Seven hundred monuments in a maze of covered souks around the Zitouna mosque, largely unchanged since the Middle Ages.
Great Mud Mosque town, UNESCO-listed.
Ancient city of the Patriarchs.
One of Islamโs oldest and grandest mosques, glittering with gold mosaics.
Al-Baladโs coral-stone merchant houses with carved wooden balconies, a UNESCO gateway for centuries of Mecca pilgrims.
Ninth-century mosque with the spiralling Malwiya minaret.
Swahili island town of donkeys, dhows and carved doorways.
One of the oldest continuously inhabited cities: the Umayyad Mosque, Straight Street and the Souq al-Hamidiyah.
Pyramidal earthen tomb of the Songhai emperor, bristling with wooden stakes.
Sarajevo's Ottoman old bazaar.
One of the world's largest mosques.
15th-century mosque at Bagerhat, UNESCO-listed.
Labyrinthine Swahili trading town of carved doors and spice bazaars.
Eighty-two white marble domes, the worldโs largest hand-knotted carpet and reflective pools โ Abu Dhabiโs masterpiece.
Ancient Islamic city of 82 mosques, where hyenas are fed by hand at night.
Ancient fortified towns of the Mzab.
Remote 65-metre brick minaret, alone in a river gorge since the 12th century.
The "Pink Mosque", famous for the kaleidoscope its stained glass throws at dawn.
Medieval quarter of a thousand minarets: the Khan el-Khalili bazaar, Al-Azhar mosque and the Sultan Hassan madrasa.
Istanbul's six-minareted mosque.
Moorish palace-fortress of Granada.
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