Tripoli, Libya's Capital City | Libya Travel Guide

Tripoli is where almost every Libya tour begins, and it sets the tone for everything that follows. A Mediterranean port city with a Roman arch at its heart, an Ottoman medina threading through its centre, and Italian colonial colonnades lining its waterfront, Libya's capital is a place where several thousand years of history have piled on top of each other in the most unexpected ways. Here is what to expect.