Tamanrasset, or “Tam” as the Northerners call it, is the undisputed capital of Hoggar.
Crossed by the Tropic of Cancer 80 km north of Tamanrasset, the Hoggar (of Tamachek Ahaggar) covers an area of approximately 540,000 km2, or a quarter of the total area of Algeria.
The most authentic, and undoubtedly the most legendary in the eyes of the Ibadhites .
Once the holy city of M’zab and at center of Melika are the tombs of a revered saint in the region, Sidi Aïssa, and his family, including the Iduden.
Founded in 1053, Ghardaïa is the largest of the cities of the Pentapolis. The city takes the form of a pyramid, clinging to a strong hillock, at the top of which sits the central mosque, with its typical minaret.
From the south of Gourara, opens the Touat, between the arid plateau of Tadmaït and the plain of Tidikelt. This region is at the crossroads of many communication routes in the Sahara, in particular the road to Mali.
Here too, the foggaras are queen. Here, as in Timimoun, the orchards shine to the point that Adrar has become an agricultural capital of modern Algeria.
Timimoun is known across the Sahara for its splendour of its gardens and the mystery of these names with marine sounds: Aguelman (lake), El Mers (the port), El Mersa (the harbour), from the time of this ancient lake, dead centuries ago.
100 km from Bechar, Taghit, traditional agglomeration of 6 ksars ( castles), around a vast palm grove, is a real nest of greenery on the edge of the erg
The Grand Western Erg a veritable sea of sand of 80,000 km2, is the desert as one might imagine, immense and almost inhuman in beauty