Ibb

The city of Ibb is built on the mountain of Jabal Ba’adan, overlooking the lush green countryside of the rain-blessed governorate of the same name. The city likely was founded during the reign of the Himyarite Kingdom, when it was known as Thogha. The first historical document referring to the city of Ibb dates from the 10th century AD. Throughout most of its history, Ibb had sat on the caravan route from Aden to Sana’a as well as pilgrimage route to Yemen, ensuring that it was never lacking in customers while maintaining its position as a trade centre. The Old city of Ibb makes for a pleasant stroll. Most...

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محمية حوف الطبيعية الساحره " في اليمن السعيد "

السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته منطقة حوف التابعه لمحافظة المهرة اليمنية سحر في الطبيعة و جمال من الخالق سبحانه و تعالى هذه دعوة للذين يحبون السياحة لزيارتها.  تقع محمية حوف الطبيعية في محافظة المهرة اليمنية على بعد 1400 كم تقريبا من العاصمة صنعاء على مساحة جبلية تزيد عن 30,000 هكتار يبلغ أعلى ارتفاع فيها حوالي 1,400 متر عن سطح البحر ، و حوف تقع بمحاذاة السواحل الجنوبية على امتداد يقدر بحوالي 60 كم من جبل رأس فرتك. وتتميز غابة حوف بمحتواها الطبيعي من النباتات حيث تظم العديد من الأصناف النباتية تمثل – بحسب المسوحات الأولية- 23 عائلة نباتية & 43 نوعاً نباتياً. ونظراً لطبيعتها ومناخها الجبلي المتميز ، فهي غابة موسمية محاطة بنظام بيئي...

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Marib

In ancient times Marib, 120 km from Sana’a in the Wadi Adhana region, was a major centre of the Sabaean empire, the oldest, most celebrated and powerful of the south Arabian kingdoms. Ultimately it became the capital of the kingdom, supplanting Sirwah, 35km to the west. This once was Marib. As many inscriptions tell us, great temples and palaces once graced the city. The fame of the once thriving metropolis survived. As late as the 10th century AD the Yemeni geographer and historian al-Hamdani described with nostalgia how Saba’s splendor and power vanished, and he paid tribute to the glories of the ruler’s...

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Mukha

In the 17th and 18th centuries Mukha was famous as the center for exporting coffee grown in the Yemeni highlands (the coffee being given the name Mocha in the west). It was once a sprightly, whitewashed, cosmopolitan city spreading around a crescent-shaped bay, with superb buildings, palaces, mosques, coffee-houses, open squares and caravanserais capable of accommodating vast camel trains. Before the 17th century sources are scarce.The anonymous Greek seafarer who wrote the Periplus of the Erythrean Sea, probably around AD100, describes the trade between Egypt and India and mentions the region of "Mouza" and of course Mukha is...

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Socotra

Socotra is the largest in a small archipelago of four islands which include The Brothers (Samhah and Darsa) and Abd al Kuri. It lies in the Indian Ocean on a mid-oceanic volcanic ridge 500km roughly 130km long and 35km wide. Its name may be derived from the Arabic suqs qutra, means (the market of dragon’s blood”- a reference to the resin of its most famous tree species, or from a Sanscrit term for the “abode of the blest”. Positioned near the southern gateway to the Red Sea, Socotra has been famous since ancient times. By the time of Abraham, traders from Egypt, Africa, India and Arabia called in here. Ancient Egypt knew...

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Shibam - Seiyun - Tarim

Shibam The old walled city of Shibam is named after king Shibam Bin Harith Ibn Saba who ruled from here. It was a major city on the overland spice and incense route. Although its origins are still not completely understood, it was trading at the time of the Sabaeans around the fourth and fifth centuries BC. The present settlement seems to have been established around the third century AD, after the destruction of Shabwa It has been the commercial and political capital of Hadramout, many times. More recently, it was the commercial capital Wadi Hadramout until 1940, when an airport was built east of Seiyun, and the economic...

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Al - Hodeidah

Al - Hodeidah is the Cinderella of the Red Sea and its captivating bride. It is one of the most beautiful cities of Yemen. It is the most diverse and most beautiful one between them. Its nature exhibits a wonderful dress of greenness and beauty round the year. Its exhibited dress is perfumed with the fragrance of Jasmine, the redolence of screw pine and the scent of musk. Its climate is affected by all conditions and takes different phenomena along its coastal, mountainous and desert area. Al - Hodeidah is the Yemen's fourth city in population terms and it developed as the leading port of the Ottomans when the coffee...

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Mukalla

Across the Jaul to the south of the Wadi Hadramout lie the Gulf of Aden and its two main historic ports of Mukkalla and Shihr. Hans Helfritz, in the 1930s, wrote of "Mukkalla, a city of glistening whiteness, of extraordinary beauty, with its countless palaces and lofty towers, lies in a delightful bya close under the dark cliffs of the Jebel el Kara. It is the gateway to the province of Hadramout." Crammed between one of Yemen's great volcanic mountain regions and the sea, it is approached either by the coast road from Aden or from Seiyun in the Wadi Hadramout. This road passes through a succession of wadis and interesting...

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Taiz

Capital of Yemen during one of the country’s most brilliant periods, Taiz enjoys a position today as a major economic center. Taiz is first mentioned in the late 12th century AD during the reign of the Ayyubids – the forces which had first been led by Saladin’s brother Turanshah. At that time, the quarterly revenue of the port city of Aden was brought to Taiz. The following are some tourist sites in Taiz worth to be visited : The Old City of Taiz has two entrances – Bab al- Kabeer (the Great Gate) and Baba Musa (the Gate of Moses). The walled-in section of the town contains a lovely souk that specializes in a delicious...

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Aden

Aden is one of the most beautiful coastal cities in Yemen, known for its wonderful beaches, old buildings, impregnable castles and many souks. It is, also, the economic capital of Yemen, 170 kilometers east of Bab-el-Mandeb. Aden's ancient, natural harbour lies in the crater of an extinct volcano which now forms a peninsula, joined to the mainland by a low isthmus. This harbour, Front Bay, was first used by the ancient Kingdom of Awsan between the 5th and 7th centuries BC. The modern harbour is on the other side of the peninsula. Aden has a number of historical and natural sites of interest to visitors. These...

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Sana'a

With Jebel Nugum towering over it, Sana'a sits on the narrowest point of a major mountain plateau, (2.286 metres) above sea level. The region's volcanic origin and regular rainfall make it fertile and it enjoys a temperate climate throughout the year with the occasional sharp frost in the small hours of winter nights. One legend tells of its founding by Shem the son of Noah. Sana'a has been of great importance since ancient times, an urban centre for the tribes and its market always a trading nucleus for the region. It lies at the intersection to two major ancient trade routes, one of them linking the...

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