Berbera: the ancient British port on the Gulf of Aden

Former capital of British Somaliland, Berbera holds Ottoman and Egyptian colonial architecture along a strategic port on the Gulf of Aden.

The center, ancient British port on the Gulf of Aden, is visited comfortably by local taxi.

The Old City of Berbera, with coral buildings and Ottoman and Egyptian architecture, remains one of the Horn of Africa's oldest urban testimonies.

Just steps away, Berbera's port, recently restructured with international investments, animates the region's strategic maritime trade.

Moving along the coast you reach unspoiled beaches on the Gulf of Aden, still rarely visited by international tourism.

In the evening, Berbera markets sell fresh fish and livestock, the city's principal commercial activities since ancient times.

Berbera was for centuries an important commercial port on the route between the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean, frequented by Arab, Persian, and Indian merchants long before the arrival of European colonists, who later made it the administrative capital of the British protectorate.

The port of Berbera, object of international investments in recent years, remains strategic for Somaliland thanks to its position along one of the world's busiest maritime routes, the one connecting the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean.