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Getting around Tripoli

Public transport: 

Public buses do operate in Tripoli but they are hard to use: all the signs are in Arabic and the routes change frequently. The most popular and cheapest way to travel around town is by yellow-and-white shared taxi, which can be hailed down by shouting out the destination as the driver slows down, or take one from the taxi station on Sharia al-Corniche, west of the medina.

Taxis: 

Tripoli has plenty of relatively cheap private black-and-white taxis, which can be flagged down in the street. There isn't an official taxi rank, but usually there is a row of taxis waiting outside the medina gates.

Car hire: 

None of the major car hire agencies have offices in Libya. The best local firms have an office at the airport and at the upmarket hotels. Al-Mehari Car Rental (tel: (021) 333 4091), based at the Al-Mehari Hotel, Sharia al-Fath and Al-Mansoura, Funduq Qasr Libya, Sharia Sidi Issa (tel: (021) 333 1180) are two options. Car hire is fairly expensive in Libya, and it is only marginally more expensive to rent a car with driver.

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