Middle East Travel Guide

The Middle East is a world region in Western Asia and North-eastern Africa. The term was created by British military strategists in the 19th century, and definitions of the Middle East vary; it is not simply a geographical term, but also a political one, connoting that it separates Europe from the Far East, and the traditional trade route of choice between these two extremes. Middle East interactive map »

Israel

Israel is a small yet diverse Middle Eastern country with a long coastline on the eastern Mediterranean Sea and a small window on the Red Sea at the Gulf of Eilat. Israel Travel Guide »

Iran

Iran is a large country between the Middle East and Central Asia, between the Gulf of Oman, the Persian Gulf, and the Caspian Sea. Iran Travel Guide »

United Arab Emirates

The United Arab Emirates is a federation of seven emirates on the eastern side of the Arabian peninsula, at the entrance to the Persian Gulf. United Arab Emirates Travel Guide »

Lebanon

The Republic of Lebanon is a small country within the Middle East region with its capital being Beirut. Lebanon Travel Guide »

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia is a Middle Eastern country that occupies most of the Arabian peninsula and has both Persian Gulf and Red Sea coast lines. Saudi Arabia Travel Guide »

Syria

Syria (الجمهوريّة العربيّة السّوريّة Al-Jumhuriya al-`Arabiya as-Suriya, the Syrian Arab Republic www.syriatourism.org) is one … Syria Travel Guide »

Jordan

Jordan is a country in the Middle East. Almost completely land-locked, Jordan is bordered by Israel and the West Bank to the … Jordan Travel Guide »

Palestinian Territories

The Palestinian Territories consists of two physically separate entities, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Palestinian Territories Travel Guide »

Oman

The Sultanate of Oman is in the Middle East, on the eastern end of the Arabian Peninsula. It borders the United Arab Emirates … Oman Travel Guide »

Iraq

Iraq is a country in the Middle East. It lies at the north end of the Persian Gulf and has a small coastline in the southeast of the country. Iraq Travel Guide »

Yemen

Yemen is on the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula, and sharing borders with Saudi Arabia and Oman. Yemen Travel Guide »

Bahrain

The Kingdom of Bahrain is a Middle Eastern archipelago in the Persian Gulf, tucked into a pocket of the sea flanked by Saudi Arabia and Qatar. Bahrain Travel Guide »

Qatar

Qatar is a peninsula jutting into the Persian Gulf, to the north of Saudi Arabia, East of Bahrain and West of the Emirates. Qatar Travel Guide »

Kuwait

Kuwait is a country in the Middle East. It is located at the head of the Arabian Gulf, with Iraq to the north and west, and Saudi Arabia to the southwest. Kuwait Travel Guide »

Dead Sea

The Dead Sea, borders Israel, the West Bank and Jordan. It is the lowest point in the world at 394.6 m below sea level. Dead Sea Travel Guide »

Golan Heights

The Golan Heights is a territory controlled by Israel since 1967, also claimed by Syria. Golan Heights Travel Guide »

Levant

Levant is an imprecisely defined region in the Middle East south of the Taurus Mountains, bounded by the Mediterranean Sea on the … Levant Travel Guide »

One month in the Jewish Holy Land

This article gives you ideas on how to spend a month in the Jewish Holy Land, the area in which the Jewish religion was formed, to the Temple in Jerusalem. One month in the Jewish Holy Land Travel Guide »

Judean Desert

The Judean Desert, located in central and southern West Bank, with a part in the eastern edge of south-central Israel … Judean Desert Travel Guide »

One month in the Christian Holy Land

One month in the Christian Holy Land is an article with ideas on how to spend a month of pilgrimage in the Holy Land, with … One month in the Christian Holy Land Travel Guide »