Destinations in Middle East

Middle East Travel Guides

Countries and Regions

Below are the countries, provinces, territories and states in Middle East

Cities

Airports

Cruise destinations

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Aqaba

Ashdod

Other cruise cities

D
Dubai

M
Muscat

Country guides

Jordan Jordan is a country that quietly exceeds expectations. Set at the crossroads of the Middle East, it blends ancient history with striking desert landsc... Read more	Qatar The eyes of the world are on Qatar right now. Following the discovery of oil in the 1940s, this small Gulf state has been catapulted from a small fish... Read more	Saudi Arabia No country in the world is as misunderstood as the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and perhaps no other country is worthy of a visit. Read more	Oman Oman is the sort of place that makes you wonder why it is still relatively under-the-radar. One minute you are in a whitewashed coastal city with fran... Read more
Iran Iran ought to be one of the world’s most treasured travel destinations, blessed as it is with extraordinary historical sites, exquisite landscapes a... Read more	Kuwait Kuwait consitutes a puzzling but intriguing mix of Western liberalism and strict Islam. Read more	Palestinian National Authority With fertile river plains and scrubby desert, Mediterranean olive groves and many historical marvels, Palestine has plenty to offer. Sadly, war and ou... Read more	Syrian Arab Republic Until the recent civil war, Syria was a diverse destination that revelled in its antiquity. Inhabited for tens of thousands of years, the country accu... Read more

City guides

Beirut It may be a cliché but cool, cosmopolitan Beirut is indeed a city of contrasts. Possessed of some of the friendliest locals on the planet, it was als... Read more	Jerusalem Few cities inspire as much passion as Jerusalem (Yerushalayim in Hebrew, Al-Quds in Arabic), rooted deep in the past and revered by three major religi... Read more	Kuwait City Perched on the northern end of the Arabian Gulf, Kuwait City is blessed with a beautiful coastline, some seriously impressive architecture and a pleth... Read more	Dubai With rows of skyscrapers lining the Sheikh Zayed road, multiple mega malls and many multi-million pound offshore developments, Dubai may look like a t... Read more
Amman Amman, the capital of Jordan, is one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world; and despite being essentially a product of the 20th cent... Read more	Doha Fascinating, thought-provoking and more than a little bizarre, Qatar’s capital Doha combines desert landscapes with a futuristic skyline and more mo... Read more	Muscat Stretching almost 25km (15.5 miles) along the Omani coastline, Muscat is a taste of real Arabia, and despite a recent Dubai-style building blitz, it�... Read more	Abu Dhabi The capital of the United Arab Emirates has always been more conservative than neighbouring Dubai but what Abu Dhabi lacks in glamour, it more than ma... Read more

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