Cairo, Egypt, is one of our favorite destinations for insider shopping and decorative arts tours in the Middle East.

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The lively Lebanese capital city of Beirut is a fascinating cultural destination and the perfect base for exploring the rest of the country.

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Artisans of Leisure travel specialist Maria Merrill recently returned from Egypt and shares her thoughts about one of our favorite destinations in the Middle East.

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Wadi Rum in southern Jordan is such a visually gripping and otherworldly place that director Ridley Scott chose it as the location to represent Mars when making his 2015 movie The Martian. It wasn’t the first time the spectacular desert region of red sandstone mountains, towering cliffs and rock bridges portrayed the Martian landscape: It […]

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All over the world, we love to explore markets to learn more about cities and the people who live in them. In Jerusalem, there’s no better place to do this than Machane Yehuda, a sprawling market in the western part of the city that’s been around since the late 1800s. Known as the shuk (Hebrew […]

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Dubai is an ideal family vacation destination, with luxury beach resorts, the Burj Khalifa and other incredible skyscrapers, private desert excursions and safaris, water parks and theme parks, Middle Eastern food, indoor snow skiing, Atlantis, and cultural touring with the best insider private guides.

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The newest member of the Artisans of Leisure team is Luke Pyenson. Read on and you’ll see why! Q: What got you started traveling? My whole family loves to travel, in particular my grandmother, who has been all over the world. Growing up, I would hear stories from her or my parents about various far-flung […]

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Lebanon is a fascinating country with important archaeological sites, beautiful scenery, warm hospitality and some of the best cuisine in the Middle East.

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