Middle East Tips & articles

Tips & articles

  1. West Bank tourist

    04 November 2009

    Travel in the Palestinian West Bank rarely makes any tourist’s itinerary, and it’s not hard...

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  2. Lonely Planet: Roads Less Travelled Israel & the West Bank itinerary

    04 November 2009

    Your ‘road less travelled’ starts in the heart of the Negev, in the tiny hamlet of Shaharut....

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  3. Alone in the Arava Desert

    30 October 2009

    Off the beaten track, in Israel’s southern Arava desert, the silence is so complete that your ears begin...

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  4. Tell us your tale of the unexpected

    17 October 2009

    Ever found a Picasso in a flea market in Paris? Been lost in Lisbon? Ripped off in Rome? Romanced in...

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  5. Travel with children

    17 July 2009

    Does having kids mean that your travel bug has buzzed its last? Nope - not according to the Lonely Planet...

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  6. Jerusalem with children

    16 July 2009

    Travelling with children in Jerusalem is a breeze: the food’s good and the locals incredibly welcoming....

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  7. What’s going on in Iran?

    06 July 2009

    The situation in Iran remains tense. A council of clerics in the holy city of Qum has defied Supreme...

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  8. Essential tips for Dubai

    12 June 2009

    Want to keep your cool and your cash in Dubai? This glorious megatropolis of mind-boggling architecture...

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