"Al-Jumhuriyah al-Yamaniyah" a Yemen Travel Page by starstudio

Yemen: The best destination of 2007(By New York Times Newspaper)

Formerly divided into two nations, the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen and the Yemen Arab Republic, the Republic of Yemen occupies the southwest tip of the Arabian Peninsula on the Red Sea opposite Ethiopia and extends along the southern part of the Arabian Peninsula on the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean. Saudi Arabia is to the north and Oman is to the east. The country is about the size of France. A 700-mile (1,130-km) narrow coastal plain in the south gives way to a mountainous region and then a plateau area.

With unification in 1990, North and South Yemen merged to form the Yemen Republic, governed by a parliament.
In ancient times the territory of Yemen was part of the trade empire of the Minaean Kingdom and later the Kingdom of Sheba. The area was a crucial link between Africa and India, as well as a hot spot for the trade of frankincense and myrrh.

Capital city Sana'a is one of Arabia's oldest living cities, supposedly by myth and legends founded by Shem, one of the three sons of Noah. In the second century it was the main highland garrison town of the Sabean Kingdom, whose capital, Mareb, was situated 100km to the east, at the edge of the desert. The city's name, Sana'a, meant "fortified place".

What you can expect:
- timeless history of ancient civilizations and old cities
- expansive deserts
- breath-taking scenery
- highly individualized architecture
- and the most important: the Yemeni people with their unique hospitality