Become a host in Adrar

Where travelers stay — Adrar

Adrar, provincial capital of the Algerian Sahara, is one of the desert's most iconic wilayas. Its name means "mountain" in Tuareg Berber, but paradoxically Adrar is a land of flat stony plateaus and orange dunes. It is the great center of the Touat — an oasis network with the world's densest concentration of foggaras — and the Reggane valley, sinister setting of French nuclear tests in 1960-1966. Adrar combines old mud-brick ksour, multi-century palm groves, spectacular dunes and living Sufi heritage. It is the essential base for those exploring the southwest Sahara: Reggane, Bordj Badji Mokhtar, or to reach Tamanrasset by tracks.

• 📍Touat Ksour — Network of fortified mud villages (Tamantit, Tit, Bouda, Aoulef), classic Saharan architecture
• 📍Touat Foggaras — World's densest concentration of foggaras, millennial palm grove irrigation
• 📍Adrar Palm Grove — Hundreds of thousands of Deglet Nour palms, productive and cultural oasis
• 📍Reggane — Historic Saharan stop, old ksar, memory of French nuclear tests
• 📍Tamentit Library — Sufi and scholarly manuscripts of the 15th century, witness to the golden age
• 📍El Atik Mosque of Adrar — Historic mosque, mud minaret, typical Saharan architecture