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🇱🇾 Tripoli

6 places across Parts Unknown

Every Place Bourdain Visited in Tripoli

6 places
1

Martyrs' Square

Tony watched as kids skating, fireworks being set off, motorcycles drove around as people celebrated the Prophet Mohammed's birthday and freedom after 50 years of oppression.

2

Tripoli

Abd al-Rahman al-Kawakibi

Tony went to a men-only coffeehouse called Yahzakem Coffee where people smoked hookah and drank local coffee.

3

Tripoli Libia

شارع النصر

Somewhere in Tripoli, Tony ate at a place called Uncle Kentucky (or Kentaki) Fried Chicken. Could not find it on any maps.

4

Bab al-Azizia

Former site of Gadhafi's palace, destroyed by rebels in 2011. They were told to leave while they were filming this scene.

5

Fashloum

Fashloom St. شارع فشلوم

Somewhere in this neighborhood, Tony had a breakfast of sfinz, a donut with an egg on top.

6

Radisson Blu Al Mahary Hotel

Al Matar Street

The hotel where Tony and the crew stayed while in Tripoli.

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