Must-SeeJerusalem
Israel
Sacred to three faiths: the Western Wall, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and the Dome of the Rock.
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Middle East
Petra, Istanbul, Persian cities and the sites of three faiths.
Countries
Bahrain
Pearling heritage and forts.
Iran
Persia's grand squares and poets' tombs.
Iraq
Where cities and writing began.
Israel
Holy places, deserts and a Mediterranean city.
Jordan
Petra, and the silence of Wadi Rum.
Kuwait
A modern Gulf state.
Lebanon
Roman temples and a great table.
Oman
Forts, wadis and quiet Arabian hospitality.
Palestine
Sacred sites in a contested land.
Qatar
Museums, souks and desert.
Saudi Arabia
Sandstone tombs and the holy cities of Islam.
Syria
Ancient cities awaiting recovery after war.
Turkey
Where East meets West, by way of Byzantium.
United Arab Emirates
Skyscrapers and sand dunes.
Yemen
Ancient ruins, in a land long at war.
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Worth a DetourPersepolis and Shiraz
Iran
The ceremonial capital of Darius, and Shiraz's gardens and pink mosque.
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Jordan
Red sand and Bedouin camps, the desert of Lawrence of Arabia and The Martian.
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Saudi Arabia
Nabataean tombs in the desert, carved by the builders of Petra.
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Turkey
Turkey's highest peak, the traditional landing place of Noah's Ark.
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United Arab Emirates
The Burj Khalifa, huge malls, old souks and desert safaris.
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Israel
A huge desert crater with stargazing, and Eilat's Red Sea beyond.
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Jordan
Where Moses is said to have seen the Promised Land, with old mosaics at its top.
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Palestine
The Cave of the Patriarchs, and one of the world's oldest cities.
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Turkey
Blue water, Lycian tombs, and Kaş and Ölüdeniz.
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Turkey
A monastery on a cliff, and high Black Sea meadows.
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Turkey
The Ottomans' first capital, under Turkey's main ski mountain.
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Turkey
The capital, with Atatürk's tomb and the Anatolian Civilizations Museum.
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