Middle East
Top 10 Must-Sees in The Middle East
Petra (Jordan)
Spectacular, rose-coloured city hewn from the rock amid stunning scenery.
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Wadi Rum (Jordan)
Unrivalled desert landscape synonymous with Lawrence of Arabia.
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The Pyramids (Egypt)
The premier wonder of the ancient world.
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Mt Sinai & Red Sea coast (Egypt)
Mountain scenery immortalised by Moses and breathtaking underwater geography.
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Esfahan (Iran)
Blue-tiled evocation of Islam’s sublime aesthetic vision.
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Damascus (Syria)
Evocative old city that travellers never want to leave.
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Jerusalem (Israel & Palestinian Territories)
Old city at the intersection of Islam, Christianity and Judaism.
Baalbek (Lebanon)
Splendid Phoenician and Roman ruins replete with temples to the gods.
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San’a (Yemen)
Fairytale, labyrinthine 2500-year-old walled city.
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Ubari Sand Sea (Libya)
Saharan landscape at its best with dunes and palm-fringed lakes.
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