The most beautiful places in the Middle East -> Destinations

   Beirut was built on a high rocky promontory. Nowadays it is the capital of a modern nation, but in times gone deep harbor and central location were not so popular, the city is overshadowed by more powerful neighbors.        In dark times Birotica town called, a Semitic word meaning "well" or "source". When cities of Sidon and Tyre and the city began declining in the first century BC. Berytus, as it was then c...

   Tel Aviv, Israel's economic capital, is the second largest city after Jerusalem and it is located on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea. It is the most modern and western-oriented place in Israel. Jerusalem is the official and religious capital (although internationally unacknowledged), and Tel Aviv seems to be the capital (almost officially recognized). Due to the fact  that Jerusalem is not acknowledged as the capital of Israel, in Tel Aviv there are located the emba...

   Who has not heard of miracles taking place in Dubai? Hotels underwater, unusual shapes and materials, skyscrapers that defy the laws of gravity, artificial islands and pure luxury, a guide like this would look in a few words for lure Arab.      Dubai continues to have the only seven star hotel in the world, Burj Al Arab, with its unique shape, the vertical vessel. Luxury and imagination have no limit, and in Dubai you can feel how th...

   Marmaris is a resort of Kusadasi coastline that rivals for the title of biggest resort on the west coast of Turkey. However Marmaris has many forests and natural beauties, except for historical sites, which are less than in Kusadasi. Marmaris supposedly comes from the name "Mimar I", which in Turkish means "hanged architect. When you see high tie holiday apartment buildings, you'll understand where does this name.     ...

  Jerusalem is holy city for three religions and the promised land for two of them. In the old city there are priests, nuns, and rabbis mollah them everywhere. Churches of all denominations endow the city, the mosque with golden dome can be seen from distance and the Wailing Wall is always crowded.      But the old city Jerusalem is not only a holy city. It is also a very crowded market with several shops for tourists than any other place and in ...

    Petra is one of the most popular regions in terms of ruins in the world, due mainly appearance Kazneh monastery ruins in the third Indiana Jones film series. Sandstone cliffs sheltering about 3,000 temples and carved stone funerary monuments, shrines, homes and dance halls.      Impressive part of this landscape and a magnificent monastery painted in bright colors that make this small town with only 20,000 inhabitants in the Negev desert...

   Istanbul - known as the capital of capital, is the only city in the world who turn up on two continents and was the capital over two consecutive empires: the Byzantine and the Ottoman Islamic Christian. Although it was the capital of the Ottoman Empire, outside official capital Ankara, Istanbul remains the commercial capital, Turkey's historical and cultural. Town beauty lies in how combining opposites: ancient and modern, religious and secular, Asia and Europe, mystical and eart...

    Bodrum Peninsula is called the Turkish "St. Tropez". The place abounds in very good beaches but also tourist attractions. If you arrive in this place, you should definitely visit the Castle of St. Peter and the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.   Herodotus town, located on Aegean Coast, is now a chic yachting port became the center of Turkey's "capital" fun night. In Bodrum anchor most luxurious ...

   Antalya is a seaside resort visited often for fun and its beaches, but the tourist destination of Antalya is so much more - diving, sailing, paragliding, mountain climbing, raft navigation, tourist routes and more. In May you have the opportunity to swim in the morning, afternoon Saklikent to skiing (at Bakirtepe) and TUBITAK observer night visit to watch the sky.       Like many other cities in Turkey, Antalya periods dating from Greek a...