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Tibesti Hotel: The Hanging Gardens of Benghazi
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The Tibesti Hotel is a huge building with 242 rooms. It calls itself a five star hotel, but realistically, by international standards, it is, at best, a three star. Like the other big state-owned hotels, the Hotel Kebir in Tripoli and the Ghoz Ateek in Misurata, it is sadly in need of better maintenance and more efficient management.
The airconditioning system is ageing and poorly maintained, so in most of the rooms it does little more than make a noise and blow out tepid air from the dusty ceiling vents. The service at the reception desk can be frustratingly slow. The rooms themselves need a fresh coat of paint and some new furniture.
The hotel has a nice location between the 23 July Lake at the front and Benghazi's main street, Sharia Jamal Abdul Nasser, at the back. Try to get a room at the front on one of the upper floors, so that you get a nice view of the lake and avoid the mosquitoes that enter the rooms nearer street level.
The hotel's restaurants are good. On the 13th floor is the Shahat Restaurant, serving Italian food, on the third floor is the Balad al-Toyoub which serves Libyan cuisine, while on the ground floor is the Al-Hamra Restaurant where they serve a good buffet breakfast. The ground floor arcade includes several airline ticket offices. You can arrange day trips with the taxi drivers in the front car park. Don't book them through the hotel itself or you will pay 50% more for exactly the same taxis.
The architecture of the Tibesti is quite interesting. At the front there is something which looks like a replica of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. A few celebrities have stayed here, including Michael Palin when he was filming "Sahara".
Basic single rooms are 90 LD and doubles 134 LD per night, including breakfast.
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Prices: US$120-180
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Phone: 9098029/30/31
Address: PO Box 9414, Sharia Jamal Abdul Nasser, Benghazi
Website: www.tibestyhotel.com
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TheWanderingCamel Sun Nov 30, 2008 09:01 UTC
We're going back to Libya with friends next March - Benghazi and the Jebel Akhdar on our itinerary this time. Thanks for the tips - the restaurants sound good! | xaver Tue Jun 26, 2007 23:34 UTC
very well written and complete tips, it's a pity there are not explanations yet in the archeological site but the city looks really like a place to be seen. |
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