Ghat, Libya
Good to know
- Best time to go
- October to February for tolerable Saharan temperatures; check travel advisories
- Budget
- $
- Accessibility
- not-accessible
- Coordinates
- Open in maps
An old Tuareg caravan town in Libya's far southwest, its mud-brick medina climbing toward a hilltop fort near the Algerian border. Ghat is the traditional gateway to the Acacus mountains, and its lanes and palm gardens preserve the feel of the trans-Saharan trade era.
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