Leptis Magna
Full day including Lunch

You depart from the port and proceed through the scenic Libyan countryside towards Leptis Magna, a magnificent site that was the birthplace of one of Rome’s Emperors.
Your tour of this imposing site commences at the Arch of Septimus Severus, erected in 203 to commemorate the visit of the emperor of the same name.
You proceed towards Hadrian’s Baths and the Palestra, constructed on the basis of the baths in Rome and encompassed by a colonnaded portico of ornate Corinthian style columns.

Following this, you will delight in the Forum, bound by a two-storey colonnade and boasting capitals that were embellished by the head of Medusa.

The Market Place was initially constructed during the Augustan age, however it underwent alterations during the Severan era and you will view the striking remains of this rectangular courtyard surrounded by an octagonal portico.

After this historically rich tour, you are invited to a traditional Libyan lunch in large tents provided especially for the tour.

Your tour draws to a close with a visit of the amphitheatre of Leptis Magna, constructed in 56 A.D., boasting unrivalled acoustics and accommodating up to 16,000 spectators in former times.
In the late afternoon, you return to the ship.

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