North African Handbook

How to use this handbook. Introduction and hints: travel to and within the region; documents and security; etiquette and language; accommodation; internal travel; general advice. Health information. Regional information: travelling in Islamic countries; political risks for the traveller; managing the local bureaucracy/police/security; wildlife; travel and survival in the desert; dress; language for travel - Arabic, French and Spanish. The history of North Africa. Andalucia (Moorish Southern Spain): the mountain cities and kingdoms - Granada, Antequera, Ronda, the smaller sites; the Huertas - Almeria, Motril, Malaga, Malaga to Gibraltar; the Guadalquivir Valley - Cordoba, Seville, Cadiz, the smaller sites; information for visitors. Morocco: Rabat and environs; Tangier, the Mediterranean coast and the Rif; Northern and Central Atlantic Coast; Fes, Meknes and Central Morocco; Marrakech, the High Atlas and the Middle Atlas; Southern Morocco: Nouakchott and environs; the north; the south; information for visitors. Algeria: Algiers and environs; the east; the northwest; the south; information for visitors. Tunisia: Tunis and environs ; Cap Bon Peninsula; Northern Tunisia; Central Tunisia; the Djerid; Southern Tunisia; information for visitors. Libya: Tripoli and environs; Benghazi and environs; the Fezzan; Al-Khalij; information for visitors. Egypt: Cairo and environs including the pyramids and El Fayoum; the Nile Delta; Alexandria and the Mediterranean coast; Sinai and the canal zone; the eastern desert; the western desert; the Nile Valley; Middle Egypt - Cairo to Luxor; Upper Egypt - Luxor, Luxor to Aswan, Abu Simbel;information for visitors. Sudan: Khartoum and environs; the north; Central Sudan; Eastern Sudan; the west; the south; information for visitors. Charts: temperature conversion; weights and measures.