‎Ancient Islamic City of Ayla‎

Early Islamic History at Ayla

The first Islamic city built outside the Arabian Peninsula, Ayla was a major port and stopping place for Mecca pilgrims. It dates back to 650AD and has history to 1116AD. Today the remains of markets,...

Interesting ruins with colourful resident wild birds

This was a short stroll from our hotel and as the gate was open we wandered in. We found it very interesting and the information boards were in English and Arabic. We were also fascinated to see the...

An interesting site

Seems to be open at random times on random days - if the gate's open go in, no sign of staff. Worth a quick walk round, but not really a lot to see. Some explanatory boards.

Very interesting

We managed to see this from outside the gates as it wasn't actually open. We would have liked a sign on the gate showing opening times. However, a very interesting archaeological site with lots of no...

Nothing exciting

Not really worth an extra trip. The explanations concerning the history of the site are rather poor..