The best accommodations Libyan Sahara

The four villas that Otman Hachaïchi offers to rent in the city centre are renowned for their great comfort: for many, one of them would even be the best of the entire city (moreover, the museum is accessible by walking). That's why it's better to book as long as possible in advance. There are three people who can accommodate up to people, the last one can accommodate up to eight.

22 huts (13 hard) with one or two beds, 15 DL per person, breakfast. Meals at 10 DL. A charming campsite, which can also organise your stay in the desert (dyane, 4 x 4, guide, cook) or help you make the formalities for visiting the Natural park of Village.

This hotel occupies the old Italian fort! The rooms overlook the central courtyard where a magnificent tree is served. Based on the old architecture of the fort, they are rather small and dark, but comfortable, very clean and air conditioned. Outdoor health, also clean. A coffee and a very honest restaurant.

A very good camp. It can organise your stay in the desert (trek or méharée). The small zoo will make children happy.

The Anay camp is probably the best option in the city. There are 33 clean and basic 2-bed huts built by the friendly Nigerian responsable, Diakham.

The staff were friendly and helpful. Television in the spacious, air-conditioned and very clean rooms. International telephone line by way of reception. Café. Enjoy the oriental or European cuisine of the Hotel Restaurant, a treat!

This is the only hotel in the shopping area where the Tuesday market takes place and is within walking distance of the old town. Located in a two-storey building, it opened in October 2005. The rooms are clean and comfortable. In the restaurant, if you want to eat a couscous, order it in advance. The welcoming francophone boss has a house in the old town, which you can visit and where you can eat a good couscous.

The youth hostel building houses Al-Kadous restaurant in a well-kept room but is a little dining, the meal costs 15 DL. The hostel guests have breakfast in this room. It's one of the country's most correct youth hostels.

As with all the Campings'campsites, this is actually a camp. The bungalows are very clean, the small beds are comfortable. Two clean sanitary blocks and hot showers. Three bungalows on the ground, after the swimming pool, are called "suites" (with air conditioning, large bed, small lounge, satellite TV, fridge, private showers). The kitchen in the restaurant is good and plentiful. A ultrapropre and very pleasant camp with a small animal zoo of the Sahara of today or yesterday: there are even ostriches!

Since the end of 2005, Ghadamès has its 4 stars. It is a beautiful and impressive hotel whose architecture is successfully inspired by that of the old town. The rooms are on the ground floor or on the floor and are spread around a garden. They are spacious, tastefully decorated and impeccable. There is air conditioning, beautiful bathrooms with bathtub, satellite TV and a balcony or terrace. In the public areas, oriental style coffee, a souvenir shop, an Internet hall, a delicious restaurant. Dry cleaning service. International appeals at the Anglophone or Italian-speaking reception.

In this hotel, the overall style, with its gigantic corridors, will delight lovers of the genre. The rooms (air-conditioned) and sanitary rooms are clean but very old. Refrigerator and TV 8 channels in a few rooms. For a price still correct, choose the following instead of the double room: Large suites with dépareillé furniture are spacious, with living room and two double rooms. Restaurant, café, internet room and telephone in the lobby.

Picturesque bungalows. In case of arrival, tents can be added. You can also put your tent in the parking lot at the bottom of the campsite. A restaurant where you eat not bad at all (see with the chef what kind of meat and meal you want). This campsite of an agency that works with good French tour operators can organise your trip to Village, 4 x 4 or dyane, and facilitate your formalities for obtaining the right to enter the Natural park of Village.

Red with a terrace. Rooms with fan on ceiling, with or without bathroom. The comfortable Dar Germa, a large ochre building preceded by a charming terrace, contrasts in a journey dominated by the Saharan camps and settlements! It also has a very good restaurant (about 25 DL the meal) and a small handicraft shop in the lobby. Nine of the rooms are especially spacious, but they are all very pleasant, clean and beautiful. Possibility of renting 4 x 4 with guide. You can pass your international calls at the Réception reception, but at a truly prohibitive price.

Perched on the top of a small mountain overlooking the surrounding countryside, a dozen kilometres south-east of the city centre, the El-Jabal hotel is a true oasis of rest.

The air-conditioned rooms are lovely (rococo style for suites) and well kept. Each has bathtub, international telephone line, TV (8 channels), minibar and above all a terrace with magnificent views of the valley. Good international cuisine restaurant. Arabic-speaking people.

The staff were friendly and helpful. The staff were friendly and helpful. The rooms are air-conditioned and nicely decorated in the local style. The bathrooms, with shower or bath, are a little ageing. Restaurant and café. Raiyri, the hotel's boss, can organise a 4 x 4 excursion, a local dance show in the dunes or Aïn lake or a meal in a house in the old town.

The campsite was renovated in 2005. A small post is located at the entrance, where you can also call. Clean sanitary, hot showers. A coffee terrace. Meals (soup, couscous or grilled chicken). A large parking lot at the pitches separated by small hedges can be used by those who wish to stop using the health care (2 DL to take a shower; You can also supply water and electricity) to the return or departure of a bivouac in the desert. You can also plant your tent and benefit from the camping facilities. It can organize your 4 x 4 trip to Oubari lakes or more distant destinations such as Ghadamès, Ghat or Village.

The rooms are divided into a large property. They are no longer all young but remain well maintained with air conditioning, satellite TV, shower or bathtub and international telephone by the reception. Cafe, restaurant. Large parking lot. A safe value, well known tour operators.

The building is preceded by a square of grass and is situated in the quiet, overlooking Sidi Badri cemetery. It is a short walk from the museum and the old town. The rooms are air-conditioned and have satellite TV. Déco and other details are missing, but they are very correct for the price displayed. Two double rooms have a balcony overlooking the old town. No telephone but a cab at reception (dear: 28 DL in the mail, 30 DL at the hotel). On the ground floor is the coffee and restaurant room (15 DL complete meal) and in the evening you can order good pizzas, but attention to the pepper! The warm manager of African origin is French-speaking.

Some houses in the new city, which are then called «villas», are used as guest houses for tourists. They have a number of variable rooms, normally air-conditioned, and at night cost 20 DL per person with breakfast, which is prepared with basic but hearty food in the refrigerator (servings of butter and individual jam, yogurt, etc.). You have a large house with a living room with TV, equipped kitchen, bathroom, garden or courtyard. As a rule, don't expect an exceptional decoration and check the state of the health. This is a good option to find friends. Here are two references for good villas, but do not hesitate to contact hotels to find out more.

You can plant your tent tent at the Al-Waha hotel for 5 DL per person at night. This price includes parking for vehicles and the use of health care, but not breakfast.