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According to The Independent, “The once
out-of-bounds destinations of Libya and Syria are
receiving intense interest from sightseers.”
Certainly Andante’s experience over the
last year bears this out. After a brief interview
with Annabel, a recent edition mentioned two popular
tours to these destinations and also pondered on the
innate adventuring spirit of the archaeological
traveller…
Libya
“Andante's five-day Bare Bones
Tour of the magnificent classical ruins of Leptis
Magna spends two days on the vast North African site
which has changed little in 2000 years. The next stop
is Sabratha, a trading
port turned Roman city, and you also spend time in
Tripoli.”
Syria
“And... ‘We are putting on extra tours
for Syria this year’, says Annabel Lawson of
Andante Travels. Andante's tour takes in the desert
oasis of Palmyra and Aleppo.
So are archaeologists a little bit bolder than the
rest of us?
‘Well, many visitors like the feeling
that a place might be just a tad dangerous,’
concedes Lawson...”
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