Niamey
On the Niger River’s lush shores and home to culinary delights unparalleled elsewhere in Niger, Niamey refreshes those arriving from the Sahel’s wilds.
On the Niger River’s lush shores and home to culinary delights unparalleled elsewhere in Niger, Niamey refreshes those arriving from the Sahel’s wilds.
With celebrated traditional Hausa houses, labyrinthine old-quarter alleys, an infamous prison within the Palais du Sultan, and classic French fort, Zinder wears its history on its sleeve.
Maradi, Niger’s third-largest city, remains the administrative capital and commercial centre for agriculture.
You'll find the towns of Maradi and Zinder in southeast Niger, neither far from the Nigerian border.
Among West Africa’s most spectacular sights, the Aïr Mountains’ dark volcanic masses dramatically rise from their Saharan surrounds and culminate in grand 2000m peaks.
While some great ancient trading Sahara towns, like Timbuktu, try to survive on international mystique, Agadez thrives as the gateway to truly spectacular desert and mountain scenery.
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