Ad-Dakhla - Ad-Dakhla

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الداخلة; Villa Cisneros
provinceWestern Sahara
Residentsapprox. 60000
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height10 m
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Ad-Dakhla
Great mosque in ad-Dakhla.

Ad-Dakhla, former Spanish name Villa Cisneros, is a city in the Western Sahara. It is located just before the southern tip of an approximately thirty kilometers long and 2-3 km wide headland on the Atlantic. The district north of the airport on the bay side is called Douar Lasker (دوار العسكر).

getting there

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Dakhla Airport Terminal (2011).
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Since the beginning of 2018 the travel agency Supratours Offer combi bus trips in Ad-Dakhla towards Mauritania, to Nouadhibou (260 Dh.) and Nouakchott (410 Dh.) You will be driven by Supratours to the border in Guerguerat on the other side of El Moussavir brought to its destination.[1]
1  Dakhla airport (‏مطار الداخلة‎, IATA: VIL) (About two kilometers to the city center). Dakhla Airport in the Wikipedia encyclopediaDakhla Airport in the Wikimedia Commons media directoryDakhla Airport (Q1431176) in the Wikidata database.In the arrival area post office, also exchange office. Connections to Central Europe (mostly via Paris-Orly) if necessary change to Casablanca or Agadir offers Royal Air Maroc. Their booking office is in the city of Av. Almokaouma (☎ 212 5288-97049). The low-cost provider Air Arabia Maroc flies not only domestic destinations but also connections to and from Frankfurt Cologne Bonn Airport at. Depending on the season, it goes with you 1-2 times a week Binter canarias right after Gran Canaria.last change: Jun. 2018
Bus station: 2  Gare routière voyageurs (‏المحطة الطرقية الجديدة الداخلة‎). A modern new building. Several bus companies run daily with large coaches via Aaiún north to cities in the Moroccan heartland.

There is now public transport in the direction of Mauritania to the south. A bus ticket to Nouakchott can be bought for around € 35 (2019).

For a description of the coastal road see Bike tour Western Sahara.

Tourist Attractions

The 1 Peninsula Monument (شبه جزيرة الداخلة). In the background the luxurious hotel Sahara Regency and on the right the Catholic Church.

activities

The beaches along the Dakhla peninsula are ideal for windsurfers and kite surfers, especially during the winter months. The water temperature is around 25 ° C all year round. Deep sea fishing is the second sport that Dakhla is visited for. A tourist infrastructure has been developing gradually since the turn of the millennium.

The good wind conditions make the place Stunt kite sailors popular. 2009-15 took place here every March Kitesurfing World Championships instead of.

Piscine Municipale (Indoor swimming pool, المسبح البلدي) (At the northern end of the village on the N1).

shop

1  Marché Municipal (Market hall, السوق البلدي المغطات), Blvd. Al Masjid.

accommodation

There are comparatively many hotels and restaurants in the city, most of them near the coast behind Boulevard Mohammed V, and there are no accommodations directly on the beaches.

1  Camping Moussafir (المخيم السياحي مسافر) (north of the place). Camping Moussafir no longer exists since 2019.

There is now a hostel in the northeast of the city. However, the coordinates on the relevant websites were not correct (2019). The hostel is about 200 m south.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑2018-01-05
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