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What to see and do — Adrar

The Touat (Adrar region) has been inhabited for 8,000 years. Berber Zenetes created the first oases in the 9th century. In the Middle Ages, it was a major stop on trans-Saharan caravan trade: gold, slaves, salt, ivory transited between Timbuktu and Sijilmassa (Morocco). The ksour of Adrar, Tamantit, Reggane were built in mud. The Touat was deeply Islamized, becoming a great Sufi center. In the 15th century, scholar Mohamed El Maghili developed Islamic education there. The Ottomans exercised only nominal authority. The French entered the Touat in 1900 (Foureau-Lamy mission). From 1960 to 1966, France conducted 17 nuclear tests in the wilaya at Reggane (4 atmospheric) and In Ecker (13 underground) — concealed events with human and environmental consequences. Adrar became a wilaya in 1974. Today it is a Saharan administrative, university and tourist center.

• 📍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