Sights in Comoros

1. Nouvelle Mosquée de Vendredi

   • Comoros
   • Sights › Religious, spiritual

   Friday worship takes place in the magnificent new Friday mosque next to the port. In between prayers, the steps outside the mosque serve as a meeting place for the town's menfolk, many dressed in the traditional kanzu (long white robe) and kofia. To see the interior, you have to be male, appropriately dressed in long trousers and have washed your feet beforehand.

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2. Arab Quarter

   • Comoros
   • Sights › Waterfront

   The neighbourhood around the port and the Ancienne Mosquée de Vendredi (old Friday mosque) is a convoluted medina with narrow streets lined with buildings dating back to Swahili times. It's reminiscent of a miniature version of Zanzibar's Stone Town and almost as intriguing. Watch for the elaborately carved Swahili doors found on many houses.

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3. Mt Ntingui

   • Comoros
   • Sights › Mountain

   It's a hard and steep climb from Lac Dzialandzé up to the normally cloud-covered summit of 1595m (5231ft) Mt Ntingui, the highest point on Anjouan. On a rare clear day, it affords a view over all four islands of the archipelago.

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