Discovering the streets of Tripoli

El Mina - The Port

Visiting the Sunday Market

Pic below : Hot bread, right out of the wooden oven is delicious with summac!

Tripoli or طرابلس is a city located 85 km north of the capital Beirut;

In ancient times, it was the center of a Phoenician confederation which included Tyre, Sidon and Arados, hence the name Tripoli, meaning "triple city" in Greek. Later, it was controlled successively by the Assyrian Empire, Persian Empire, Roman Empire, the Byzantine Empire, the Caliphate, the Seljuk Empire, Crusader States, the Mamluks, and the Ottoman Empire. The Crusaders established the County of Tripoli there in the twelfth century.

Tripoli is today the second-largest city and second-largest port in Lebanon with approximately 500,000 inhabitants.(thanks Wikipedia)

It is definitely worth the visit...If you happen to go there, pass by Al-Hallab restaurant specialized in oriental sweets and confectionery, and taste their "Halawet el Jibn". A delicious cheese paste..dipped in syrup. Oh yum!