We spent the day driving north and east of Benghazi into the green, verdant countryside that you’d probably associate more with Provence in France than in Libya. We stopped along the way to Cyrene to try some bread and coffee and then we met some locals celebrating their football team on a bridge (not sure why) before stopping at the ancient Greek city of Cyrene.
Cyrene was established in the 6th Century BCE by the Greeks (who are only 200km away) and grew into a huge city before being occupied by the Romans, the Byzantines, Italians and others. We spent most of our time seeing the Temples of Apollo, Artemis and Zeus before heading off for dinner and an early night. It’s been a tremendous day, but we’re all quite tired from all the flying and driving. There are more ancient Greek cities to see tomorrow.
My Libyan photos are here (Opens in new tab.)
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