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

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Dubai

M
Muscat

Country guides

Israel Israel has always been an alluring destination. From biblical times to present day, this slice of holy land in the Middle East has long attracted visi... 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	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	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
Bahrain With a name meaning 'Two Seas' it is little wonder that Bahrain, an archipelago of 33 islands in the Gulf, defines itself in relation to the water tha... 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	Lebanon Fringed by golden beaches, peppered with World Heritage Sites and home to the Middle East’s premier party city, Lebanon has all the hallmarks of a c... Read more

City guides

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	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	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	Tel Aviv Ceaseless energy, busy avenues and squares, great shopping, café culture and buzzing nightlife make Tel Aviv one of the most exciting and vivacious c... Read more
Damascus Until 2011, Damascus was one of the jewels of the Middle East, a city famous for friendly locals, mediaeval architecture and a straggle of bazaars tha... 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	Eilat Sandwiched between the Red Sea and the mighty Negev desert, Eilat is a water sport and desert adventure paradise. The southernmost city of Israel has ... 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

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