Bab Sahara-Atar and other Mauritania Hotel/Accommodation Reviews

Hotel Bab Sahar was a big suprise for me and my friends. We were comming from Terjit and had some problems on the car, and also lots of police check points make your head a bit tired. This place is unique.

Unique Qualities: The owners area a couple from Holland, so they try to make somthing more pleasent than the normal in Mauritania never escaping the tradicinal of course. The hotel is very clean. It is composed by a few nomad tents spread in the campgraound and you also have a few small houses that you can choose from. Leisure area is great.
1500UM or 5 euros per night

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Address: Atar
Directions: on the first big roudabout turn left ang go straight, pass the bridge and turn right when you see the sign BAB SAHARA

Another hotel which its owner is european. You can find proper hotels here in Mauritania when its owner are from abroad. very clean place and staff usually are great. fabrice the owner is very accessible and will try to help you out in all you need. In the hotel you have all the information you might need to travel in Mauritania and also how to get vias to many of other countries in Africa.

Unique Qualities: clean bathrooms and showers, rooms are nice. Cool terrace with a view to the Numero district.
1500UM per night
you also have a restaurant in the hotel. you can eat starting from 200UM to 500UM. very nice and cheap.

the picture was taken from the top of the hotel's terrace.

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Address: Numerowat district, 5eme robinet
Directions: Numerowat district

This place is great for one thing. If you wish to stay right on the beach this is a must. You can camp or rent a "case" which is a small house where can sleep up to 3 people. The price doesnt change depending the number of people inside the "case". price of the case if 4750UM.

you can camp for 1500UM
if you're cmaping beware of people that are on the hotel trying to sell you things from senegal or mauritania. usually if they can, they will rob things. sad but true.

Unique Qualities: The hotel is not very clean, i mean bathrooms are ugly and dirty, always being used by workers and some fishermen occasionaly. There two door in the bathroom area. usually one is alwys closed and always better in terms of hygiene. if its closed ask to open it.
You have a great thing that is being less than 30metres from the ocean.

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Directions: After the fishermen's beach. you have 2 hotels close together, coming from La Capitale, its the second one on your left. Terjit Vacances

Ah, another of my favorite places to stay in Mauritania. This place is owned by a french lady. Evertime the hotels are own by foreigners, better europens, things run better and clean.
This hotel has lots of cheap and clean rooms, and you can also choose by resting on 2 of the huge tents existing in the hotel area.
bathrooms are very but very clean. you have a small shop inside the hotel which sells good for the normal price, not trying to cheat you like in other places.

Unique Qualities: this hotel is situated right in the city centre not far from the big main market of NKT. This hotel is also located on the rich part of the city which will add some security to you while being there and moving around. Its kind hard to find. I'll try to add email soon.
1500UM for one night on the room.

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