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Restaurant Agadir
AFRICAN
$
(Rte de Chinguetti; mains UM500-700)
Near the
rond-point,
this cheap and cheerful eatery rustles
up some good couscous and tajines as well as sandwiches and lighter bites.
Getting There & Away
The main
gare routière,
in the heart of town, is where you can get vehicles for Nouak-
chott (UM3500, six hours) and Choûm (UM1500, three hours). Choûm transport is timed
to meet the train heading to/from Nouâdhibou (see
Click here
).
Vehicles for Chinguetti (car/4WD UM1500/2500, about two hours) leave once a day
from near a shop a block north of Hotel Monod. Most days there is also transport to
Ouadâne (bush taxi/4WD UM3000/4000, about four hours), leaving from a street north of
the
rond-point
(ask for
'gare de Ouadâne'
). For Azougui (UM500, 20 minutes) and Terjît
(UM1000, one hour), infrequent 4WDs leave from near the
rond-point
.
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Terjît
We've never visited an oasis quite like Terjît. About 40km south of Atâr, a streak of palm
groves is hemmed in by great red cliffs. At its head, two springs tumble out of the rocks.
One is hot, the other cold, and they mix to form a natural swimming pool the perfect tem-
perature for a dip. It's simply bliss. You pay UM1000 to enter the site.
The main spring has been taken over by
Auberge Oasis de Terjît
( 644 8967, in Atâr 546 5020;
tent/hut per person UM1500)
, where a mattress in a tent by the trickling stream is on offer. A
meal costs about UM1500. The only other place to stay is the
Auberge des Caravanes
(
4593
)
, a traveller-friendly place at the
1381; r/tikit per person UM1500, dinner UM1500, breakfast UM1000;
entrance of the village.
To get here by private car, drive 40km south of Atâr on the road to Nouakchott, then
turn left at the checkpoint and follow a sandy track for 11km. By public transport, take
anything headed towards Nouakchott and hitch a ride from the checkpoint.
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Chinguetti
POP 4000
