Plan a trip to Yemen

Places to see in Yemen

12 of the 20 places VoyaKin maps here. Descriptions from Wikipedia and photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each card.

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  SocotraUNESCO

  سقطرى

  Island · Socotra Archipelago Governorate

  Socotra, locally known as Saqatri, is a Yemeni island in the Indian Ocean. It is situated between the Gulf of Aden, the Guardafui Channel and the Arabian Sea, and lies near major shipping routes.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Wikimedia Commons: Socotra satview.jpg (Public domain). Map

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  ShibamUNESCO

  شبام

  Town · Hadhramaut Governorate

  Shibam, officially the Old Walled City of Shibam, is a town in Wadi Hadhramaut in eastern Yemen with about 7,000 inhabitants. It is the seat of the Shibam District in the Hadhramaut Governorate.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Bkar6190 (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

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  ZabidUNESCO

  زبيد

  Town · Al Hudaydah Governorate

  Zabid is a town with an urban population of around 52,590 people, located on Yemen's western coastal plain. It is one of the oldest towns in Yemen, and has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1993. However, in 2000, the historic core placed on the List of World Heritage in Danger.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Ahron de Leeuw from Amsterdam, Netherlands (CC BY 2.0). Map

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  Great Mosque of SanaaUNESCO

  الجامع الكبير

  Religious · Amanat Al Asimah

  The Great Mosque of Sanaa is an ancient mosque in Sanaa, Yemen, and one of the oldest mosques in the world. The mosque is said to have been founded in the early Islamic period, suggested to be in 633.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Rod Waddington from Kergunyah, Australia (CC BY-SA 2.0). Map

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  Abd al KuriUNESCO

  عبد الكوري

  Island · Socotra Archipelago Governorate

  Abd al Kuri sometimes spelt Adal Kuri or Abdal Kuri is a rocky island in the Guardafui Channel. As a part of the Socotra Archipelago Governorate of Yemen, it lies about 65 miles (105 km) southwest of the main island of Socotra.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: NASA Johnson Space Center (Public domain). Map

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  SamhahUNESCO

  سمحة

  Island · Socotra Archipelago Governorate

  Samhah is an inhabited island in the Guardafui Channel. A part of the Socotra Archipelago of Yemen, it is located between the island of Socotra and Abd al Kuri.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: NASA Johnson Space Center (Public domain). Map

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  Sanaa

  صنعاء

  City · Amanat Al Asimah

  Sanaa, officially the Sanaa Municipality, is the capital and largest city of Yemen. The city is the capital of the Sanaa Governorate, but is not part of the governorate, as it forms a separate administrative unit.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: ai@ce (CC BY 2.0). Map

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  Aden

  مدينة عدن

  City · Aden Governorate

  Aden is an ancient port city in the southern part of the Arabian peninsula, on the north coast of the Gulf of Aden, positioned near the eastern approach to the Red Sea, and has been the de facto capital of the internationally recognized government of Yemen since 2014.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Jialiang Gao (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  Hanish Islands

  جزر حنيش

  Island · Al Hudaydah Governorate

  The Hanish Islands form an archipelago in the Red Sea consisting of a trio of major islands at the centre of an array of smaller islets and rocks. The three major islands are the northern Zuqar Island, the southern Great Anish, and the significantly smaller Little Anish in between.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: CIA (Public domain). Map

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  Jabal An-Nabi Shu'ayb

  جبل حضور النبي شعيب

  Mountain · Sanaa Governorate

  Jabal An-Nabī Shuʿayb, also called Jabal Hadhur, is a 3,666 meter high mountain in the Harazi subregion of the Sarawat, located in Bani Matar District, Sanaa Governorate, Yemen. It is the highest mountain in the country and the Arabian Peninsula.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Franco Pecchio from Milano, Italy (CC BY 2.0). Map

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  Al-Saleh Mosque

  جامع الصالح

  Religious · Amanat Al Asimah

  Al-Saleh Mosque is a modern mosque in Sana'a that is the largest in Yemen. It lies in the southern outskirts of the city, south of Al Sabeen Maternal Hospital. It was inaugurated in November 2008 by Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Om Eshak (CC BY 4.0). Map

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  Dar al-Hajar

  دار الحجر

  Fort · Sana'a Governorate

  The Dar al-Hajar is a former royal palace located in Wadi Dhar about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from Sanaa, Yemen. Built in 1920 as the summer retreat of Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din, Imam of Yemen from 1904 to 1948, it sits on top of a structure built in 1786 for the scholar al-Imam Mansour.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Antti Salonen (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map