Béni Abbès
Good to know
- Best time to go
- October to March for comfortable desert temperatures
- Budget
- $
- Coordinates
- Open in maps
Called the white oasis, this Saoura Valley settlement pairs a large palm grove and spring-fed pool with whitewashed lanes and a hermitage founded by Charles de Foucauld. A small museum and research station document Saharan life, and big dunes rise just beyond town.