Visit Ghardaia and enjoy the pleasures of a great land filled with the best tour delight in this part of Africa. Visit Melika here, and this is surely worth the visit and this is not as well known as Ghardaia yet is a great tour locale in this part of the world. Anyone who comes here for the first time is sure to get overawed by the sheer architectural genius of the structures here, the people here are also very warm and welcoming and make tours here very interesting.
Then, of course, there is Beni Isguen which is another place that provides great tour delights. The city is isolated due to the fortifications. They look like a military construction. The walls look real near the doors of the main city.
Then there is Wilaya which is the place where the wali stays this is the most important administrative building in this part of Ghardaia and is located on the squared market place. The place is very popular in tours to this part of Africa.
Visit the Sid Brahim mosque here which is a very famous spot here. This structure with the slanting pillars, the ceilings, the windows, and the palm tree trunk ceiling structures surely make sure that the visitor would surely love to come back here again. One feels to stay here for long hours and the heat outside wouldn’t deter a tourist from enjoying here.
The Sidi Brahim mosque is a solid building and it is quite cool inside. This mosque in fat inspired Le Corbusier to build a very famous church in France, Ronchamp the style, the design, are very stunning and this environment is filled with best tour delights.
Then there are the cemeteries, which are found outside the cities. these old structures are really not well maintained and they have grave plates. Here we have some good remains of pottery and the cemetery looks like a lovely field where the rock s are seen to grow in a particular pattern. The place is hot and the graves do not have any flowers
Gharadaia has narrow streets and they are seen to be very steep. The children are seen playing in the streets and the pastel colors only are very soothing to the eyes. North African cities normally have an unplanned telephone and electricity plan and this is seen even in Ghardaia.
Restaurants in Ghardaia are very common and in spite of being a big city, there are not many of them here. But those that are there cater to the need of the tourists and are quite popular. the dishes that are popular here are the couscous and the shorba . Green tea is also very much a favourite here
The best way one can reach Ghardaia is either by driving yourself. Drive from Algiers and cross the lovely regions of the High Plateau and the Atlas. Then you would traverse Bidskra and you would surely love to see the sight of the true Desert. As you find the scenic ambiance here embracing you with its beauty, the tours here are sure to give you a lot of travel quotient.
Seeing donkeys here is another unique sight. So these donkeys that carry almost everything are a regular sight here. You would see the sight of donkeys carrying loads, and vegetables on their back.
Ghardaia also has a lot of wells which are a major feature here. these wells are found within the cities and their design is very much like the ones in the oasis. People are seen to gather around the wells here and have a chat. The well thus forms an interesting sight in travels here.
Tourists coming here also find the sight of older people sitting in a caht very interesting. These are umbrellas used by the elders here to relax in their buildings. No one seems to be in a hurry here. also, see the Berbere carpets which are a great part of life here, and provide the tourists with what he seeks for in tours
The sight of the minaret here and the market along with is a great delight. Tourists get to see the general idea of how life is here in Mozabite and like to see the compact city with the busy people, high minaret and lovely umbrellas. There are women everywhere and here in Ghardaia, it is the men who go to the shop.