Chinguetti

Adrar · Mauritania

Chinguetti, Mauritania
Photo: Mohamed Natti, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
November to February
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$
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A medieval caravan town on the Adrar plateau, once a gathering point for pilgrims crossing the Sahara toward Mecca. Its stone libraries still guard thousands of ancient Islamic manuscripts amid encroaching dunes.

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