Sites, museums, festivals, routes and practical visitor guides across the region.
How to visit the UNESCO-listed Casbah of Algiers and the Roman ruins of Tipasa: guides and access, the e-visa, the train west along the coast, and the October-to-May calendar that fits them.
A practical guide to the 3.5-kilometer Pearling Path across Muharraq island: the forts, merchants' houses and oyster-heritage sites it links, what else to pair with it in Manama, and when to go.
The eVisa costs around SAR 535 all-in, runs one year with multiple entries of up to 90 days, and covers most Western passports. What the process involves, what it does not permit, and what to plan around.
A practical guide to the Punic and Roman sites of Carthage, the Bardo's mosaics and the blue-and-white village above them: tickets, the TGM train, walking order and the months that suit the coast.
A practical route through Oman's wadis and hill forts: what Nizwa, Wadi Shab and Jebel Akhdar ask of visitors, what the roads demand, and why the far south has its own calendar.
How to work Egypt's greatest open-air museum: current ticket prices for Karnak, Luxor Temple and the royal tombs, the balloon window at dawn, and why the river, not the map, organizes the visit.