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Kawkaban

Table of Contents: Travel to Kawkaban, visa requirements / Get around / Kawkaban attractions and sightseeing / City tours / Shopping, Kawkaban souvenirs / Good restaurants and cheap meals / Kawkaban nightlife, bars, clubs and pubs. / Hotels, youth hostels, lodging / Get out More from Yemeni Mountains: Kawkaban souvenirs, Sana'a travel tours, Shibam travel tours More from Yemen: Haraz Mountains hotels and youth hostels, Red Sea Islands souvenirs, Socotra culture, Wadi Hadramawt tourist attractions, Yemeni Coastal Plains hotels and youth hostels, Yemeni Highlands culture, Yemeni Mountains culture More from Middle East: Bahrain culture, Dead Sea hotels and youth hostels, Empty Quarter culture, Golan Heights culture, Holy Land culture, Iran culture, Iraq culture, Israel souvenirs, Jordan souvenirs, Kuwait hotels and youth hostels, Lebanon travel tours, Levant travel tours, Oman travel tours, Qatar travel tours, Saudi Arabia tourist attractions, Syria culture, United Arab Emirates travel tours, Yemen travel tours More from Asia: Caucasus souvenirs, Central Asia souvenirs, East Asia travel tours, Middle East travel tours, Southeast Asia hotels and youth hostels More from Travel Tips 24: Africa travel tours, Asia culture, Europe culture, North America souvenirs, Oceania souvenirs, South America culture Popular destinations Istanbul (Marmara region ) tourist attractions, Barcelona (Catalonia) culture, Rome (Lazio) travel tours, Singapore (Southeast Asia) hotels and youth hostels, Western Europe (Europe) tourist attractions, South Africa (Southern Africa) culture, United Kingdom (Western Europe) tourist attractions, Europe (Home) culture, Morocco (North Africa) culture, Vancouver (Greater Vancouver) souvenirs

Kawkaban is a small village to the west of Sana'a in the Yemeni Mountains.

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Travel to Kawkaban, visa requirements

Kawkaban is accessible by road from Shibam. The road climbs a steep hill and is (mostly) covered, although the road to Shibam from Sana'a tends not to be. It is also possible to walk from Shibam to Kawkaban and the view makes this a good option.

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Get around

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Kawkaban attractions and sightseeing

The view from the cliffs on which Kawkaban is built is quite striking, particularly if it's reached by foot from Shibam.

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City tours

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Shopping, Kawkaban souvenirs

Visitors to Kawkaban will be surrounded by local souvenir-sellers the instant they get out of their cars. The favoured means of showing wares is to have them in wheelbarrows, and it is not unusual for travellers to find themselves effectively pinned against a wall or a vehicle by several of these. Additionally, be prepared for the more cynical ploys of developing-world souvenir sellers (many of which are not found elsewhere in Yemen) - particularly young boys with crippling disabilities.

Haggling is most definitely advisable here, as the proliferation of tourists from Sana'a has meant that prices are routinely higher than anywhere else in the region. That said, many of the semi-precious stones in jewelry sold here will in fact prove to be the real thing.

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Good restaurants and cheap meals

Funduq Kawkaban offers tourists a great traditional meal that is definitely worth the high price (between 700-100 riyal). The Taj Kawkaban hotel tends to rip you off and the food isn't fantastic.

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Kawkaban nightlife, bars, clubs and pubs.

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Hotels, youth hostels, lodging

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Get out

More from Yemeni Mountains: Kawkaban tourist attractions, Sana'a culture, Shibam tourist attractions More from Yemen: Haraz Mountains hotels and youth hostels, Red Sea Islands souvenirs, Socotra tourist attractions, Wadi Hadramawt hotels and youth hostels, Yemeni Coastal Plains tourist attractions, Yemeni Highlands tourist attractions, Yemeni Mountains souvenirs More from Middle East: Bahrain tourist attractions, Dead Sea travel tours, Empty Quarter tourist attractions, Golan Heights souvenirs, Holy Land tourist attractions, Iran hotels and youth hostels, Iraq culture, Israel tourist attractions, Jordan hotels and youth hostels, Kuwait souvenirs, Lebanon culture, Levant culture, Oman tourist attractions, Qatar tourist attractions, Saudi Arabia tourist attractions, Syria souvenirs, United Arab Emirates travel tours, Yemen culture More from Asia: Caucasus culture, Central Asia tourist attractions, East Asia hotels and youth hostels, Middle East culture, Southeast Asia travel tours More from Travel Tips 24: Africa tourist attractions, Asia souvenirs, Europe culture, North America travel tours, Oceania travel tours, South America souvenirs Popular destinations Istanbul (Marmara region ) souvenirs, Barcelona (Catalonia) culture, Rome (Lazio) culture, Singapore (Southeast Asia) travel tours, Western Europe (Europe) hotels and youth hostels, South Africa (Southern Africa) tourist attractions, United Kingdom (Western Europe) souvenirs, Europe (Home) souvenirs, Morocco (North Africa) souvenirs, Vancouver (Greater Vancouver) travel tours

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