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Visit Tamanrasset @visittamanrasset.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Downtown Tamanrasset, Lahouanet neighborhood, 1980s. Tree-lined streets, mudbrick shopfronts, people walking in the shade. Way more green than the town has now.

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Visit Tamanrasset @visittamanrasset.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Tamanrasset, 1960 — early color photography era. De Foucauld's bordj in the center, Fougani palace and old shops nearby, surrounded by way more green than you'd expect. Different town back then. #Tamanrasset #Sahara

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Visit Tamanrasset @visittamanrasset.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Old buses parked out front of Hôtel L'Amenokal, Hôtel Tin Hinan now Late 1940s, & you can read the route right on the side: Niamey-Fort Lamy-Zinder, one of the old cross-Saharan lines running deep into Niger & Chad. These were the lifeline connecting Tamanrasset to the rest of West Africa back then.

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Visit Tamanrasset @visittamanrasset.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Rare encounter with an extremely endangered species, the Saharan Cheetah 🐆 around In Amguid area in the Tassili N'Ajjer Park.

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Visit Tamanrasset @visittamanrasset.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Tamanrasset, 1992 Post & Tele building, arched mudbrick facade glowing red in the sun — & someone still rolling up on a camel to run errands That's the thing about Tamanrasset back then: you had a modern building handling mail, right next to guys in full Tuareg dress moving through town the old way

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Visit Tamanrasset @visittamanrasset.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

1972, Tamanrasset. That little Citroën 2CV rolling up to the pump, roof piled with gear, right next to a tanker making its delivery. Mudbrick walls, one lone tree, dust everywhere — this was it, the last fill-up before diving deep into the Sahara. Life was hard but memorable.

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Visit Tamanrasset @visittamanrasset.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

A ride from El Menia heading to Tamanrasset Already 700km down from the Mediterranean coast & the sign says there's still 1099km to go It hits different when you're standing in front of it in the middle of nowhere, you realize how deep into Sahara you actually are and how much further there still is

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Visit Tamanrasset @visittamanrasset.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

1983, bikers roll into Tamanrasset covered in dust after 2,000km of brutal track on their enduro bikes — the same class of ride tearing up Paris-Dakar that year. L Local kids swarm in to check out the gear. Different world. 🏍️🏜️

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Visit Tamanrasset @visittamanrasset.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

1984, Tamanrasset airport. Land Cruisers waiting to pick up travelers headed into the Hoggar Peak Saharan tourism era — Paris-Dakar roaring through, weekly flights from Marseille & Paris The Kel Ahaggar guys driving these tours knew the desert & spoke French & Tamasheq fluently.

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Visit Tamanrasset @visittamanrasset.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

1967 A French traveler pauses on the Trans-Saharan piste between In Salah and Arak — 2,000km of stone and sand between Algiers and Tamanrasset. His ride: a Renault 4, light enough to dig out with a screwdriver. No GPS, just jerricans and grit.

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Visit Tamanrasset @visittamanrasset.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

The open desert roads always carry a special vibe

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Visit Tamanrasset @visittamanrasset.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

This pic has traveled the world, nobody knows who first took it. The black hill you see, out at In Arjan, 50 km from Tin Zaouatine on the border strip — once you pass it, it's the last landmark you'll see. After that, the open desert takes you in Mauritania to your right Egypt or Sudan to your left.

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Visit Tamanrasset @visittamanrasset.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Old picture from the Tassili, Timsaou area. About 190 km northwest of Tin Zaouatine, at the place called Tahalgha. Photos of rock engravings and very valuable archaeological remains, some of them of dinosaurs.

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Visit Tamanrasset @visittamanrasset.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Intenkrir, municipality of Tin Zaouatine After the rains. 🌦🌿☘️🍀🌱

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Visit Tamanrasset @visittamanrasset.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

From the evenings of Amezechghen. About 90 km east of the Tin Zaouatine municipality, on the road to In Guezzam.

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Visit Tamanrasset @visittamanrasset.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

In Tifinagh... located 35 km north of Tin Zaouatine (Ouilalam) an archaeological area rich with Tifinagh inscription sites, rock engravings and shapes left behind by ancient people.

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Visit Tamanrasset @visittamanrasset.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Tighechmin consists of volcanic craters formed thousands of years ago, and it is classified among the natural archaeological tourist sites. The site is located in the Tisrouken area, about 45 km west of Tin Zaouatine, on the Tondert road.

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Visit Tamanrasset @visittamanrasset.bsky.social · 19/08/2026