Five thousand years.
Eight days at a time.

The necropolis

They built for eternity. You get eight days. Use them properly.

Ancient Thebes and the Pyramid Fields — UNESCO, both inscribed in 1979

The medinas

Nine thousand lanes, no cars, and a university older than Oxford.

Fès el-Bali — UNESCO 1981  ·  al-Qarawiyyin founded in 859

The Atlantic memory

One door faces the ocean. Everything after it is history.

The House of Slaves, Gorée — UNESCO 1978  ·  private guided visit

The kingdoms

A dynasty founded in the fourteenth century, still holding court.

The Sultan's Palace and royal museum — Foumban, Cameroon