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AGADEZ Capital city of the Aïr, with well-preserved Sudanese-type architecture of brown clay and finely-chiseled and colored façades. - Grande Mosquée: 27 meter-high minaret, classic example of medieval Sudanic architecture in mud and stakes, dating from 1515, rebuilt in 1844
Agadez Mosque
- Sultan's Palace: banco structure, current residence of the traditional city ruler
- Maison du Boulanger: decorated baker's house, old oven and tools still in place
- Grand Marché or Marché Moderne: food, tools, fabrics, crafts
- Vieux Marché: surrounded by banco houses in Sudanese and Hausa style with decorated façades
- Camel Market: camels, donkeys, sheep goats, salt pillars, rope, water containers, and mats.
- Fachi - old fort from French colonial period
- Aïr Mountains - 400 km-long range, volcanic mountains, canyons, oases, cave drawings, frescos, dinosaur cemetery.
Oasis in the Air Mountains - Tarouadji: 54 miles east of Agadez, tin mines in mountain setting.
- Guelemann: mountain lake.
- Baguezans Mountains: 78 miles northeast of Agadez, camel excursions.
- Timia: 132 miles northeast of Agadez, Tuareg village, oasis in a volcanic landscape, gardens, palms, banco houses. Crystal clear waterfalls, palms, plantations, orchards. Timia fort, Cascade de Timia (waterfall) on outskirts of town.
- 30 km north ruins of Assodé 1000 year old village, capital of the Turared before Agadez, thost town, grande mosquée
- Teggidda n'Tessoum: 127 miles from Agadez, village constructed on a salt deposit. Villagers make cone-shaped hand-decorated salt cakes.
- Iférouane: 160 miles north of Agadez, the 100-wells oasis
- Bilma - fortified town,oasis, salt springs, orchards, clear water basin.
- Djado plateau, pink Orida cliffs, ghost towns.
- Assode - old capital city of Air, cluster of ruins, mosque
- Adrard Bous - mountain, cave drawings and traces of the pre-historic era
- Temet Dunes - 300 meters hight
- Arakao - horseshoe canyon south of Temet
- Kogo - Blue Mountains, Air National Nature Reserve. Ostriches, antelopes, sunsets, Tuareg culture.
- Ténéré - large sand space bordered to the north with rock formations, to the south with a sea of sand for hundreds of km, oases, traces of prehistoric and Neolithic eras.
Hotels: - Hôtel Agriboun
Tel: 227.44.03.07 - Hôtel de L'Aïr
BP 109 Tel: 227.44.02.47 Formerly sultan's palace, 20 rooms, air-conditioning, restaurant, bar. - Hôtel Sahara
West of the Grand Marché Tel: 227.44.04.80 15 rooms, fans, bar, restaurant. - Hôtel Telwa
BP 64, East of the Grand Marché Tel: 227.44.01.64 Bar, restaurant, air-conditioning - Hôtel Tidène
Tel: 227.44.00.51 Air-conditioning, restaurant, breakfast included. - Hôtel Pension Tellit
Tel: 227.44.02.31 Air-conditioning, Italian restaurant, ice cream.
Restaurants: - Tafadak: couscous and regional specialties
- Restaurant Chez Nous: riz sauce, Nigerien cuisine
- Restaurant Islamique: salads
- Vittorio's/Guido: ice cream
- Le Pillier: Italian and Sahelian specialties
Supermarkets: Tourist Office: north of the Grande Mosquée Post Office: poste restante, M-F 8-12, 3-5 Car Rental: - Tiguidit (Agadez), Tel : 227.44.03.66 Bank of Africa: Grand Marché M-F 8-11:30, 3:30-5 Travel Agents: - Aligouran Voyages (Agadez), Tel : 227.44.00.94 - Aïr Voyages (Agadez), Tel : 227.44.04.95 - Tidene Expeditions (Agadez), Tel : 227.75.21.92 - Tamak Voyages (Agadez), Tel : 227.44.04.95 - Temet Voyages (Agadez), Tel : 227.74.41.18 / 44.00.51
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