Flights to Yemen

Aden itself sits inside the crater of an extinct volcano, and its oldest quarter is still called Crater. Above it, the Tawila Cisterns, a chain of stone tanks cut into the rock to catch rain off the mountainside, are centuries old and were restored by British engineers in the 1800s. Down at Tawahi, the old Steamer Point, a Victorian clock tower known as Little Ben still stands over the harbour.

Many Seiyun Airport (GXF) passengers are heading for the Hadhramaut valley. Shibam's mud-brick tower houses, some eight storeys high, earned it the name "the Manhattan of the desert" and World Heritage status from UNESCO. Tarim has been a centre of Islamic learning for centuries, with hundreds of mosques and the Al-Ahqaf manuscript library, while Seiyun's white Sultan's Palace now houses a museum.

The Old City of Sanaa, also UNESCO-listed, is known for tall stone houses trimmed with white gypsum and qamariya, arched stained-glass windows. Yemen also gave the world mocha: coffee grown on highland terraces was shipped through the Red Sea port of al-Mukha, and the name stuck.

Family meals often start with saltah, a meat stew served bubbling in a stone pot and topped with whipped fenugreek, eaten with flatbread. Bint al-sahn, layers of soft bread soaked in honey, comes after, and mandi, rice and slow-cooked lamb from the Hadhramaut, is now served in Yemeni cafes across Britain.

For London to Yemen flights, or UK to Yemen flights from Manchester or Birmingham, ring 020 7871 4545, tell us your family's town, and we'll work out the connection.