Libya Hotels & Hostels (40)

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A towering temple of glass and elegance, this is Libya's classiest hotel. The rooms are enormous and luxurious, the restaurants of the highest order and the service everything you'd expect for th…

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Now here's something special. One of just a handful of traditionally styled hotels in Libya, Dar Ghadames recreates the clean lines and tranquil air of the old city, using traditional architectur…

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Built in 2003, this is one of the best packages in town, with pleasant, large and well-appointed rooms. The hotel also has facilities for which you'd pay triple the price elsewhere: balconies, so…

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Another of the oldest hotels in Ghadames, Al-Waha is popular with tour groups, but the truth is that all rooms are simple and some are showing none-too-graceful signs of age; most beds sag and th…

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This outstanding new privately run hotel is hard to beat, with sparkling, spacious rooms. OK, some of their style choices may not be to your taste - pink bathrooms and floral flourishes - but val…

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At last a new hotel where you can see the old city from your room, at least if you have a north-facing room. The rooms themselves are well-sized, clean and comfortable, if a touch overpriced, but…

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Another easy-to-recommend new hotel close to the town centre, Ben Yeddar has rooms that are the merest cut above others in a similar price range, and excellent bathrooms. Although we visited when…

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One of the newer hotels in Benghazi, El-Dogal has large rooms that won't win any style awards. However all except one per floor have views over the Mediterranean, while the corner single rooms he…

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Although nothing to do with the international chain of the same name, this new hotel comes highly recommended for its large, comfortable rooms, internet connections in each room for those with la…

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Of the new private hotels in this area, Funduq al-Andalus is our favourite. It has all the necessary bells and whistles - satellite TV, air-conditioning, minibar - but the decoration is more styl…

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Sabratha's newest and best hotel is on the western side of town, around 400m south of the coastal highway to Zuara. The rooms are tidy and spacious and some at the back of the building have a dis…

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Another good choice in the area that gets good reports from travellers, Funduq al-Deyafa has decent rooms and the bathrooms have bathtubs. If you've seen every hotel room in Tripoli, like we have…

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One of the newest (and friendliest) kids on the block, Funduq al-Doha promises a warm welcome and the whole place sparkles, although you really want a room at the front as most of those at the ba…

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Once one of Tripoli's top hotels, Funduq al-Kebir is still probably the best value of the old government hotels. The rooms are very comfortable if unspectacular and the views from the top floors …

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This place just about merits its elevated prices - the quality of the rooms and service is much the same as the others around here, but its rooms are more stylish and there's a little more space …

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Rooms at what was once Tripoli's most prestigious hotel come with most of the luxury bells and whistles and it gets good reviews from travellers. It certainly does have a touch of class that's la…

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We slept in this hotel on the first night it opened and have to say that we were impressed. The rooms are extremely comfortable and the bathrooms contain hairdryers and a nice basket of goodies, …

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Due to open in early 2007, they were still applying the finishing touches to this new four-star hotel when we were there, but they're a friendly lot and gave us a sneak preview. The rooms we saw …

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OK, so it's quite a long way (8km) east of town, but the Blue Boat Hotel is a popular place with large rooms and a good restaurant. We don't really see what the fuss is about when there are now p…

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One of the closest hotels to Green Sq, Funduq al-Soraya has simple, drab but comfortable rooms. The location, off Sharia Omar al-Mukhtar, is as central as you'll find, staff are friendly and ther…

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Although the rooms at this intimate little hotel are simple, they're spacious and nicely kept. Best of all, the staff exude a gentle desert charm and seem genuinely pleased to see you, in an unob…

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Funduq an-Nadi Libya, 3km north of the centre, is run by the Automobile Club of Libya and has comfortable, quiet and spacious rooms with satellite TV. The hotel is in a complex of office building…

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On the fringes of the down-at-heel Sharia al-Rashid district, Funduq an-Naher has rooms that vary in size but they're all pleasant and quieter than the area suggests. The larger ones with balcony…

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This suites-only hotel is in a quiet street away from the traffic noise of downtown Tripoli and its large, semiluxurious rooms are extremely comfortable. They don't get too many tourists here whi…

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Although this friendly hotel is a brisk 15-minute walk from Green Sq and the medina, it's one of the best midrange hotels in town. Set in a quiet residential street across from San Francisco Chur…

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Seen in the light of the Corinthia's emergence, the Bab al-Bahar is anything but the five stars it claims to be. The rooms are fine if a little run-down and most afford good views over the town o…

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With a good seafront location and decent rooms, this is one of the best budget choices in town. Its problem is that it's a popular place with both tourists and local businessmen and maintenance s…

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Another new place that doesn't see as many tourists as it deserves, Funduq Dekna has large, bright rooms which are worth every dinar. Service is friendly once they warm up, internet connection in…

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This place stands out for its location, just a few blocks east of Green Sq, making it one of the most convenient places to sleep in town. The rooms are unspectacular, although they're tidy and re…

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Funduq Ifriqiya is streets ahead of the other budget options in Al-Funduq Market area, with simple but tidy rooms (with satellite TV) that have been renovated in the not-too-distant past. It's li…

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Almost as far south as you can go in Ghadames (which isn't far), this new place is excellent, with spacious, well-appointed rooms with satellite TV. It's a popular place and our only complaint is…

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Slightly cheaper than Funduq al-Andalus, this place is a comfortable option and some rooms at the back have distant views of the Mediterranean. If we have one criticism, and now we're getting pic…

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On the northern side of the harbour, this is another classy hotel with a luxurious ambience; look for the grass waterfalls adorning the façade. Facilities include a patisserie, health club, busin…

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One of Benghazi's top hotels, Funduq Uzu has superbly appointed rooms with all the requisite bells and whistles. Suite No 534 wins our vote for the best room in Benghazi, with its plush leather c…

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This place is excellent if you're in town on business, although we're not sure that the addition of computers in each room (internet access costs around 5 per 24 hours) justified a doubling of it…

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Run by the avuncular Ahmed at-Tunisi, this small hotel is a stone's throw from the entrance to the old city and has basic rooms.
One solution to Ghadames' shortage of beds is the prevalence …

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Kafila, In the streets behind the New Mosque, this is one of the longer-standing hotels in town and it remains a popular place for groups. Perhaps that's because the rooms are enormous, although …

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Six kilometres south of Benghazi, this enormous tourist village has a range of high-quality accommodation, from spacious hotel rooms (some with renovated bathrooms) to recently built villas by th…

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This comfortable place has 16 spotlessly clean rooms with bath and air-con. The splashes of traditional decoration in some rooms is a nice touch and the location, a short walk east from the entra…

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At last a traditionally styled hotel in Tripoli's medina and it was definitely worth the wait. The rooms are arrayed around a charming, two-storey tiled courtyard and the 10 rooms and four suites…

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