Visit Middle East

The greatest interest in Lebanon are its cultural and historical monuments. This primarily included in the UNESCO World Heritage List the world’s largest Roman complex at Baalbek (Heliopolis), 2 times the size of the Acropolis in Athens, and the remains of the ancient city of Tyre (3 thousand years BC).

In restaurants you can taste dishes of both international and local cuisine. But most of the restaurants offer Lebanese, Turkish, Chinese and other cuisine in the capital. In restaurants as most remote from her settlement there is offered popular local dishes at affordable prices. In the local cuisine there is a wide variety of shades – from Turkey to India.

Yemen is one of the few places where you can deeply feel all the exoticism of the East, getting there, you begin to believe that you were in one of the tales “Thousand and One Nights”. The unique architecture, ancient traditions and endless hospitality of local people make this country a perfect place for those who want to know what was Arabia centuries ago.

In all Israeli airports, customs control can be passed on ‘green’ and ‘Red’ corridors. On the green corridor allowed the passage of personal clothing tourist in size, fit into hand luggage, alcoholic drinks (spirits up liters of wine and two liters per person over the age of seventeen), perfume (no more than a quarter of a liter)…

Israeli cities are overcrowded with restaurants, bars, snack bars, cafes, which offer visitors well-known and exotic dishes. Traditional Middle Eastern cuisine enjoys the greatest popularity in Israel, successfully competing with hot dogs, hamburgers and pizza. Fruits and vegetables in the broadest range submitted at any time of year. Of particular note is the high quality of Israeli dairy products, wines and liquors. Restaurants must stand at the entrance prices for food, the menu is usually printed in Hebrew and English. If the service charge is not included in the account, it is recommended to leave ten percent of the total bill for tea.

Holy Sepulcher – it is shrine of Christians. Now the temple even remotely resembles the original structure, destroyed in the VII century the Persians. The facade of the temple – an outstanding example of art masons era Crusaders (XII century.)

In the eastern part of town there is the shrine of the Jews throughout the world – Wailing Wall – the surviving part of the western wall to the Second Temple in Jerusalem once. The first temple of Jerusalem was built by King Solomon in 960 BC, and in 568 BC – captured Jerusalem destroyed by Babylon king Nebuchadnezzar.

The Holy City and the eternal capital of Israel – Jerusalem is fanned with haze of biblical legends and invariably attracts pilgrims of all religions and faiths. This is a unique place – a huge colorful mosaic of Jewish, Christian and Muslim holy sites, that’s why Jerusalem is called the holy city of three religions.

Official Holidays
December-February – Eid al-Adha (Eid al-Adha, the Feast of Sacrifice).
January-February – Islamic New Year.
beginning of February – the suffering of Imam Jafar Sadeq.

When visiting the country one should show some caution in the conduct and statements in order not to offend the religious feelings of local residents. This particularly applies to clothing and relations between the sexes. The country has adopted separate passage of men and women in public transport (even on a cable car or cash are often lined up two stages – male and female). Wearing the hijab (modest clothing) for women is compulsory.