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merzouga dunes
Its history is linked with
that of mankind. A minerai universe that formerly enriched an entire continent,
holding in its core unimaginable wealth. An immensity of sand and rock, mirages
and oases, it will always be the focus of our dreams and our yen to escape.
On the borders of the great desert, near
the Atlantic, a few places stop the traveller in his tracks. One of these is
Tan-Tan Beach, by the ocean. And a bit further along the coast, Cape Juby, then
Tarfaya... Laayoune, emerging from the sand, revealed in its triumphant
modernity. Also Smara, the Sahara's spiritual capital, in the heart of the
Saguia al Hamra.
And right in the south, at the mouth of the Rio de Oro, Dakhla, with its sports
fishing harbour nestling in the prettiest bay
in the southern Sahara.
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