver will not necessarily know the route of Villa Silin, but he can explain it to the entrance to the Leptis Magna site.

The Tripoli International Airport, in Qasr Ben Gashir, for some time retains its old face, namely a single human-sized terminal, in which different shades of green are descended from the Jamahiriya's emblem. The style is more sober than a few years ago, when a profusion of Green Paper slogans stood in different places. Very soon, however, the airport will make new skin. Announced in September 2007, the construction of two new terminals is expected to be completed in the next few years. The airport would thus have a capacity of 3 million to 20 million passengers, with a view to making it a new hub between the countries of the North and the African continent.

Just under one kilometre from the international terminal, a small national terminal has been renovated and reopened (left of the roundabout leading to the international airport). Between the two terminals, there are a few free minibuses, but sometimes you have to take the taxi at prohibitive prices because drivers sometimes ask 10 DL for a race that is worth no more than 2 DL.

If your visa is issued upon arrival at the airport, as is now possible, a member of the local travel agency having made your invitation to the territory will take the step for you in a few minutes (you will have first travelled with a copy of your formal letter of invitation). If you are already in possession of the visa, your passage will take place quickly, checks and checks are not too rigorous. Remember, however, that it is strictly forbidden to carry alcohol in your luggage. If necessary, you will be subject to confiscation and other inconvenience proportional to the quantity held.

If you need to change aircraft for a national destination, please check because you may need to recover your baggage at the international terminal before transporting them to the national terminal where you will need to register them again.

You can change your money in the main lobby at the national banks, including the Goumouhirya bank open 24 hours a day. Visa® and Mastercard® card ticket distributors have been installed in the lobby where there is also a MoneyGram® money transfer service.

Services. In the main lobby there are various airline counters, car rental agencies, a small cafeteria and two small shops, which can be useful for returning to meals the famous show of Colonel Gaddafi, whose tourists are so fond of their effigie. A cafeteria, a first class space, a duty-free shop (accepting Visa card) and a souvenir shop, a mailbox, a distributor for MasterCard and a small Internet café are also available on the floor.

Taxis. To travel to Tripoli, km from the airport, black and white taxis await you at the parking lot. The race price is between 10 and 15 DL during the day and 15 to 20 DL in the evening. For other destinations, it is possible to address from the airport lobby at the El-Bashayer taxi company counter, Tripoli race 10 DL and other possible destinations such as Sabratha (35 DL), Sebha (120 DL), Benghazi (200 DL).

The young private Libyan company El-Buraq currently offers between 2 and 4 daily flights from Tripoli to Benghazi (flight duration 1 hour 10, 72,5 DL price 120 single and DL return). It also offers a weekly flight from Tripoli to Sebha (1 hour flight, departure at 20 h 30). Flights and schedules of flights based on seasons can be done on the company's website, as well as reservations, but the latter service is sometimes unavailable. Two years ago, the flights of Buraq were known for their punctuality, which is no longer the case. The company has good airplanes, but it can sometimes happen that it uses airplanes from a charter company.

Previously, the departure of Buraq aircraft was carried out at Mitiga International Airport. They now depart from the new national terminal located next to Tripoli International airport. However, it would appear that during the important work that is going to be carried out by the latter, Buraq flights can leave Mitiga Airport: Check with a Buraq agency.

If you have to go to this airport (about 8 km from the city centre, opposite the corniche on the road to Tajoura), please tell your taxi (in Arabic «Matar El-Mitiga»), otherwise it would lead you to the other airport («Matar Trablous el-Alami»).

Bulgaria Air is the national airline of Bulgaria. It offers flights from several cities, including Sofia, Berlin, Varna, Brussels, Vienna, London, Moscow and Tel Aviv. Bulgaria Air also offers additional online services, such as booking preferential services and transporting pets.

Airport Counter Tel (022) 634 661 63

Fax: (022) 634 661 64

We go there at any time of the day (obviously better sooner than late). The tariffs for Tripoli are as follows: minibus Iveco 1,5 DL, 2,5 DL yellow and white cab, 12 DL black and white cab in all (you can arrange 3,5 DL per person). Collective minibuses and taxis for Yefren and Nalout are virtually non-existent; There is a black and white taxi (about 60-70 DL). A few collective taxis and minibuses go to Sebha (10 DL).

On the main street, continue straight until the roundabout with the great mosque: The bus station is a little further on one square on the left. A bus for Tripoli (Dahra station) every evening at 21 h (8 to 8 hours 30 hours, 8 DL). If the request is strong, a bus can also leave at 7 a. m. Dessert (1,15 DL), Sinawan (3 DL), Nalout (4,5 DL), Tiji (5 DL), Joch (5,75 DL), Chakchouk (6 DL), Rushben (6,15 DL) and Nineveh el-Hajj (6,15 DL, stop at the city entrance).

At each checkpoint on the road, the bus is fully controlled, which can delay the arrival in Tripoli by one hour. You can buy your ticket the same day.

The minibuses are on the left of the bus station, in front of the state souk. The company Tacharkiya Ain el-Faras - Tel (0484) 62 772, Tel portable: 092 505 10 82 - proposes the following destinations: Derj (2 DL), Sinawan (3 DL), Nalout (5 DL), Tripoli (10 DL, at 20 h 30), sometimes Kabaw and Gharyan. Many of these minibuses leave early in the evening. Minibuses for Sebha and Ghat are occasional, depending on the request.