Libya has it all: ancient cities of rare splendour, the Sahara that you thought existed only in your imagination and the unmistakeable cachet of being ruled by one of the 20th century’smost iconic figures, Colonel Muammar Qaddafi.
A great crossroads of ancient civilisations, Libya boasts two of the finest Roman cities in existence, Leptis Magna and Sabratha, while Cyrene, Apollonia and Tolmeita are exquisite monuments to the glories of ancient Greece. Elsewhere, the mosaics of Qasr Libya evoke all the richness of Byzantium.