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Best Solo Travel Destinations in Middle East

28 city guides ยท 3-day solo travel itineraries

3-day city guides for solo travellers โ€” safe neighbourhoods, social scenes and solo-friendly spots.

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๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ช United Arab Emirates

Abu Dhabi

Walkable island neighbourhoods, communal tables and kayak channels for travellers arriving without aโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡พ Syria

Aleppo

Walkable Jdeideh alleys, a working hammam, cafรฉ squares where a table for one is normal, and a hilltโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ด Jordan

Amman

Sociable hostels on Jabal Amman, tea with strangers in Al-Balad, and a capital where eating alone isโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถ Iraq

Baghdad

Solo-safe walking districts, guesthouse common rooms in Karrada, chess-and-chai courtyards and the rโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ง Lebanon

Bcharre

Guesthouse dinner tables, a poet's cave, and Qadisha cliff trails you can walk alone without ever feโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ง Lebanon

Beirut

Hostel dorms in Mar Mikhael, chess with pensioners on the Corniche, and a bar crawl where nobody driโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡พ Syria

Damascus

Backpacker courtyards in Souq Saroujah, backgammon in Bab Touma and the hakawati's evening reading โ€”โ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ถ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Qatar

Doha

Free heritage museums, artist cafรฉs built for conversation, licensed pubs and a mangrove island you โ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ช United Arab Emirates

Dubai

Car-free heritage quarters, cultural breakfasts where questions are encouraged, surf-house benches aโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Israel

Eilat

Social hostels on the Tarshish strip, dive-boat crews that adopt you by lunchtime, and desert trailsโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Israel

Haifa

Sleep in a converted Templar house, ride a gondola alone over the sea, and talk politics with strangโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท Iran

Isfahan

A solo route through Isfahan's backpacker courtyards, Armenian Jolfa cafรฉs, zurkhaneh drums and the โ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Saudi Arabia

Jeddah

Solo-friendly Al-Balad guesthouses, third-wave cafรฉs where strangers share tables, and a Corniche yoโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Israel

Jerusalem

Social hostels at Davidka Square, market bar lanes in Mahane Yehuda, and self-paced walks along Suleโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ผ Kuwait

Kuwait City

Salmiya's boardwalk, free mosque tours led by Kuwaiti volunteers, and a dry-city social scene built โ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ญ Bahrain

Manama

Gallery villas in Adliya, floor-cushion majlis tea houses in Muharraq and a boat to an empty island โ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท Iran

Mashhad

Backpacker homestays by the shrine, communal kebab halls, campus cafรฉs and a solo day trip to Tus โ€” โ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Saudi Arabia

Mecca

Walkable pilgrim neighbourhoods, communal canteens where nobody eats alone, and two mountains you clโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Saudi Arabia

Medina

Safe walkable districts, single-friendly counters, late-night souq conversation and one solo desert โ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡ฒ Oman

Muscat

Hostel dorms in Ruwi, sunset corniche walks alone, dhow decks shared with strangers and mountain traโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Saudi Arabia

Riyadh

Speciality coffee bars, walkable art districts and cliff-edge viewpoints where eating, wandering andโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡ฒ Oman

Salalah

Solo-safe beaches, curtained floor-seating restaurants where eating alone is normal, licensed hotel โ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ช Yemen

Sana'a

Where a lone traveller can sit, eat, bathe and talk in the world's oldest inhabited capital โ€” with tโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ช United Arab Emirates

Sharjah

Museum halls you can linger in alone, karak stalls where strangers chat, and a lagoon corniche that โ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท Iran

Shiraz

Walkable Qajar gardens, hostel courtyards near the old city and hillside sunsets where travelling alโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท Iran

Tabriz

Teahouse basements, hostel rooftops and Eynali ridge trails where travelling alone in Iran's Azeri cโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท Iran

Tehran

Social hostels in Amirabad, poetry-garden cafรฉs, Darband trail chats and the ski gondola that localsโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Israel

Tel Aviv

Hostel rooftops in Florentin, communal counters on Levinsky and a city where sitting alone at a bar โ€ฆ