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Rissani
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Once a major caravan center on the route to Timbuktu, the town is now primarily a possible starting point for the Merzouga dunes. A circuit around the outskirts lets you discover its palm grove and several ksour.
Overview of Rissani
Once a major caravan center on the route to Timbuktu and the capital of Tafilalet, the town is now primarily a possible starting point for the dunes of Merzouga to the south. A circuit around the outskirts also lets you discover its palm grove and several ksour.
Key details
- Localisation: in the heart of Tafilalet on the road to Merzouga.
- Distances: Erfoud (20 km to the north), Errachidia (95 km to the north), Merzouga (40 km to the south)
- Heure locale: .
- Population: 20,500 inhabitants (2012).
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- Altitude: 760 m.
- Site internet:
History of Rissani
What to see and do in Rissani
Despite a few points of interest, the town is far from being touristy or even worth a long stop.
- Mausolé Moulay Ali Cherif: to the south of the town, access is forbidden to non-Muslims.
- The souks: lively on market days.
- Ksour in the area: a small circuit of about twenty kilometers around the town lets you see several ksour in varying states of repair.
In the surrounding area
- Erfoud (20 km):
- Merzouga (40 km):
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