Ad Dakhla (Dakhla) is a city in southern Western Sahara.

 

The city centre is small enough to navigate on foot. The zone between Boulevard. Mohammed V, rue 4 mars and Boulevard Oued el Makhazine is mainly a pedestrian area with lots of cafés and street shops that gets quite animated in the evenings. Should you want to head further out, petits taxis are abound and are metered.

 

Many western tourists come to Dakhla to go kite surfing. There are a number of so called camps (actually bungalow hotels) on the northern edge of the lagoon, about 30km out of town. Standards are rather high, as are prices. If you are interested, you can find enough information about them with internet research. There are also windsurfing and quad driving opportunities. Most of the camps work with pre-booked tourists and have no office in the town centre so, if you come without arranging in advance, you will have to drive out with a rented car or a taxi.

 

Groceries: there is a small indoor market in the town centre on "rue el makouama" (on the left coming from the lagoon side) and also a supermarket on the same road (on the right).

There is a big indoor market with lots of fish stands south west of the town centre. Local Sahara Jellabah

 

Many patisseries offer cheap pastry. The restaurant at Sahara Regency hotel has decent European food, though the choice is limited. There are also numerous eateries in town