Atar

Atar lies in a valley of the Adrar massif, where date palms follow the course of a desert wadi. The oasis offers water and shade amid the rocky plateau and dunes of the western Sahara. Founded in the seventeenth century, the town became a meeting place for the mobile communities of the surrounding country. Its palm groves provided dates, while routes through the Adrar connected it with other oases and the caravans crossing the desert.