When to go
The best time to go is during the cool season (November to March). You can visit the Cyrenaica, Tripolitania (Mediterranean climate) and Ghadames throughout the year. For desert, the period from mid-May to September should be avoided because it is very hot in the desert of Libya. From October to mid-May, it is quite possible to leave with the necessary check that you can buy on the spot without any problems.

Security
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Single Woman
Libya is a Muslim country you should, for example, adopt the dress code. No shorts for men, and no skin-tight dresses for women. Wearing a scarf over the hair will be greatly appreciated because this gesture is seen as a mark of respect.

Population
The population of Libya was estimated at 5.6 million in 2004. Foreign workers and their families represent about 20% of the total population and 50% of the active population. They come mainly from Egypt, Sudan and the Sahel (Niger, Chad, Nigeria, etc.)... .

Languages Spoken
Arabic is the official language, but the Berber is still spoken, especially in the oases and the mountains of Tripolitania and Cyrenaica. Arabic must be used for all official communications. Almost all the inscriptions are in Arabic, which makes it almost essential to use a guide. Most Libyans have some concepts of English.

The Arab world
Nationals of Maghreb: Algerians, Moroccans and Mauritanians are now affected by the requirement to obtain a visa if they want to travel to Libya. This measure does not apply to Tunisians and Egyptians.

Other
For your holiday, you need a visa. The documents required to obtain your tourist visa:
- Six-month validity Passport for at least 6 months from the date of issuance of the visa. No visa or entry stamp into Israeli territory should appear on the passport.
- The Visa Application Form
- A certificate of roundtrip ticket
- An ID picture
- The statement of financial responsibility of the Libyan local travel agent
- 35 € in cash

The exempt from visa

NB
You have two solutions:
• Make your visa in your country:
You make representations to the Libyan embassy in your country, at least one month before your departure, with the statement of financial responsibility of the local agency (of your choice) that will be by mail.
• Obtaining a visa directly in Libya:
Make your visa application in advance because the time necessary to obtain can be long (one month or more). You should come personally to the embassy or consulate with your passport and its translation into Arabic language, approved by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Rahhala Estimation


Lodgings & Costs

Hotels

Change
1 LYD = 0,5397 EUR, 1 EUR = 1,8527 LYD.
1 LYD = 0,8439 USD, 1 USD = 1,1850 LYD.

Flights to Libya
Since the raising of the embargo, most airline companies have resumed their normal flights to and from Libya. You will have no difficulty in joining the international airports of Tripoli and Benghazi.
Airlines and flights to Libya

Afriqiyah Airways
Tunis Air
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
Suissair
Qatar Airways
Soudan AirwaysAir France
Libyan Airlines
Royal Air Maroc
There are eight airports reserved for domestic flights: Misurata, Sirte, El Brega, Tobruk, Ghadames, Ghat, Kufra El, Houn. Libyan Airlines has a monopoly on domestic routes. The tariffs are not prohibitive: a return Tripoli / Benghazi up to 56LYD; about 35 euros against 800 LYD /500 euros by taxi. The disadvantage is the flexibility of working hours

Transports
The road network as a whole is good but the roads are often covered with sand. On the other hand, the signs are only written in Arabic and few outside of Tripoli. In the desert, apart from the 4x4, camels are still the best way to get around easily. There are two main ways to travel:
Taxis, but they do not all have meters. We must therefore think to negotiate the fare before. In general, a race in town does not exceed 4 LYD; a race in the city does not exceed 10 LYD and a one-day package for 100 LYD.
Renting a car: is equivalent to 80 per day LYD. It requires an international license. Driving is on the right.
Buses: They do exist.... But it is impossible to provide a schedule of regular rotations.

Events & most important Festivals
The 3 annual events in Libya are Touareg festivals, Kabaw festival in March, Ghadames festival in October and Ghat festival in December (28, 29, 30).
Ghat Festival from 28 to 30 December 2008 (tbc) The Touaregs gather for a festival with a program of oratorical contests, camel races ... The festivities start around 22h (note: hours are flexible) with a parade of camels, and a theatrical staging of the birth of the oasis of Ghadames. Children, women and men wear traditional dresses, accompanied by music and folk dances. There should be a little wool, and a thermos of coffee as it can be a little cold. It ends around 4am ... to resume at 11am tomorrow morning. You will also discover during this festival the traditional crafts of Niger and Chad particularly highlighted: jewellery, dyeing, pottery, weaving, woodcarving, leather work ... After the Ghat festival, you can go to discover the Akakous (walks and 4x4) which offers fans of traditional cultures an immersion in the landscape of the Fezzan
Ghadames Festival from 26 to 28 October 2008 (tbc) With Touaregs! Ghadames Festival takes place in November with almost the same program as during the festival of Ghat.

Activities in Libya: Trek...
Trek: Today when we talk about trek in Libya we speak mainly of the Sahara region of Fezzan. It is located in the south-west and covers most major areas of the trek. Fezzan is surrounded by Oubari erg to the north, Mourzouk erg to the south, the city of Sebha to the east and the Tassili of Maghidet to the west. In moving from west to east, one can distinguish the Tassili Maghidet and its border with the erg Titersine, south of the mountains and Tadrart Akakous, Grand erg WAM Kassa and the plateau of Messak Mellet monitoring Messak Settafet. The Messak, this immense plateau and severe black sandstone cliffs is bordered on its western side. Its northern part (Messak Settafet) is regarded as one of the largest groups of rocky Art across the Sahara. Akakous is the "star" of Libya in terms of the trek. But it is also one of the most gone through. This relatively high and oriented mass on a north-south axe unfold its 200 km in the wake of the Algerian Tadrart. Sandstone plateaus, cut wadis, contain mixtures of beautiful Tassili- sand landscapes.
Tibesti Libyan oasis of Kufra, based on large groundwater is one of the most recent destinations. The confines of the Western Desert (Egypt) and Chad, is an "other" still open desert: the nomadic Toubous, volcanoes and Tibesti massifs almost never gone through (Dohone).

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History of Libya
10th-1st century BC: Phoenicians established on the west coast of Libya trade counters which will be later under the control of the Carthaginians.
Around 631 BC, Greek colonists settled in Cyrene, in the east. At the end of the second century BC, the Romans, who defeated Carthage, extended their control over the entire North African coast.
1st-6th century AD.: North Africa became one of the most prosperous possessions of the Romans, who founded the powerful cities, such as Leptis Magna. In the fifth century, tribes of the vandals took the western regions, but in the following century Byzantine forces sent from Constantinople restore the imperial hegemony over the entire coast.
7th-15th century in 642-643, Libya was conquered by Arab armies, the inhabitants converted to Islam. After several dynasties of Egyptian rulers, North Africa became part of the Ottoman Empire. The local governors often retained a high degree of independence vis-à-vis the Turks.
16th-19th centuries: In 1830, naval forces in Europe and the United States put an end to piracy. Tripoli is under the thumb of the Karamanli dynasty. In 1835, the Turks resumed direct control of the Libyan provinces. In the 1840s, the Senoussi Brotherhood, which advocates a purer form of Islam, extends its influence to the Cyrenaica.
In 20th century: war against the Ottoman Empire (1911 1912), Italy conquered the coastal cities and the interior of the country is pacified until 1931. More than 50,000 Italian farmers are brought into Libya to cultivate the confiscated land. In 1940, Italy entered the war alongside Nazi Germany. Allied forces are based in Egypt Libya before being repelled by the Afrikakorps of the German general Rommel. After the Allied victory of El Alamein in 1942, the country is liberated and Italian settlers were expelled.
 Independence: Libya gained independence in 1951 under the reign of Idris 1st.
 In 1959, the oil discovery opens an era of prosperity.
 In 1969, army officers led by Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi proclaimed the Libyan Arab Republic.