Africa - Libya (PDF Chapter)

This is the Libya chapter from Lonely Planet’s Africa guidebook.

Libya offers some of the finest Roman and Greek ruins in existence, and some of the most beautiful corners of the Sahara Desert, from seas of sand sheltering palm-fringed lakes to remote massifs adorned with prehistoric rock.

• look out across the Mediterranean from Leptis Magna, one of the world’s best-preserved Roman cities
• maps
• explore the whitewashed medina and world-class museum in Tripoli
• visit Ghadames, the Sahara’s most enchanting oasis town with a labyrinth of covered passageways shadowed by palm gardens

Coverage includes: Understand Libya.