Visit Sana'a Old City

One of Islam’s oldest and grandest mosques, glittering with gold mosaics.

The "Manhattan of the Desert", UNESCO-listed.

Remote 65-metre brick minaret, alone in a river gorge since the 12th century.

Ninth-century mosque with the spiralling Malwiya minaret.

Pyramidal earthen tomb of the Songhai emperor, bristling with wooden stakes.

One of the oldest continuously inhabited cities: the Umayyad Mosque, Straight Street and the Souq al-Hamidiyah.

Medieval quarter of a thousand minarets: the Khan el-Khalili bazaar, Al-Azhar mosque and the Sultan Hassan madrasa.

Eleventh-century cathedral with original mosaics, a UNESCO World Heritage site.