Algerian cities, or what to do in the wilderness - Part 1

SUGAR: the most beautiful and most severe, Mike Barton, England Sahara Desert is the most beautiful and at the same time the most inhospitable part of Algeria. This part of the country's relatively poorly populated, but it has attracted an increasing number of tourists in the winter months. Plane of Air Algeria "Almost all the local hotels have a high level of service and comfort, however, in areas of the oases is quite difficult to find vacant places. During the season it is recommended to book rooms in advance. Air Algeria "makes regular flights from the city of Algiers in Ghardaia, Djanet and Tamanrasset, as well as several smaller towns, oases and villages near the oil fields. However, at the height of summer flights may be delayed due to adverse weather conditions. The roads have recently been greatly improved, although during the summer sand storms and winter rains move in all directions, except for major highways, it is considered unsafe. Ships of the Desert The surest route to the south is through the gorge of El Kantara, which is located south of the city of Constantine. The kind that opens from the gorge on sugar, inevitably fascinates. They say that these mountains separate winter territories from the lands of eternal summer, the locals called them "Four Es Sahra" ("Mouth Sahara"). In the desert, most of the Algerian oases generally look quite the way they represent in Europe. Here, an oasis - it's not a tiny plot of greenery with palm trees, which is threatened by menacing sand dunes. Not at all. Quite often it is quite big city with mosques, shops, monuments and well-equipped walled gardens, which grow date palms. Mountains Four Es Sahra usually travel to the Sahara begin with a visit to the city of Laghouat, which is famous for its geometrically correct development plan, or Mzab valley in which there are seven sacred cities, and inhabited by members of the Muslim fundamentalist sects mozabitov. In every city must have a minaret with four spikes, which is a feature of any town mozabitov. City Garda most famous of these towns - Garden - located in the middle of the bare pale-yellow cliffs. Among the buildings dominated the building of blue and beige hues. The main streets of the city, paved with clay or stones, leading to a white tower of the minaret. Not far from Ghardaia, on a beautiful hill, is the sacred city of Beni-Izgen, all the gates which is under close guard. The main attraction of this city is a permanent auction market. To the east of the valley is the town of Ouargla Mzab, which is called the "golden key of the Desert". This city is worth a visit for the sake of the adjacent minaret Malekith (Islamic sect), which towers over a huge area. At the base of the minaret has settled the market square, roofed gallery market and stepped roofs of houses of local residents. Immediately close to an oasis surrounded by palm trees, and beyond the beach dry lake Sabha. Deadline for material: See also: Deserts-What 's warmer champions Sunday and a shower of sand pail Two thousand miles of emptiness test Kazakh reality cuho Here, as in space places of extreme temperatures