Laayoune Plage Travel Guide

 call_me_rhia Says:  Place de la resistance is another beautiful square in Laayoune. It's very much different from place Mechouar, where everything is empty and quiet. This place is busy and right in the centre of town - but in the middle there's a area with some pleasant open air cafes and... 

 call_me_rhia Says:  The artisan centre in Laayoune town is two places, not one - and both are located on the opposite sides of the mosque. On one side you can see the artisans at work in they workshops; as they don't see many tourists, they will likely be happy to answer any question you may... 

 call_me_rhia Says:  The "new" mosque is also known as the Firday mosque - but it is still unclear to me as why it is called new... I have seen other mosques in town, and - while this was significantly larger and more beautiful than the others - it did not look one day younger than the... 

 call_me_rhia Says:  If you (most likely) are coming from the airport, or from any point north, the first sight you'll catch of Laayoune is its three-arched entrance gate - a modern gate, like Laayoune itself. Actually, no - if getting to Laayoune by daylight, the first sight you'll catch will... 

 call_me_rhia Says:  Place Mechouar is possibly the nicest place in Laayoune - it's one of the two large squares I have seen, but this is not in the central part of the city but rather towards the outskirts - it's a beautiful and peaceful square and it's made up of 4 towers and the papace of... 

 call_me_rhia Says:  A small hole in the wall restaurant kinda place, which had these glorious roasted chickens cooking - and the most inviting smell. It was an easy decision to take, we would have chicken for dinner. It was a bad decision, too... The chicken was really tasteless... I would... 

 call_me_rhia Says:  Getting out of Laayoune town for a bit of sightseeing did not prove very difficult, but for sure it was expensive. because of the lack of tourists, there's no competition - so only one hotel (the Parador) offers taylor-made day tours, which means that you get a (pink) 4x4... 

 call_me_rhia Says:  You may forget that you are in the middle of the desert, while in Laayoune town, but if you take a short stroll outside town, you will be remembered soon... occasionally you may see men walking their camels by the side of the road. I really don't know where this man was... 

 call_me_rhia Says:  The Flaming lake is not called Flamingo lake at all - it is not called in any way... somehow people forgot to give this beautiful spot a name - and yet it's such a beautiful sight to behold. Sometimes it's a lake, sometimes it's a couple of small lakes - the most striking... 

 call_me_rhia Says:  All around Laayoune... there's the mighty Sahara desert... endless views of sand dunes interspersed with some low bushes and rocky parts. Anywhere is a great place to vist - and it there for a while, looking at nothing (well, sand, actually), in silence and think about how... 

 call_me_rhia Says:  Miles and miles untouched sand and blue waters which screams to be swum in - one should really go there in summer, not in winter - when it's a pleasant place to take a stroll but where you don't want to linger too long because of the wind.Laayoune beach is located in... 

 call_me_rhia Says:  Seguiat al Hamraik is the name gives to the seasonal river flowing a few kilometres outside Laayoune town, not towards the coast but inland from the city. In december 2007 it was still possible to see it, even though in places it was only a little bit more than a stream.In...