Tripoli, Libya Tripoli. Still the White Bride Tripoli continues to be one of the most beautiful cities along the Mediterrenean Sea. The seaside promenade in the modern part is impressive, but perhaps a little bit sterile.
Sterility is good and bad in Tripoli, at the same time.
Commercials are not choking it's charm, but there could have been more activity going on. Tripoli has one of the best old cities in the Arabic world, where the merchants are almost not aiming at selling souvenirs to foreigners. If it was possible, the Libyans here are even more friendly than Libyans in general, and they are not going for your money. This has to do with Libyas economy being far better than in the poorer neighbour countries, but not so heaped up that old traditions have lost its true content. Tripoli's old city is a must for female travellers wanting to get away from the showers of dirty proposals common in neighbouring Tunisia.